Outlook.com is integrated with Microsoft's new
SkyDrive service.
Microsoft takes on Dropbox and Google Drive with the latest version of
their SkyDrive service Today Microsoft has announced new SkyDrive storage plans for their cloud service as well as new native sync apps for Windows PC and Apple OSX.
A few months ago
the SkyDrive service by Microsoft was updated to OneDrive.
Not exact matches
Microsoft's cloud storage
service,
SkyDrive, reveals that company's bias: even files created online open in Microsoft's desktop Office applications.
According to TNW, Microsoft will soon rename its
SkyDrive cloud - storage
service after the English High Court ruled that the product's name infringed on the trademark of British broadcasting conglomerate BSkyB.
(Microsoft has offered various cloud storage
services since 2008, originally under the name
SkyDrive.)
• The company worked with the FBI this year to allow the NSA easier access via Prism to its cloud storage
service SkyDrive, which now has more than 250 million users worldwide;
The A * STAR - led researchers analyzed the security of three well - known cloud
service providers — Dropbox, Google Drive and Microsoft
SkyDrive — and found that all three had vulnerabilities many users might encounter.
Luring consumers to subscribe to additional
services such as Skype,
SkyDrive, or Office as well as integrated Bing search results can open up another revenue stream for the company.
Some of them, a very useful version of office, a very reliable online buck up
service, better control over
skydrive, and many more features.
There is also Twitter functionality brought into the People hub, along with better support for Office documents in
SkyDrive — Microsoft's free cloud - based storage
service.
Skydrive integration is another feature worth mentioning now that readers can import their EPUB / PDF files from the file hosting
service into Nook library.
Videos can also be exported to Microsoft's
SkyDrive cloud
service, allowing you to get them on your computer and share / edit them with whatever program you choose.
Apparently Microsoft has developed with a university a photo recognition program and runs that program against all the stuff stored in its cloud
service (
Skydrive).
Now, it has upgraded
SkyDrive, it's anemic cloud storage
service.
I count 28
services that it integrates: Google Drive, Google +, Picasa, YouTube, Feedly, Evernote, Dropbox, Box, Vimeo, Ubuntu One, Tumblr, SugarSync,
SkyDrive, Readability, Put.io, Pocket, Flickr, Instagram, Instapaper, MediaFire, Facebook, Droplr, Dailymotion, CloudApp, Exfm, Scribd, SlideShare and SoundCloud.
In situations like this, you can always use encryption — create an encrypted container and store it in a
service like Dropbox, Google Drive, or
SkyDrive.
The second side to this is that Apple appears to be freezing out developers who build third - party applications that interact with
SkyDrive, as the Microsoft
service isn't paying a cut of its fees to Apple.
For one, the suite is only compatible with Microsoft's OneDrive cloud
service (previously known as
SkyDrive), which will be a turnoff for those who store documents in other
services like Google Drive or Dropbox.
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OneDrive (formerly known as
SkyDrive) is Microsoft's cross-platform cloud storage
service.
There have been welcome improvements on many fronts of software and
services such as
SkyDrive, Office 365, Microsoft Office, Windows and its components, operating systems and -LSB-...]
The integration of
SkyDrive across its
services, especially Windows Phone 8 and Xbox, will need to follow Windows 8's approach.
Another
service like
SkyDrive or Google Drive isn't a bad solution if you only want to transfer small files between computers, even without LAN sync.
Cloud storage
services are constantly vying for attention, and the inclusion of
SkyDrive in Windows 8.1 is indicative of the importance Microsoft places on it.
Tami Reller, Windows CMO and CFO, talked about how Windows is the foundation that people trust and how it's powered by high - value
services — like Xbox,
SkyDrive, and Skype — bringing customers a great experience across all their devices.
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With a similar look and feel, the same technology core, and the same built - in
SkyDrive cloud
service, Windows Phone 8 is built to work seamlessly with Windows 8 PCs, Microsoft Surface devices and the Xbox 360 console.
The best Windows 8 - style apps are by Microsoft, so if you primarily use Microsoft
services like Outlook.com,
SkyDrive, Skype, Bing, Xbox, and Xbox Music, you may be very happy.
Microsoft's subscription - based Office 365
service gives users access to Office apps in the cloud as well as 20 GB of
SkyDrive storage for $ 9.99 per month or $ 99.99 per year.
You can choose to have your Lumia 820 synced to Microsoft's
Skydrive cloud storage
service which will automatically upload any shots you capture to your
Skydrive folder.
Nokia has made use of Android Open Source Project (AOSP) to create its own Nokia X platform that has been customized to support varied Microsoft and Nokia
services like; Skype, OneDrive (previously known as
Skydrive), Here Maps and Mix Radio among others.
Possibly fearing the worst, its main competitors smelled an impending launch and upgraded their own
services including Dropbox which added sharing files with non-members, and Microsoft's
SkyDrive which upgraded existing members to 25 GB while also launching three new paid
services.
The two independent explorer panes, combined with drag - and - drop support makes copying and moving files from different locations a breeze, and you can even set a panel to browse popular cloud storage
services, such as Drive, Dropbox and
SkyDrive.
Access to cloud
services requires the My Cloud app and an active Dropbox, Google Drive or
SkyDrive account.
The two independent explorer panes and drag - and - drop support makes copying and moving files a breeze, and you can even set a panel to browse popular cloud storage
services, such as Drive, Dropbox and
SkyDrive.
In Windows Phone 8.1,
SkyDrive renames to OneDrive, as Microsoft was forced to rebrand its
service after a trademark case with Sky.