Here are some sites where you can store files "in the cloud" for free and access them from any computer.
I (jane) use these sites to back up all my important files somewhere other than my own computer (which seems on the verge of blowing up most of the time) or my flash drive (where did I put that??) with a click.
Schools might also use these to help to solve the problem of very limited service space for storing student project.
For small fees, you can add extra storage to your account.
Dropio offers 100mb of storage for free, and you can share and collaborate on files that you store there.
Box.net offers 1G of storage for free.
Dropbox.com offers 2G of free strorage and up to 100G for fees. Files that you save to dropbox are synced autmatically so that you always have the latest version of document on all your comptuers and your IPhone. You can also share files, videos, pictures with others.
Google Docs just rolled out a new feature: You can upload any kind of file (or convert docucments or spreadsheets) for cloud storage.
For some files, simply emailing them to your own Gmail account works well -- you have 7G free storage with each GMail account -- generous!
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