Tag: UPLOAD

I'm an avid Dropbox fan. I've been using it for a long time now, and it's one of a handful of applications that I think of as "mission critical" on my system. But there are a couple of things that have always irked me about Dropbox. First and foremost, there are the rates. It's US$9.99/month for 50GB. Really? With online backup solutions such as Backblaze and Mozy offering unlimited storage for ...

Curious about how your current Internet provider compares to other local options? Take a look at Ookla's Net Index, which has compiled user test results from around the world into easy-to-understand rankings. Data is gathered from both speedtest.net and pingtest.net, and covers the entire globe. In total, Net Index has sifted through more than 1.5 billion tests, and there have probably ...

You already know Chrome OS is a "cloud operating system," but until recently it really hasn't shown much in terms of integration with Web apps. Not in the open source Chromium Code at least -- Google's dogfood Chrome OS is likely a bit further along. However, while tinkering with Chromium OS on my netbook today (you know, the one I've been using for posting video demos) I happened upon an ...

Zscreen is an absolutely phenomenal screenshot tool. One of the features I like about it most is its awesome integration with online hosting services -- and not just for images. ZScreen also support short URL services, text hosts like Pastebin, and file hosts such as RapidShare and Drop.io. It's certainly a handy feature, but what if you're not a ZScreen user? Wouldn't it be slick to have ...

The BPI -- Britain's equivalent of the American RIAA -- has sent a cease-and-desist order to Google, demanding that it removes links to one-click hosting sites with copyrighted MP3s from its search results. The DMCA notice (which you can read in full at Chilling Effects) cites 38 copyrighted works that are all easily found using simple Google searches. The cease-and-desist even lists the search ...

I honestly should have known better. Right from the get-go, GoodSync Explorer seemed kind of iffy. It didn't feel like malware, but I got strong "crapware" vibes. The description says that it uses "File System technology from GoodSync." Uh, ... File System technology? That sounds ... impressive. Still, I decided to take the plunge and try it anyway. I downloaded and installed it. I was happy to ...

I'm a big fan of iPhone photo apps, because the built-in Camera and Photos applications certainly don't handle every photo-related task you might want to do with your phone. You can email photos from the Photos app, for example, but you can't upload them anywhere. Various photo sites have their own uploader apps, but what if you use more than one site? Orli Yakuel at GO2WEB20 just posted about ...

If you use HP's Snapfish to share and organize your photos, you might be interested to know that there's now a Snapfish iPhone app that makes it easy to upload photos to the site. The free app lets you batch-upload a bunch of photos from your phone at once, and you can also use it browse and share the photos that are already on your account. Snapfish might not be the cool kid in the online ...

Signing up for Google Apps for your domain is a pretty sweet deal, but there's still the matter of your current email account, and all the messages that come with it. Fortunately, Google has anticipated the demise of your old email account, and taken the liberty of planning for its future. Email packrats who run Windows have had access to a Google Email Uploader tool for some time, and now ...

Flickr has an open and very powerful API that's been around since 2004. Five years later, developers have built an enormous number of great apps and cool toys for Flickr. Now you can browse and discover Flickr apps in one central location, the new App Garden. Apps in the garden range from stats to importing/exporting to integration with other sites. Although Flickr has chosen some featured ...

Sites like Rapidshare and Megaupload tend to be used heavily by music blogs and other sites that don't have the bandwidth or the storage space to handle a high volume of downloads. Even the biggest mirror services can get bogged down, though. Sometimes one mirror will be slow, your file will be taken down, or you'll reach the limited number of downloads some sites allow. Mirroring your file on ...

Sharing pictures on FriendFeed is nothing new, but now it's just as easy to share other file types on the popular social network. You can either upload a file on the FriendFeed website, or email it as an attachment to share@friendfeed.com. The feature is intended for stuff like PDFs and spreadsheets, but you can also upload music files like mp3s and m4as. Mp3s are playable and downloadable on ...

If you've used a file-sharing service that lets you upload files and send the link to a friend via email, you might appreciate FileTwt. It's the same idea, but you pass the link along via a tweet or a direct message on Twitter. In keeping with Twitter's spirit of brevity -- or maybe with FileTwt's inevitable bandwidth costs -- the max file upload is currently only 20mb. FileTwt is a brilliant idea ...

Like previously mentioned Rapidspread, Gazup is a web service that allows you to upload a file and mirror it on several hosts with ease. Gazup's interface is decidedly more Web 2.0 (it's up to you to decide whether that's a good or bad thing). Apart from uploading a file directly from your machine, Gazup also supports mirroring files from a URL. It's a handy way to provide alternative downloads ...

If you're a frequent uploader of files, Zoom's File & Image Uploader is well worth a download. It supports more than 70 file hosting services, including popular options like Mediafire, Megaupload, Rapidshare, Sendspace and 23 image hosts like Imageshack and Tinypic. Multi-server options like Rapidspread and MassMirror are also included. When adding files to your queue, you can select image ...