Tag: Online Storage
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Cubby: a simple way to share files across multiple devices
When I first heard about Cubby’s unlimited storage, my immediate reaction was “I must have it.” When I found out that “unlimited storage” meant computer-to-computer syncing I was less enthused. I forgave them, however, because I concede that offering unlimited cloud storage through a free service is foolish at best. And it wasn’t long before…
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Share, Organize, and Store Your Digital Files Online with Quanp
The world of online storage is a growing one, with different services and new features coming out all the time. Quanp, pronounced “Quan-Pah”, is one which I’ve found to be quite useful not only for its online storage, but the way in which it organizes and displays your files on your desktop. Quanp, short for…
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How to Let Your WordPress Blog Visitors Upload Files To Your Dropbox
Dropbox is one of our favorite pieces of software here at Techerator. Every day, people are coming up with new ways to use the free online file backup and syncing service. When used with other software, Dropbox can be utilized for just about anything. The Dropbox Upload Form plugin for WordPress is a small plugin…
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Review: Dropbox For iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad
If you don’t already have a free Dropbox account, this is something you need to do. Essentially, Dropbox is online storage that syncs to a folder on whatever computer you have it installed on. The program places a Dropbox folder on your computer, and whatever files you put in it are automatically uploaded to the…
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New Dropbox Feature Lets You Pick Which Folders Sync
I sometimes get asked, “What size USB flash drive do you have?”, especially when people are looking for a way to keep their documents with them between home/work/school. Well, if you haven’t heard of Dropbox, you’re in for a wonderful revelation – you don’t need flash drives anymore! Instead of keeping your files on USB…
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Dropbox: Take Your Files Everywhere
Methods of transferring and sharing files have come a long way from the days of 3.5″ floppy disks. Once limited to 1.44 MB at a time, we are now able to use flash drives to easily transfer around 32 GB (approximately 22000 times as much data) at greater transfer speeds than before. Although physical media…
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How To: Use Your iPhone/iPod Touch as a Wireless Flash Drive
One of the most useful applications I’ve used for the iPhone/iPod Touch is Airsharing ($4.99, app store), which allows you to use your device as a wireless flash drive. Not only can it store (and view!) files wirelessly, it also works on Windows, Mac, Linux and even through a web browser. If that wasn’t enough…