Tag: FILESTORAGE

It's hard to believe: our world-spanning network, our Internet, which is the cornerstone of free speech and free society -- which, on a good day, is capable of causing populist revolutions -- is still crippled by banal geolocation restrictions. We are, of course, talking about Amazon's two latest offerings, both of which are only available in the United States. Last week it was the excellent ...

Given my fondness for Dropbox, I can't believe I didn't find out about AirDropper before today. It solves one of the biggest problems with Dropbox: getting files from friends or clients who don't want to sign up for Dropbox. AirDropper lets you send the stubborn, Dropboxless target a link that they can use to upload files directly into your Dropbox. There's no separate account signup, and nothing ...

There are hundreds of online file storage alternatives available now, ranging from the very sketchy to the expensively professional. With such a crowded field, Irish startup PutPlace is playing a slightly different angle to win your business: they're making it personal. The service is designed to be a secure, "future-proof" place to put your important family and business documents. PutPlace is ...

Did somebody mention an explosion of services for sending and receiving files too large to be email attachments? It looks like newcomer Driveway has its sights set on services like YouSendIt and MailBigFile. All three services work pretty much the same way. You upload a large file to a server and an email is sent to your recipient letting them know that the file is ready to download. But while ...

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/programming/Dev_Chair_Getting_the_most_out_of_version_control'; So you've picked a version control system and successfully installed/configured it. Now it's time to figure out how to get the most out of all this newfound power. The What What kind of files would you want to put under version control? Anything and everything! Seriously, everything that you work on ...

I don't know how you feel about blue collar, but if you want, need, or simply must have yet another email account, BlueTie is one to check out. BlueTie however, really is much more than just an email account. Not only is it free email with 5GB of storage per user (yes, more than Google so far), but provides unified calendar and other collaborative tools including shared file storage, an ...