Microsoft has been pushing its Office 365 subscription service pretty hard, and now there’s one more good reason to pay for an Office subscription instead of paying a 1-time fee for the latest desktop version of Office. Sign up for Office 365 and not only do you get to use the latest Office apps… you […]
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Microsoft OneDrive users get up to 30GB of cloud storage for free (for now)
Microsoft lets anyone get up to 15GB of free cloud storage when they register for the company’s OneDrive service. But through the end of September you can double that amount for no extra charge. When you install the OneDrive app for iOS, Android, Windows Phone or Windows and enable the camera roll function to automatically […]
Microsoft gives 15GB of cloud storage to everyone, 1TB to Office 365 subscribers
Microsoft is more than doubling the amount of free cloud storage you get when you sign up for the company’s OneDrive service. Previously you got 7GB for free. Now you get 15GB. Want more storage? you can pay for it… plans start at $1.99 per month for 100GB… but if you pay for a subscription […]
Apple unveils iCloud Drive online file storage service
Apple is unveiling OS X 10.10 Yosemite, featuring a refined user interface, updates apps, and more. One of the most wide-reaching changes is support for a new way to use Apple’s iCloud online storage system: iCloud Drive. Apple iCloud Drive is basically Apple’s answer to Dropbox or Google Drive, giving you a way to store […]
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 […]
Dropbox brings Mailbox to Android, launches Carousel media manager for Android, iOS
Online storage company Dropbox provides tools for backing up your data to the cloud, accessing your files from multiple devices, and sharing files with other users. But Dropbox doesn’t just let you store your files in the cloud — it also provides tools for interacting with them. Now Dropbox is adding a few new tools […]
Canonical kills Ubuntu One cloud storage service
For the past few years the makers of the Ubuntu Linux operating system have been offering a cloud storage service called Ubuntu One that allows users to upload files, documents and media to the internet and access it across a range of devices including Windows, Mac, and Ubuntu computers or Android or iOS phones and […]
Google Drive cloud storage price cut: 1TB for $10/month
Google Drive provides users with up to 15GB of cloud storage for free. If you need more space for your files, you’ll have to pay for it… but now you’ll have to pay a lot less than before. Google has announced major price cuts for its cloud storage service. Users can now get 100GB of […]
Microsoft OneDrive cloud storage goes live
Microsoft is giving its cloud storage service a new name and a series of new features. SkyDrive is dead. Long live OneDrive. OneDrive is an online storage service that you can use to backup your files, access your files or media across multiple devices, or share content with other users. You can access OneDrive using […]
Lilbits (11-19-2013): Nexus accessories
Google’s been selling the Nexus 5 smartphone for weeks, but if you’ve wanted a little extra protection for your phone you’ve had to rely on third-party covers and cases. Now the official Nexus 5 Bumper is available from the Google Play Store. The company is also now selling a wireless charging pad that works with […]