Wavelength Lets You Legally Share Movies With Friends for Free
Web: Sharing photos, YouTube videos, and other web content is easy, but an easy way to share movies has been uncharted territory until now. Wavelength is a movie library in the cloud that links to...
View ArticleCameyo Runs Windows Applications in the Browser
Several years ago, we looked at Cameyo which allowed you to create portable versions of just about any app . The company now offers an even cooler service: running Windows apps in a browser...
View ArticleSave Images Directly to Amazon Cloud Drive with This Extension
Chrome: Amazon Prime customers can save an unlimited amount of photos to Amazon Cloud Drive , which makes it a good spot for images. With the Save to Cloud Drive Chrome Extension, you can save any...
View ArticleWrite! Is a Distraction-Free Text Editor with Just the Right Features
Windows: Finding a good text editor can be tough. Some lack basic features, like spell checking, and others are so heavy they may as well be word processors. Write! is a new application, currently in...
View ArticleNear-Unlimited Cloud Storage Service Copy.com Is Shutting Down
Copy.com, the cloud storage service that offered near-unlimited space and huge bonuses for referrals, announced today they’re shutting down on May 1st, 2016—leaving more than a few people with dozens...
View ArticleOnline Backup Faceoff: CrashPlan vs. Backblaze
You don’t want to think about backups: You want them to happen automatically, in the background, on all your computers. You want to access those backups from anywhere, from any device, from any...
View ArticleFile Syncing Showdown: Google Drive vs. Dropbox vs. OneDrive
Access to decent cloud storage is practically a necessity these days whether it’s for work or play, but everyone seems to have an opinion on which one is best. Let’s break down three of the most...
View ArticleFindo Searches All Your Cloud Data to Help You Find a File Anywhere
One of the pitfalls of having so many options to store your data in the cloud is that you end up with files and documents spread across a dozen different sites. It gets difficult to remember where...
View ArticleSend Files Between Devices Without Uploading to an Intermediary With Takeafile
Whenever you email yourself a file or use something like Dropbox to transfer files between devices, your data lives on a server somewhere as an intermediary. If you’d rather cut out the middleman,...
View ArticleUse WhatsApp As a Quick, Secure Way to Transfer or Temporarily Store Files...
Finding a place to securely save files online or send them between computers is surprisingly difficult. Over at Digital Inspiration, Amit Agarwal uses WhatsApp as a clever workaround to store through...
View ArticleIs Google One Cloud Storage a Good Deal?
Odds are good you’re using at least one cloud service to store most of your important data, but it can be tough to stay under most services’ free limits if you have a ton of stuff. Read more...
View ArticleRevert.io Backs Up Your Evernote, Tumblr, and Other Cloud Data
When your data is in the cloud, you're relying on someone else to back up your stuff. If your account gets hacked or the service glitches, your data could go up in a puff of smoke. Revert.io...
View ArticleCareer Spotlight: What I Do as a Cloud Developer
The "cloud" is a common computing buzzword with multiple uses; you might store your music in the cloud, or perhaps host a website. But that doesn't mean there's one...
View ArticleYou Can Now Easily Connect to Your Raspberry Pi From Anywhere In World With...
Real VNC is an excellent, easy way to remotely connect to your Raspberry Pi from your home network, but it’s a little confusing for beginners. VNC Connect is a new version that simplifies the process...
View ArticleHow to Get a Month of iCloud Storage For Free
Even though Apple is never going to offer more than 5GB of free storage, it seems, the company is throwing the slightest bone to users frustrated by its 2012-era storage limits: a free month.Read more...
View ArticleSave Gmail Attachments to Your Dropbox With This Add-On
All browsers: Google and Dropbox are now collaborating on a brand-new “Dropbox add-on for Gmail,” which will make it easy to share the contents of your Dropbox directly within Gmail. If you’re going...
View ArticleWhy Did iCloud Delete All of My Photos?
We’re turning the lens around for this week’s Tech 911. Lifehacker Managing Editor Virginia Smith posed a question in our internal Slack channel that cuts wide and deep: “It’s safe to delete photos...
View ArticleHow Do You Back Up Your Data in the Cloud?
The subject of file backups and online storage came up the other day at a Lifehacker staff meeting, and resident door-holder Nick Douglas chimed in that his solution for backing up his laptop was easy:...
View ArticleWhat Are the Best 'Back to My Mac' Alternatives?
Wave goodbye to “Back to My Mac.” As of macOS Mojave, Apple is officially removing the helpful file- and screen-sharing utility baked directly into the operating system. And while Apple has a few...
View ArticleThe Coolest Things in Microsoft's Windows 10 October Update
Microsoft’s big October update for Windows 10 is here. If Microsoft hasn’t rolled it out to your Windows machine yet, you can force a manual update by simply clicking on your Start button, typing in...
View ArticleWhich Cloud Storage Service Should I Use to Share and Receive Files Externally?
This week’s question for Lifehacker’s tech-advice column comes from Nate. While his query is a little business-themed, it’s still applicable to anyone who doesn’t like paying a ton of money for cloud...
View ArticleAmazon Gives Unlimited Photo Storage to Prime Customers
Despite the price increase, Amazon Prime still offers some of the best benefits. Now, there's one more. Starting today, Prime customers can upload an unlimited number of photos to...
View ArticleDropbox Boosts Storage, Features, and Price for 'Plus' Users
We’ll start with the semi-bad news: Dropbox is kicking up the price of its Plus plan from $10 to $12 per month. You’ll have to go for one fewer coffee if you want to stay on budget with your wild...
View ArticleHow to Access Dropbox's New Redesigned Desktop App Now
Dropbox announced a new unified version of its desktop app Tuesday that the company is calling “the new Dropbox.”Read more...
View ArticleAre Dropbox's Paid Plans Worth It?
Should you pay for Dropbox or use its free version? If the storage differences between the free and paid versions of the popular cloud-storage service don’t make up your mind, there are plenty of...
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