CLOUD COMPUTING – simply means an online (or off-site) storage
location for those things we normally save on our computers: documents,
spreadsheets, PowerPoint presentations, photos, music, videos etc will now also
be saved in the "clouds" so that we can access from anywhere in the
world, anytime....
These are just a few of popular cloud computing services - almost
all offer some FREE online storage as well as a variety of paid storage plans -
Even as I am preparing this information, the amount of free storage is changing,
as are the rates & programs for paid storage - so do your homework...
- GoogleDrive
- SkyDrive - those with
Hotmail/Live accounts get some storage free on Sky Drive
- Apple iCloud
- Amazon Cloud
- DropBox
When we use
these services including MSN (hotmail, live accounts) or Google
(Gmail accounts) or iCloud (Apple) accounts one major
advantage is that each time you're connected to the Internet and make changes
to data, files, photos etc. you can choose to have your account "sync" to
your multiple devices.
"Syncing"
can include documents, photo, music, apps, emails, contacts, calendars etc.
changed on one device will now appear on all devices that are in
"sync" (desktop, laptop, iPhone, Smartphone, tablet, iPad etc.. -
Making life much easier and saving confusion, time and money (not having to buy
books, music, movies, apps for each individual device)...
You want to be careful that information you are
putting in the clouds is NOT COPYRIGHTED, because if they are, that could
potentially be in breach of copyright laws and the files could get deleted or
your account suspended because of this.
I think many of us feel more
comfortable storing Music files on an external or portable hard drive..but you
can certainly upload them to any of the Clouds..
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