Microsoft today announced some updates to its SkyDrive iOS app, including support for the iPhone 5 and iPad Mini. Users can also now download full resolution photos, whereas before the SkyDrive app would resize images to a lower resolution. Now, you’ll also be able to control upload/download photo sizes and the sync process has the… Read More…
Another Microsoft cloud service is going down. The Redmond software-giant announced today that it will retire Windows Live Mesh on Feb. 13, 2013. Live Mesh launched in 2008 when Microsoft’s cloud strategy was still — no pun intended — up in the air. While there was at one point up to a few million people using… Read More…
Just how sharp are computer science and engineering students these days? Look no further than the new SkyDrive app for Xbox Live, rolled out by Microsoft today. It was created from scratch by a team of six Microsoft interns, who were able to make a feature-complete version of the app over the summer. Don’t worry,… Read More…
Microsoft has been gradually releasing information regarding Windows 8, and all of the applications therein, since the start of 2012. One of the details we’ve been missing is the pricing for Office 365, the suite that houses popular applications like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint (among others). Today, the Redmond-based company officially unveiled the new pricing scheme for… Read More…
Microsoft this morning announced a series of updates to its SkyDrive cloud storage service — remaking SkyDrive.com to fit the style of Windows 8; upgrading the SkyDrive desktop apps for Windows and Mac; and detailing plans to release the a new official SkyDrive app for Android devices. The changes come amid rising competition in the… Read More…
One of the nice things about storage services Dropbox, Google Drive and Microsoft SkyDrive is the ability to upload, browse and access files stored in the cloud from the Mac OS X Finder or Windows Explorer, as if they were files on your hard drive. Attempting to keep up, Amazon today expanded the capabilities of… Read More…
Google Drive is alive. The long-rumored online storage service was officially announced today, following an apparent attempt at pre-emption by Microsoft earlier in the week. But in both timing and the wallet, Microsoft SkyDrive may have the advantage. Not surprisingly, Google Drive is billed as “a place where you can create, share, collaborate, and keep… Read More…
Microsoft plans to roll out a series of updates to its free Windows Live SkyDrive service later today, trying to give the cloud service a stronger identity as a standalone product for storing files — not just a behind-the-scenes tool for Office Web Apps, Hotmail, Windows Phone and other Microsoft products. The company says the changes have… Read More…
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