Amazon is pulling the plug on Amazon Drive, a cloud storage service that the company first launched in 2011, when it was known as Amazon Cloud Drive. Existing users will no longer be able to upload files to Amazon Drive starting January 31, 2023. And the service will shut down entirely on December 31, 2023. […]
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Amazon kills unlimited Cloud Drive storage plan, now offers 1TB for $60 per year
A little over two years ago Amazon began offering unlimited Cloud Drive storage to customers who paid $60 per year. Now the company is ending that offer. Starting today, any customer who signs up for Cloud Drive storage will be able to opt for 100GB for $12 per year or 1TB for $60 per year. […]
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Seagate Duet is a portable hard drive that syncs with Amazon Cloud Drive
Backing up your data is always a good idea. But you know what’s even better? Making two backups including one that’s stored remotely so that if your house or office burns down with your computer and backup drive in it, you won’t lose all your data. Now Amazon and Seagate have introduced a new portable hard […]
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Amazon Cloud Drive no longer offers 5GB of free storage
This week Amazon introduced two new ways to use Amazon Cloud Drive, the company’s online storage service. Pay $60 per year and you get unlimited online storage for all of your files. Or pay $12 per year and you can upload as many photos as you like as well as 5GB of non-photo files. But what […]
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Amazon Cloud Drive now offers unlimited storage for $60 per year (or just photos for $12)
14 Comments on Amazon Cloud Drive now offers unlimited storage for $60 per year (or just photos for $12)Amazon’s Cloud Drive is an online storage locker service that lets anyone upload up to 5GB of files for free. Have an Amazon Prime membership? Last year Amazon launched unlimited photo storage for Prime members. Want cheap storage, but don’t want to pay $99 per year for a Prime subscription? Now there are two more options: […]
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Amazon moves Kindle personal documents to Cloud Drive
Amazon’s Kindle eReaders and tablets are designed to let you read books, magazines, and newspapers from the Kindle Store. But an added perk has long been that customers can use a “Send to Kindle” feature to read text, HTML, Word, and PDF documents, clips of web pages, and even DRM-free Kindle-compatible eBooks. Amazon even provides […]
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Amazon launches Cloud Drive apps for Windows, Mac
Amazon introduced Cloud Drive way back when Google Drive was just a twinkle in Google’s eye. You know… last year. But up until recently Amazon Cloud Drive as an online storage locker that you had to use a web browser or mobile app to access. Now you can use your PC thanks to new Amazon […]