Google Drive and 4 Other Cloud Storage Solutions


Updated 04/25/12 1:50 PM · Posted by · 2 comments

Google Announces Google Drive Free Cloud Storage

After years of speculation about a storage product, Google announced today its cloud storage solution — Google Drive. In an effort to seamlessly blend use for those already entrenched in Google Docs, documents are automatically built into Drive so that files can be collaborated on in real time. Users can give feedback on anything shared, including PDFs or video files, not just Google Docs; all Read more

31 Days of Spring Cleaning: Set Up a Cloud Service


Updated 03/23/12 9:49 AM · Posted by · 1 comment

What Is a Cloud Service?

Sick of toting around thumb drives full of files or emailing yourself attachments so you can continue working on a project on a different computer? All that is a thing of the past in the cloud. What is the cloud? The cloud is a service that stores your documents, files, music, and photos on secure third-party servers, allowing you to access them from any computer, anywhere, anytime with proper Read more

Acer Rolls Out Its Own Cloud Storage and Transfer Service: AcerCloud


Updated 01/08/12 4:11 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

AcerCloud Details

Cloud storage comes in handy when you want to access photos, video, and documents away from home. While there are lots of options when it comes to storing your goods in the cloud, Acer is planning to take on the iClouds and Google Docs of the world with its new cloud storage platform called AcerCloud. Providing a secure and personal connection, AcerCloud connects all of your devices — from Read more

Google Music Beta Promises Synced Music in the Cloud


Updated 05/11/11 1:41 PM · Posted by · 2 comments

Google Music Details From Google I/O Keynote

At Google's I/O conference today, the team unveiled its Google Music beta page which is live now and available for your invite requests. Coming shortly after Amazon's cloud music service, Google Music will allow you to listen to your music collection from anywhere with the help of the free Google Music app which is available now in the Android Market. Best part is, if you know you're going to be Read more

Amazon Launches Cloud Drive and Cloud Player: First Impressions


Updated 03/29/11 3:39 PM · Posted by · 3 comments

Amazon Cloud Player Reviews

We've been waiting for Apple and Google to launch cloud music services for a while now, but Amazon beat them both to the punch last night with the launch of Amazon Cloud Drive and Cloud Player — an online storage system for your music, movies, photos, and documents. Coming with 5GB of free storage, you can upgrade for $1 per GB ($20 for 20GB a year), but Amazon is offering a pretty sweet deal Read more

Yet Another Reason to Back Up Your Data: You Could Lose the Cure For Cancer


Updated 01/17/11 7:15 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

How to Back Up Your Data

As many times as I harp on my friends, family, and you readers at large to back up your data, there's always another story popping up about people that fail to do so, and lose something major. This time? It could be the cure for cancer. A university researcher named Sook Shin recently had her laptop stolen. This wouldn't have been too big of a deal if it was just any random computer used for Read more

Apple Enables Music Streaming Through MobileMe iDisk


Updated 08/04/10 11:20 AM · Posted by GeekSugar · 0 comments

Apple Streaming Music From MobileMe

We all shed a tear when music-streaming service Lala went down, and have been waiting to see what Apple would do with the recently purchased company ever since. Rumors have been swirling that Apple would skip over music and head straight for video streaming, but now, evidence is surfacing that Apple is in fact, allowing music streaming through a back door feature that utilizes MobileMe's Read more

Print Directly From Your Smartphone With HP's New Printers


Updated 06/08/10 9:35 AM · Posted by GeekSugar · 0 comments

New HP Printers Have Internet Access, Email Addresses

HP has announced a line of Internet-connected printers designed to easily work with a smartphone or other Internet-connected device. The printers come equipped with both an email address and cloud access to accept print jobs. Since they're wired directly to the Internet, they eliminate the need for a print server or PC; just email or upload your file from any device for easy printing. The Read more

Rdio: A Cloud Storage, Subscription-Based Music Service


Updated 06/04/10 10:50 AM · Posted by GeekSugar · 0 comments

Music Startup Rdio Launches

Apple may have shuttered cloud music service Lala last week, but a new music startup that stores your music in the cloud launched yesterday, and it's poised to become a great alternative to now-defunct Lala. Rdio is a subscription-based music service, charging $5 to $10 per month for an unlimited amount of music. Users who pay the full amount will be able to stream music from their computers or Read more