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Box offers 50GB of free cloud storage to Android users

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Re: Box offers 50GB of free cloud storage to Android users

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Post by StavrosK »

PhilRae wrote: post #3

"Looking for free, reliable cloud storage?Dropbox offers 2GB, while SugarSync gives you 5GB. " I would rather pay a very measly $5 a month for 50GB for the reliability that the company I use has a stable business model and is likely to be around in 2 years time.

Why? Is it too much hassle to take two minutes to install another program if they go under?

Re: Box offers 50GB of free cloud storage to Android users

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Post by StavrosK »

codesuela wrote: post #8
StavrosK wrote: post #4

Is there a good, encrypted cloud storage provider? I'm subscribed to SpiderOak but it's not very good. I'm not sure if that's because the problem is inherently hard, but it has a lot of trouble even syncing, it freezes a lot, etc.

http://www.wuala.com/

Oh god, I love you so much right now. Does it work as well as dropbox? I'm installing it now.

Re: Box offers 50GB of free cloud storage to Android users

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Post by Jagat »

shadowmint wrote: post #2

If you're willing to let them have access to your contact list. Where have I heard this story before?

It's almost like you've to wait till US wakes up before posting something on HN, if you want your post to be visible.

[zalew has provided a HN url that shows this news was posted 2 days back and got 0 comments/upvotes]

Re: Box offers 50GB of free cloud storage to Android users

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Post by mhurron »

lubos wrote: post #5

This deal is useless. You get 50 GB but no desktop client for syncing (that costs extra $$$), so if you want to upload your 50 GB through clunky web-based interface, be my guest.

It's almost like they're giving you incentives to buy the syncing software.

Re: Box offers 50GB of free cloud storage to Android users

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Post by ch0wn »

lubos wrote: post #5

This deal is useless. You get 50 GB but no desktop client for syncing (that costs extra $$$), so if you want to upload your 50 GB through clunky web-based interface, be my guest.

Back when I had a look at box.net, they provided a WebDAV interface to the storage, so it should be easily to integrate with most devices and configurations.

Re: Box offers 50GB of free cloud storage to Android users

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Post by entsofttosspots »

PhilRae wrote: post #3

"Looking for free, reliable cloud storage?Dropbox offers 2GB, while SugarSync gives you 5GB. " I would rather pay a very measly $5 a month for 50GB for the reliability that the company I use has a stable business model and is likely to be around in 2 years time.

Are you referring to stable business model dropbox whovery recently had a retarded grade A fuck up where anyone can access your data. If you stick to the reassuringly expensive theme you better grab another Stella Artois.

Re: Box offers 50GB of free cloud storage to Android users

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Post by dchest »

PhilRae wrote: post #3

"Looking for free, reliable cloud storage?Dropbox offers 2GB, while SugarSync gives you 5GB. " I would rather pay a very measly $5 a month for 50GB for the reliability that the company I use has a stable business model and is likely to be around in 2 years time.

Box has been around since 2005.

Re: Box offers 50GB of free cloud storage to Android users

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Post by crdoconnor »

StavrosK wrote: post #4

Is there a good, encrypted cloud storage provider? I'm subscribed to SpiderOak but it's not very good. I'm not sure if that's because the problem is inherently hard, but it has a lot of trouble even syncing, it freezes a lot, etc.

The problem is hard. For linux, for example, there's just wuala and spideroak.

http://skeptu.com/secure-alternatives-to-dropbox

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