Verizon Wireless is introducing Backup Assistant Plus, a free cloud service that integrates and securely stores subscriber contacts, multimedia and email....read more

Not a week goes by where there isn't a new sync solution announced for personal digital content such as photos, music, videos and files. Sync is about making things the same – replicating content across multiple locations (devices). But, not all "sync" is created equal as the lines between backup, sync and restore are becoming increasingly blurred as users expect their lifelong digital content to be secure and accessible from any device, anywhere and at any time....read more

Steve French discusses how operators can monetize the 'consumer content' cloud...watch video

When Apple officially threw its hat into the 'content cloud' services ring with their iCloud announcement last month, it capped a trifecta of launches from the three leading over-the-top (OTT) players: Apple iCloud, Google Music and Amazon CloudDrive. Does the advance of these giants mean everyone else should hand over their first-mover advantage?...read more

NewBay, the leader in digital lifestyle services, today announced that its LifeCache Social Networking Gateway (SNG) is powering real mobile social networking and social address book experiences on android-powered LG smartphones. ...read more

Cloud computing is the buzz word associated with the trifecta of mobile technology: the ability to access information and files from a home computer, a mobile device and a work computer or tablet. One of the most obvious applications of cloud capabilities is for accessing music between devices. ...read more

There's a sea change underway shaping the way we all communicate. No longer limited to a specific device, people enjoy the freedom to seamlessly network ...read more

For operators, the days of organic growth through new customer acquisition are essentially over. According to CTIA, U.S. market penetration is upwards of 95% while in other parts of the world it's over 100%. The cost to pull subscribers from the competition will only go up. ...read more

NewBay Software has launched a system that allows operators to provide IP-based notifications to devices independently of the platform the device is operating on ...read more

Despite rumours circulating last week that Apple is in discussions with music labels about putting iTunes in the cloud and making purchased music available on a multitude of devices, NewBay Software says it has had this service available in the cloud since last year. ...read more

Last week I attended Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, along with 60,000 other attendees—a new record according to the GSM Association. ...read more

Amidst heated competition between Google and Apple -- with Microsoft throwing its hat into the ring -- attendees at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona are wrestling with how consumers can access the same content across a number of mobile devices ...read more

Digital content services provider NewBay launched LifeCache Digital Vault 2.4 to provide music, photo and video cloud services for operators and device makers. LifeCache Digital Vault allows users to go beyond proprietary music clients like iTunes and access their image, music and video files from anywhere. ...read more

Mobile software firm NewBay has unveiled new technology at the GSMA Mobile World Congress that allows music lovers to play their iTunes collection from any device. The Irish company has also signed a major licensing deal with LG Electronics. ...read more

Snaps up global deal for the LifeCache Social Networking Gateway. This new agreement builds on an existing arrangement between the two firms. ...read more

Cloud services are going to be flooding in in the next couple of years, and for good reason. The prospect of freeing up local hard drive space and backing up sensitive data (like our precious music collections) by using external, secure servers, is a pretty exciting one. ...read more

NewBay, a fast-growing Dublin, Ireland-based company that provides social networking, messaging and other services to wireless carriers, has chosen Seattle as its new headquarters for the Americas. ...read more

"There's a new mobile company in town—Dublin, Ireland-based NewBay Software, which is celebrating the opening of its new U.S. headquarters in Seattle" ...read more

Timo Bauer, Senior Vice President & General Manager Americas, shares NewBay's vision and insights on one of the largest consumer-facing telecom cloud solutions; and how the Cloud is more than just about operational efficiency or cost savings, but can increase a telecom's ARPU, drive messaging and data traffic, strengthen customer loyalty and build mobile communities and social networks based on user generated content. ...read more

Dublin mobile software firm NewBay's technology is at the heart of a new service called AT&T Mobile Share that will enable US mobile users to upload, manage, store and share all user-generated videos and photos on multiple screens. ...read more