1. Cloud Applications For the Home User rev. LCCUG 7.13.10 Rev. 7.10.11

3.  “All new application development inside Microsoft will be designed for the cloud,” Scott said. “Architecturally, it’s easier to start with the cloud in mind than having to retrofit an on-premises app to run on the cloud...”  Microsoft: We'll be running 85 to 90 percent of our apps in the cloud this decade. https://office.live.com Office 365 for Professionals and Small http://www.microsoft.com/en-s/office365/

4. “.....Google is arguably the biggest advocate of cloud computing, one variety of which shifts tasks that once were done on personal computers to Internet servers reached with a Web browser. “ Gmail http://gmail.comhttp://gmail.com Photos – Picasa Videos – YouTube Blogs Google Docs: Spreadsheets PPT Form Drawing Templates

5. Google Docs Tutorials

6. 24 Symbols http://www.24symbols.com/ Google eBookstore for over 3 million eBooks to read on the Web, Android, iPhone, iPad, etc. http://books.google.com/ Project Gutenberg - Project Gutenberg - Over 100,000 free ebooks are available through our partners http://www.gutenberg.org/ The Internet Archive Text Archive contains nearly 3 million items: fiction, popular books, children's books, historical texts and academic books http://www.archive.org/index.php Librarything http://www.librarything.com/ GoodReads http://www.goodreads.com/ Books

7. Google Music Amazon Cloud Player iCloud (Apple) iCloud (Apple) - coming soon Store copy of your music in the cloud Access from any device

8. $$$$$$$$ Mint Mint : A Cloud based personal finance tool, to manage your money. http://www.mint.com/http://www.mint.com/ Caution: http://tinyurl.com/2cmjt9v Online banking Managing your checkbook, savings, investments and billpaying online….

9. Panda Cloud AntivirusPanda Cloud Antivirus: The first free Antivirus from the cloud No need to worry about regular updates. Occupies very little system resources. It uses collective intelligence servers for fast detection Simple interface. Also protects your PC while offline (not connected to internet) The Best Free Cloud based Antivirus http://www.cloudantivirus.com/en

10. Pogo Games http://www.pogo.com/ Online Gaming Games with Facebook Games apps for the tablet or smart phone iPod or Android Ex: Words with friends Angry Birds

11. Social Media Websites

12. Fotoflexer http://fotoflexer.comhttp://fotoflexer.com Picnik (recently purchased by Google) http://picnik.com http://picnik.com Animoto http://animoto.comhttp://animoto.com Picasa http://picasa.google.comhttp://picasa.google.com Editing Youtubes http://news.cnet.com/8301-27076_3- 20010127-248.html http://news.cnet.com/8301-27076_3- 20010127-248.html Splashup photoeditor http://www.splashup.com/ Photoshop Online http://www.photoshop.com/ http://www.photoshop.com/ Cool Digital Photo tools on the web:

13. DropBox - store your data in the cloud for easy access https://www.dropbox.com/ Online back up example - Carbonite http://www.carbonite.com/ads/kim/signup.aspx? cmpid=RA_Kommando_1http://www.carbonite.com/ads/kim/signup.aspx? cmpid=RA_Kommando_1 $59/yr Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/ Storage, Sharing & Backup

14. Cloud backup Device file syncing Document collaboration Download linker Works with many devices Can share 1 file or folder.. Creates a shareable link Keeps deleted files 30 days Up to 16 GB when you refer Syncronize other applications using Dropbox Dropbox Apps DirectoryDirectory

15. Springpad http://springpadit.com/home Sharable ToDo list – easy access online http://tadalist.com/ Office and business applications http://www.zoho.com Instapaper http://www.instapaper.comhttp://www.instapaper.com/ Use Evernote to save your ideas, things you see, and things you like. Then find them all on any computer, phone or device you use. For free. http://www.evernote.com More online tools

16. Reminder of security concerns : Example of problems with relying on the "cloud" (Intuit) http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2365254,00.asp