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Google Drive is here, and you can install it right now

Explore Ars Technica (Apr 24 2012)

...sers 5GB of free storage to sync across computers, and finally giving Google a viable competitor to Dropbox, Microsoft's SkyDrive, Apple's iCloud, and the like. Google announced the new service today and i... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Microsoft   Google   Apple

Google Drive To Launch Today With 5GB Free Storage?

Explore techweekeurope.co.uk (Apr 24 2012)

...ervice would bring it into competition with Microsoft’s SkyDrive, which is available on iPhone, and Dropbox, whose free service offers just 2GB of storage. (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Microsoft   Google   Dropbox

FreedomPop’s plan to become the anti-carrier

Explore GigaOM (Mar 28 2012) Applications , Business Models

...atures and the promise of more free bandwidth. Miller said FreedomPop plans to grow the same way as Dropbox, which grew exponentially by rewarding referrers with more online storage. “From an economics persp... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Clearwire   Kevin Fitchard   Dropbox

How to become a battery miser: tips for saving battery life on the iPad

Explore Ars Technica (Mar 20 2012)

... of books, music, movies, PDFs and more. In order to store a local copy, just star the item and the Dropbox app will store it on the device. Good Reader is an app that lets you read word processing docs, PDF... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   AT&T   RSS   Facebook

The 7 Wireless Data Cap Losers

Explore blog.tmcnet.com (Mar 6 2012) Business Models

...zon EC2 – as so many other services rely on the leading ecommerce and cloud hosting site as well as Dropbox and of course iCloud. Desktop sharing companies like OnLive Desktop, GoToMeeting, LogMeIn, etc. Muc... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Facebook Profile Google Reader   Google   Samsung

6 features that make Windows 8 a tablet contender

Explore GigaOM (Feb 29 2012) Mobility

...ote storage. That’s where Microsoft’s SkyDrive comes in, although you can always use Windows 8 with Dropbox, Amazon’s Cloud Drive, or any other cloud storage system. The advantage to SkyDrive is its integrat... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Microsoft   Apple   Amazon.com

HTC Unveils Ice Cream Sandwich-Powered ‘One’ Series

Explore techweekeurope.co.uk (Feb 27 2012)

...rs to take photos whilst capturing video. In addition, all three phones will come with 25GB of free Dropbox storage. “The best moments in life are captured with a photo or remembered by a song, so it was key... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Vodafone   HTC   RAM

Google closes in on Google Drive launch, its long awaited Dropbox competitor

Explore The Next Web (Feb 9 2012)

...h in the ‘coming weeks or months’ and is expected to be free for most users and businesses. As with Dropbox, Google is likely to introduce a paid storage option for users that wish to store large amounts of ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Google   IOS   Dropbox

For Apple, iCloud is just the beginning

Explore GigaOM (Jan 27 2012)

..., anywhere you are. We know Apple has been sniffing around this area: Steve Jobs offered to acquire Dropbox several years ago, telling its founder, Drew Houston, that it was really “a feature, not a product.... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Apple   Macbook Air   Dropbox

Five big things to watch out for in 2012

Explore GigaOM (Dec 19 2011) Mobility

...type experiences when it comes to the software and services we use at work too. Workers want to use Dropbox, Evernote and Skype the same way they do at home. What this means: As this continues to be more com... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   CNN   Dropbox   Erica Ogg

Is PC presence enough to help Box.net prevail?

Explore GigaOM (Dec 5 2011) Marketing

...e business accounts targeted by these HP PC models. But, at the same time Box competitors like Dropbox seem to have progressed beyond the PC to hotter-selling mobile devices. Last month Dropbox announced $250 million in funding to fuel its effort to integrate its technology into phones, cars,... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Hewlett-Packard   Dropbox   Box

Do You Optimize for Bandwidth or Latency?

Explore The Register (Nov 29 2011) Applications

...aller ones – are slowly gravitating towards online storage and backup services. Services like Mozy, Dropbox or iDrive are just too handy. But they can exact an unforeseen toll if your ISP throttles your conn... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   DSL   Dropbox

Consumer Technology Now Drives the Enterprise

Explore tmcnet.com (Oct 11 2011) Applications , Marketing

...,” says Gartner. The new element is cloud computing. “Cloud-based applications and services such as Dropbox and Projectplace are convincing these folks that they can get better results faster, without IT inv... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   IBM   Gartner   Gary Kim

The Complete Guide To Freemium Business Models

Explore TechCrunch (Sep 4 2011) Business Models

...eriod of use before the customer can determine the value they can derive from it. A good example is Dropbox. Consider Drew Houston’s words: “The fact was that Dropbox was offering a product that people didn’t know they needed until they tried.” There are plenty of a... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Chris Anderson   Dropbox

How far can consumerization go for enterprise apps?

Explore GigaOM (Sep 1 2011) Marketing

During VMworld this week, VMware introduced a new Dropbox-like application called Project Octopus that will let users safely store, access and share corporat... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Google   Facebook   Amazon Web Services