“The Cloud” is becoming the place to be for backup and data storage. Microsoft offers its SkyDrive; Apple has iCloud; there’s Mozy, Acronis, JustCloud, Carbonite, Dropbox, etc. There are so many, it’s impossible to list them all. This Geek uses SkyDrive, iCloud, DropBox and, for clients, Carbonite. They all have their advantages, similarities and differences. …
Tag Archive: cloud storage
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Apr 20
Polkast: The cloud you have when you’re not having the cloud?
Of all the interesting terminology which has passed into the language following the emergence of newer technology, don’t you think that ‘the cloud’ is among the most inventive. I do, yet it is both appropriate and somewhat misleading at the same time. The term itself is a metaphor for the internet and, although it conjures …
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Feb 28
Box is giving new Android users 50gb of free cloud storage
Now through March 23, box (the other cloud storage solution) will be allocating 50 gigabytes of cloud storage space to anyone who downloads and installs the app from the Android Marketplace (sorry iOS users, it appears box has already offered this deal to you before, so no love this time). …
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Feb 09
Ain’t nothing but a G Drive baby
Google is gearing up to take to the sky, according to the Wall Street Journal that is. It’s a case of better late than last. While Dropbox has been offering users free cloud storage since 2007, Google considered releasing a cloud drive that year as well. There’s no telling how different the cloud computing game …
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