Microsoft to offer data storage outside of the U.S. for foreign customers

Microsoft wants to alleviate the concerns of its foreign clients about the U.S. National Security Agency’s monitoring of foreign citizens by offering the ability to store information on servers located outside of the U.S. According to Read Write, Microsoft wanted to implement the changes because of the NSA issue.

“People should have the ability to know whether their data are being subjected to the laws and access of governments in some other country and should have the ability to make an informed choice of where their data resides,” said Brad Smith, general counsel of Microsoft.

Horizon straightens crooked iPhone videos

If you or your friends just can’t take iPhone videos in the proper orientation, then it might be worth spending $0.99 on Horizon. The app lets you fix the rotation angle of video you took. Of course, the greater the angle the app has to fix, the lower the videos resolution will turn out.

Source: iMore

Apple iTunes update adds local Wish List view, more language support

Apple releases a minor update for iTunes that allows you to view your iTunes Store Wish List in your local library. Apple also included language support for Arabic and Hebrew in the 11.1.4 update. There are also the usual stability improvements and bug fixes thrown into the mix.

Source: Apple Insider

First Look at Apple's Mac Pro desktop

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Apple's much awaited Mac Pro started shipping a few weeks ago and we just received our review unit. This is the 12-core processor version with 32GB of RAM and 512GB of SSD storage. It comes in a simple black box with a few flyers, black Apple stickers and a power cord.

The Mac Pro itself is stunning to behold. It is  indescribably shiny and it weighs so little and is small enough to carry with one hand. The conical shape is extremely well balanced and is built to an impressive degree of precision. One button quickly liberates the lock so you can remove the outer shell which reminds me of Darth Vader or Magneto's helmet. I'm scrounging around for a spare keyboard, mouse and monitor to hook up to this bad boy and expect to have a more detailed review in a few weeks time.