Tag: cloud storage
4 Fast, Easy, Inexpensive Or Free Backup Solutions For Mac and PC
Tomorrow is World Backup Day, an annual event invented to bring awareness to the masses around backups, data, and security. Most people know that they should back up their important data but many don’t do it. Why? Some are busy and think setting up a backup scheme is too time-consuming, others might think it’s too [...]
How to use the new Windows Live Skydrive
Microsoft announced an update to Skydrive, the company’s cloud storage service that lets you store 25GB of documents, photos and even music for free. Although similar to other cloud storage services such as Dropbox and Apple’s new iCloud, Skydrive delivers much more storage for free. I’ve been using Skydrive for quite a while now and it has gradually [...]
mSpot Cloud Music Service Raises Storage Limit and Works on iOS
mSpot announced that they are increasing their cloud music storage service to 5GB to match the free storage Amazon Cloud Drive offers. mSpot works like Amazon’s new Cloud Drive and Cloud Player. It plays the music in a browser streamed from the Internet. Your music is available on any computer with an Internet browser and [...]
Amazon Cloud Drive & Player First Look
We were excited about the announcement from Amazon that they are offering 5GB of free storage for MP3 files and 20GB of free storage for anyone who is willing to buy an album from their music downloading service. So we immediately signed up, bought an album we were planning to get from iTunes, and tested [...]
How to Store and Share Large Files Online
We live in a connected world and we always want access to our most important information, anytime, anywhere. The buzz word lately is the cloud, which is a way of utilizing the Internet to store, manage and share information. Utilizing the cloud is still a new idea for many although we have dabbled with in [...]
Chrome Cr-48 Destroyed: Why Working in the Cloud Has Advantages
The Google Chrome notebook Cr-48, which we are in the process of reviewing, lives entirely in the cloud. Even though it has a hard drive for offline work, the real magic is in having your data always accessible — even if your notebook gets destroyed, something Google has decided to show us in the gut wrenching, [...]
Box.net Upgrades Free plan to 5GB Storage
Good news for cloud storage users, Box.net has upgraded the free plan for consumers to 5GB of storage. Box.net provides users with a cloud storage solution for sharing files and syncing files to your desktop. The new larger storage solution will prove helpful for many users, but unfortunately the free personal plan is limited to [...]
Pogoplug Wireless and Print Functionality A Mixture of Convenience and Frustration
Pogoplug is the network attached storage box with a distinctive Pink and White exterior that helps users backup, store, and share files over their network and even over the Internet. Recently Pogoplug has expanded its functionality and introduced two new boxes one for businesses with customizable interface so that customers see a company’s branding instead [...]
Pogoplug Pro: Built In Wireless and a Business Formal Color Scheme
Pogoplug is adding integrated wireless to their next generation of the networked attached storage device that adds a cloud component for users’ storage needs. And they are also changing their iconic pink and white exterior to a more subdued black and white. Cloud Engines announced the black and white Pogoplug Pro today. In case you didn’t know, a Pogoplug [...]
Pogoplug Web Printing, Wireless Access and Pogoplug Biz
Pogoplug is a network enabled storage device which allows users to plug a USB hard drive in and access the contents and storage space on a network and over the Internet. Today the makers of Pogoplug announced that the recently revealed web printing feature and wireless networking add-on are shipping and going live this week. With [...]
