Today’s activities mean that we are frequently not at our main computer when we need it. Everyone from teachers, students, and business people need to have a way to share or store files for easy access at sometime in the future.
Luckily the web 2.0 computer tools have bequeathed us with several sites that allow us to store or transfer files for free or a nominal.
Web and computer only
Drop.io http://drop.io/ “Simple real-time sharing, collaboration, and presentation.
Use drop.io to privately share your files and collaborate in real time by web, email, phone, mobile, and more. Create each drop in two clicks and share what you want, how you want, with whom you want.” There is a tutorial video on the main page. Users are allowed 100MB free per drop. Upgrading is necessary for larger files.
Tools that store and sync computers, the web (Cloud), and iPhone/Touch
SimplyBox http://simplybox.com is a very visual free service that works with your computer and syncs with the web and iPhone so that you can access it from anywhere. It allows you to capture, organize, and share what you find on the web. With it you can collaborate with others sharing what you find on the web with the establishment of shared, paired, and public boxes. A standalone app is also available for downloading and installation on as many computers as needed.
Mobile Me ww.me.com $99/yr $69/yr@Amazon is a well known Apple app that facilitates mac users keeping their life coordinated. It is very easy to move files and data around with the iDisk sync w/Mobile Me on iPhone
Box net www.box.net (also available for iPhone) Their web page states: “Sharing and collaboration are at the heart of the Box experience. As you exchange content with more and more people, the ability to effectively monitor the activity in collaboration folders takes on greater importance. That’s why we rolled out a new set of advanced email preferences - we wanted to give customers more flexibility in getting the notifications they want, when they want them. Of particular note is a new setting that lets you receive notifications in one “daily digest,” making it even more streamlined.” There are quite a few features that teachers and businesses will appreciate.
Drop Box www.dropbox.com (also available for iPhone) is a free online storage service that keeps your data in the cloud for access whenever and wherever you have internet access. Their website states: “Dropbox works just like any other folder on your computer, but with a few differences it is a cross-platform client (Windows, Mac and Linux) that enables users to drop any file into a Dropbox folder that is then synced to the web and the users' other computers with the Dropbox client. Files in the Dropbox folder may then be shared with other Dropbox users or accessed from the web. Users may also upload files manually through a web browser. A free Dropbox account offers 2 GB of storage. Users may upgrade to 50 GB by paying a monthly or yearly fee. The total amount of storage space of both the free and fee-based accounts may be increased by an extra 3 GB for free accounts and 6 GB for fee-based accounts by referring others to the service.”
Sugar Sync www.sugarsync.com (available for iPhone, Blackberry, WinMo, and Android)
All your files can be accessed on the go, instantly and securely from any Mac, PC or mobile device. After your initial 30 day trial ends, plans start as low as $4.99 a month.
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