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Google Drive triples free storage to 15 GB

by Mel Martin (May 13th, 2013)

We were just talking about how Amazon is competing with Apple and other cloud services by offering 5 GB of storage for free. Now, that turns out to be old news, because today Google announced that free storage spanning several Google services like Gmail, Google+ and Google Drive is now going to ...

Talkcast tonight, 7pm PT/10pm ET: Backups and Clouds and Dolly Drive!

by Kelly Guimont (Apr 7th, 2013)

Another Sunday means another talkcast! As you may have noticed, Kelly's put some prep work in for tonight. We have some special guests tonight coming in from Dolly Drive, and we'll be discussing backup services, and cloud services, and what happens when you get your backup all in your cloud, or ...

Microsoft SkyDrive 3.0 update finally makes it into the App Store

by Steven Sande (Apr 3rd, 2013)

In December of 2012, we reported on how Apple was delaying updates to Microsoft's SkyDrive iOS app over a dispute on whether or not Apple should receive its customary 30 percent cut on storage plans purchased through the app. Well, apparently the bickering couple has kissed and made up, as the ...

Dropbox CEO criticizes iCloud's "bizarre limitations"

by Michael Grothaus (Mar 4th, 2013)

Speaking at Mobile World Congress last week, Dropbox CEO Drew Houston said users should be wary of using cloud storage solutions that are provided by a single manufacturer of a smartphone. His statements were aimed at the concern that users could become locked into a device because that ...

SugarSync 2.0 now available as a public beta

by Steven Sande (Nov 13th, 2012)

SugarSync 2.0 is now available as a public beta to anyone who currently uses the cloud service or is thinking about moving to the platform. SugarSync has been redesigned across the board, from the desktop Mac app to the web app, and (soon) the iOS app will be available. At this point in time, ...

Box makes a deal to add more global servers

by Mike Schramm (Nov 12th, 2012)

I find it a little hard to believe that until now, Box (formerly Box.net) didn't have any servers running outside the US. But apparently that was the case, as the company has just made a deal with Equinix to host six data centers around the world, including places such as Amsterdam, Sydney and ...

Box app updated with iPhone 5 compatibility, get 10 GB of storage free now

by Mike Schramm (Sep 25th, 2012)

The Box app has just been updated for compatibility with the iPhone 5 and to celebrate, Box is offering some excellent cloud storage deals for new users. When you download and sign in to the free app (starting now, for a limited time), you will get the 10 GB + Sync Box service for free. If you ...

Dropbox doubles storage on Pro plans -- for free

by Steven Sande (Jul 11th, 2012)

Dropbox users who have one of the Dropbox Pro 50 or 100 GB plans woke up to a pleasant surprise this morning -- they now have double the storage space in the cloud and didn't have to pay a cent more. According to a post last night on the Dropbox blog, they've been getting requests for bigger ...

MobileMe customers get free 20 GB of iCloud storage until September

by Kelly Hodgkins (May 7th, 2012)

Last year, Apple announced that it's shutting down MobileMe at the end of June 2012. To ease the transition from MobileMe to iCloud, the company offered 20GB of free iCloud storage to all existing MobileMe users. This free storage expires June 30, 2012, but a change in Apple's website, noticed ...

Google launches Google Drive

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 24th, 2012)

Google launched Google Drive, an online service that lets you create, share and store your documents online. You can use the desktop client to upload videos, photographs, Google docs and more to Google's cloud. When you're on the go, you can access these files using a mobile client. Google ...

OpenPhoto is an open, cloud-based photo storage alternative for iPhone

by Steven Sande (Apr 20th, 2012)

If you're furious with Flickr and peeved at Picasa, there's a new kid in town -- OpenPhoto. OpenPhoto is an open source photo sharing service along the lines of those other services, but the images are stored on Dropbox, Amazon S3, or any other cloud-storage service. It's meant to give photograph ...

Walmart to charge $2-$4 to convert DVDs to UltraViolet

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Mar 13th, 2012)

Walmart is expected to announce today that it has entered a partnership with Universal, Paramount, Warner Brothers, Sony Pictures and Fox to allow consumers to access DVDs they own in UltraViolet's cloud. This will cost between US$2-$4 per DVD, depending on quality. The DVDs will be stamped to ...

Samsung's iCloud rival delayed

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Feb 21st, 2012)

Engadget is reporting Korea's ETNews' claim that Samsung's S-Cloud is delayed because Samsung decided to change the way the cloud infrastructure works. Samsung is hoping that S-Cloud will rival Apple's iCloud and is now looking at Korea's KT public cloud service to use as a backbone for its ...

Daily Mac app: Droplr

by Mel Martin (Feb 6th, 2012)

Do you want to share files easily and quickly? Then take a look at Droplr, which has been around for some time and recently hit the Mac App Store in an improved version 2. Droplr is free and easy way to share images, documents and other files. You can run it from a web browser or the Mac app which ...

Dropbox is the top iPhone productivity app in TUAW Best of 2011 voting

by Steven Sande (Dec 25th, 2011)

Merry Christmas! Although today is officially a holiday and we're all spending time with our families and friends, the voting elves at TUAW have been working hard to continue the coverage of our TUAW Best of 2011 awards. Today's winner is an app and service that should be on everyone's ...