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Posted April 17, 2013, 10:30 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in The Web
A number of Google services experienced partial disruptions or outright outages this morning as users took to social networks to vent their complaints. As of about 8am Central Time until 10am, the company’s App Status Dashboard showed partial disruptions for…
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Posted March 21, 2013, 3:00 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in The Web, Industry News
Apple’s iCloud may be a little limited as a cloud storage solution compared to services like Dropbox, but the sheer number of iDevices on people’s hands have already pushed the year-and-a-half old platform to the top among US consumer cloud…
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Posted March 18, 2013, 2:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web
Reports this morning of Google Drive becoming inaccessible sent ripples through social media. Shortly after complaints surfaced, Google confirmed Drive was experiencing a noteworthy disruption. The company subsequently resolved the issue and all Google services appear to have returned to normal…
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Posted February 8, 2013, 4:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Microsoft
Earlier today Microsoft revealed that its cloud-based SkyDrive service now plays host to more than 1 billion documents. There’s little doubt that the service saw a massive increase in use thanks to its tie-in with the recently released Office 365.
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Posted December 18, 2012, 5:30 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in The Web With Video
LogMeIn has announced pricing options for its upcoming Dropbox competitor, Cubby, which is currently in beta and due to launch sometime in early 2013. Introduced in April, beta users have been granted up to 5GB of free cloud storage with the potential to earn another gigabyte...
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Posted November 28, 2012, 10:30 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in The Web, Software
Google is making it easier for users to send large files via email by integrating its cloud storage service Google Drive into Gmail. The move means users will be able to send files up to 10GB in size, or up…
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Posted November 1, 2012, 6:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Mobile Computing With Video
AT&T is now offering customers a cloud storage service with 5GB of free storage for select Android and iPhone users. The service is called AT&T Locker and is available on all Android handsets running software version 2.1 or later and…
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Posted July 12, 2012, 4:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Mobile Computing, The Web
Google has announced the arrival of Chrome 20 to the stable channel for Chrome OS, the company's browser-based operating system for Chromebooks. The update brings Google Drive front and center, adds offline Google Docs support and also manages to stamp…
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Posted May 4, 2012, 8:30 AM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, The Web
Google's cloud-based office suite, Google Docs, has gained a whopping 450 choices to its once scarce selection of font types. The new fonts include Ubuntu, Android's Ice Cream Sandwich "Droid" font and a wide variety of others ranging from monospaced…
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Posted April 26, 2012, 11:27 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in TechSpot
It's cloud storage week apparently, with Dropbox rolling out an update that improves how its users can share things, Microsoft's SkyDrive getting dedicated desktop apps and a revamped feature set, and Google Drive finally making its long-awaited debut.

We've hand-picked some of the most established and consumer-friendly cloud storage services and took them for a spin to see how well they stack against each other, with a comparative table to provide an at-a-glance overview of each service's strong points.
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Posted April 24, 2012, 3:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web, Industry News With Video
Following piles of mounting rumors, an official cloud-based storage option by Google is finally here. In February, a Google employee had mentioned that the company would be releasing a cloud-based storage service in a "couple of weeks". Although that turned out to be…
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Posted April 17, 2012, 9:30 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in The Web, Mobile Computing
Google is planning to launch their long-rumored cloud storage solution next week. The free service will be called Google Drive and is expected to directly compete with the likes of Dropbox and SugarSync, according to a report from The Next…
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Posted April 4, 2012, 6:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, The Web
Dropbox has decided to double-down on its referral incentives and now offers users twice the free space for each person they sign up. Referrals can now net free users and paying subscribers up to 16GB (512MB per referral) of free…
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Posted March 30, 2012, 1:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web, Mobile Computing
A possible screenshot has revealed that Google Drive may debut with 5GB of free storage space. This counters previous reports which have claimed 1GB will come standard. According to Talk Android, sources say Google Drive is still on track with…
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Posted March 28, 2012, 10:30 AM by Lee Kaelin | Filed in Industry News
Google's cloud-based storage service, dubbed Google Drive or GDrive, could arrive as early as next month, according to "well placed sources familiar with company’s plans" talking to GigaOM.
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Posted February 9, 2012, 3:00 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Industry News, The Web
Google is reportedly getting ready to launch a cloud-based storage service that would rival the likes of Dropbox and Microsoft's SkyDrive. Citing people familiar with the matter, the Wall Street Journal says the service will be known as 'Drive' and…
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