Google Play store celebrates 25 billion downloads, 675,000 apps

Google's Play Store is their storefront for apps, books and videos and has just celebrated 25 billion downloads as well as the availability of 675,000 apps across myriad versions of Android OS on smartphones, tablets and Google TVs. To celebrate the milestones, Google is giving users a chance to download content forjust 25 cents. There will special collections like 25 movies you must own, 25 banned books, 25 albums that changed the world and 25 top selling magazines, all at special prices. Google Play can be accessed through Android devices.

Pearson launches Early Edition eBooks that give advance access to iOS developers

Available exclusively through Pearson, Early Edition multi-format eBooks (PDF, ePUB, and MOBI) provide readers with early access to important, time-sensitive topics and technologies–before the official publication.

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Softchoice Cloud offers cloud services adoption and curation expertise

Softchoice CEO Dave MacDonald.launches the Softchoice CloudBy Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Softchoice , an IT services and products provider, launched its Softchoice Cloud service yesterday in downtown Toronto. The event featured representatives from various cloud computing, storage and software as a service  solutions providers  such as Google, Microsoft, Box and many others and touched upon the challenges and opportunities related to cloud computing solutions.

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Google Street View goes underwater and it's awesome

Google has just added select Street View features for parts of the Great Barrier Reef, Hawaii and the Philippines. The maps show the splendor of reef life and allow viewers to move around and discover the selected areas. Google partnered with The Catlin Seaview Survey to capture and map the enthralling underwater landscapes.