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[Android] Cloudii is a cloud storage manager that connects to Dropbox, Google Drive, SkyDrive, and Box simultaneously

Briley Kenney May 14, 2013 0

Cloudii Getting StartedCloud storage is pretty popular these days. In fact, lots of people use multiple services to store and access content. Previously, we’ve covered CarotDAV which is a Windows application that allows you to connect to multiple cloud storage accounts simultaneously through a single portal. It’s great, except the driving idea [...]

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Apple and Amazon give your private data to the government without a warrant, says EFF report

Enrique May 3, 2013 3

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The Electronic Frontier Foundation’s (EFF) annual “Who Has Your Back?” report looks at how 18 big tech companies protect their users’ data from the American government. 2013′s report is out, and it isn’t a good reading for some companies.

EFF’s report looks at six points regarding user privacy:

[Windows] CarotDAV integrates Dropbox, Google Drive, SkyDrive, SugarSync, Box, FTP, and WebDAV into one program

Briley Kenney April 28, 2013 4

CarotDAV AccountsCloud storage is quickly becoming the norm, and this is probably due to the adoption rate of mobile devices. Lots of people have moved from using traditional desktops on a daily basis, to doing a brunt of their work on a smartphone or tablet. Various cloud storage services offer a [...]

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Yahoo Mail integrates with Dropbox, allows users to send attachments larger than 25 MB

Ashraf April 3, 2013 6

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Last year Google integrated Google Drive with Gmail, allowing users to send attachments as large as 10GB. Microsoft has similar integration of Outlook.com (the new Hotmail) and SkyDrive that allows users to send attachments up to 300MB big. Yahoo doesn’t have its own cloud storage service, but it doesn’t want [...]

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[Windows] Easily move and copy files to your Dropbox with Click2Public

Justin December 29, 2012 1

Click2PublicDo You want an easy way to share files with Dropbox? Would you like to be able to right-click on something and share it publicly with just the click of a button? Well Click2Public is for you. This is a program that actually adds context menus to Windows Explorer. This [...]

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Dropbox updates website, makes it easier to share files and folders with others

Ashraf December 6, 2012 2

Dropbox has always had the ability to share files (and folders? I never really tried sharing folders prior to today). In fact, this sharing of files is one of the aspects that made (make) Dropbox so great. However, it seems like the Dropbox team was not satisfied with their current [...]

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Dropbox passes 100 million users milestone, dotTech cheers them on

Ashraf November 15, 2012 0

A few years back Dropbox was just another cloud storage/backup startup. Now with over 100,000,000 registered users and 1,000,000,000 files being saved every day, Dropbox is the cloud storage startup.

Earlier this week Dropbox CEO Drew Houston announced there are now over 100 million registered users on Dropbox, a 200% [...]

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Is ‘S Cloud’ Samsung’s cloud storage service?

David September 4, 2012 1

While playing around with the Galaxy Note II at IFA 2012, German website BestBoyz discovered something in the Note II which Samsung did not officially announce: ‘S Cloud’. Could this be the S Cloud service Samsung has been rumored to be working on? A cloud storage service by Samsung? Maybe. [...]

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Are you in search of a text editor with a small footprint? Try Nebulous Notes [iPhone]

Brett September 1, 2012 0

Nebulous Notes is a user-friendly text editor for power users. Whether you are a writer, take notes in your job or for school, or a computer programmer, this app can assist you in your everyday life. Nebulous Notes provides a very simple interface for jotting down any type of text, [...]

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Box.net is now giving free 25 GB storage to all new users

Ashraf August 18, 2012 15

The free 2GB Dropbox gives you not enough? Free 5GB of Google Drive doesn’t satisfy your hunger? Need more than the free 7GB of Skydrive? Missed out on Box.net’s earlier promotion of free 50GB? Box.net is here to help. In an attempt to fight off the growing competition, Box.net is [...]

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Dropbox hack results in stolen usernames and passwords, new security measures

Ashraf August 1, 2012 22

Dropbox is an extremely popular cloud storage service used by many people, including me and likely you. However, popularity or size doesn’t mean you are immune from hackers. Since a few weeks Dropbox users have been complaining of a sudden increase in spam to e-mails that they only use for [...]

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Dropbox for iOS updated to 1.5, brings 3 GB additional free space and automatic uploads

Godwin June 16, 2012 3

The latest update to the Dropbox app for iOS (v1.5) brings some of the much awaited features to iOS users that Android users have already been enjoying with their Dropbox app. The application’s look and feel are also now similar to its Android version.

Automatic uploads is one of the [...]

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Tip: upgrade your existing Microsoft Skydrive account from 7GB to 25GB for free [Limited time]

Locutus May 18, 2012 17

Recently Microsoft unveiled a big change to its online file locker SkyDrive. They changed it from a website that you could upload files to (much like many other file lockers) to a multi-platform synchronization tool like Dropbox.

However, alongside these awesome changes comes a downside: they’re decreasing all SkyDrive accounts [...]

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Dropquest 2012: Get an extra gigabyte of Dropbox space for free! [Ends June 2!]

Locutus May 13, 2012 11

Everyone knows and loves Dropbox, the free file backup and synchronization service. However, its free plan, which gives you only 2GB of free space, can be a bit small at times, and so they occasionally offer ways to get more space for free. For instance, there’s the introductory welcome-to-Dropbox tutorial, [...]

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How to get an additional 5 GB of storage space on Dropbox for free!

Ashraf February 19, 2012 13

Dropbox gives all users 2 GB of free storage. There are ways to increase this free storage to a maximum of 20 GB — such as referring friends, having a .EDU e-mail address, Dropquest, and Getting Started quests. Now there is a new way to get up to 5 GB [...]

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Insync is Dropbox for Google Docs

Ashraf January 4, 2012 6

We all know and love Dropbox. Indeed Dropbox, with its free 2-20 GB of storage space and cross-platform and multi-device support, is hard to beat — except when it comes to purchasing storage space. Insync is a new file sync service that leverages the power of cheap Google cloud storage [...]

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[Android] Best free cloud storage/file sync app

Ashraf June 2, 2011 8

Originally written on June 2, 2011. Updated on June 2, 2011 to include SugarSync.

With more and more people using their smartphones for more work than play, it is becoming increasingly important to have access to files across all platforms. In other words, many people desire a way to easily [...]

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