Apple and Microsoft offer services to find your missing smartphones, while Android does not. Sony feels that there Xperia owners deserve better, so they piloted the 'my Xperia' service earlier this year and are now ready to launch the service worldwide based on their feedback from early users.
If you are a student attending college in the U.S. and have a valid (.edu) school email address you are eligible to receive 3GB of extra free storage for your Microsoft SkyDrive cloud storage account. SkyDrive offers 7GB of free storage for your files and a great alternative to services like Google Drive, iCloud or Dropbox. SkyDrive works very well with those who own a Windows Phone or a Windows 8 device.Microsoft's SkyDrive cloud storage service offers 7GB of free storage which can be synced between all your Windows computers, tablets and smartphones. Today Microsoft is rolling out some interesting updates to SkyDrive with some improvements to how photos are handled.
Box is offering five-times the normal allocation of free storage for personal use through a special promotion which seems to be continuing past its Super Bowl launch. In order to get the 25GB of storage you need tow have a new account and it has to be for personal use. There is also a 250MB file size limit which is same limit on free users.
Sony my Xperia is a smartphone tracking service, which is meant to be used in the unfortunate event of theft or should the owner ever loses their Xperia handsets. You can use my Xperia to location your smartphone and make it beep or view its location on a map. You can also remotely erase your data and lock your device to ensure your privacy in the case it has been stolen.
Microsoft has officially launched Office 2013 and Office 365 which are available for purchase in retail stores across 162 countries and on the Office website. It looks like Microsoft is choosing a subscription package option for their cloud based Office 365 offering. But it is not going to be easy to be easy to convince users to pay a monthly or annual fee for the latest version of Office and Microsoft is going to have to work hard at it.
LG Android smartphone users in the U.S. can redeem an offer for 50GB of free cloud storage on their devices. The storage comes courtesy of Box.com and you can hold onto the free storage for life for owning an Android phone from LG.
The SkyDrive for Android app has been updated to version 1.1 and brings several new features and improvements. SkyDrive for Android is the place to store your files so you can access them from virtually any device. You can now easily access and share files on the go. You can also upload photos or videos from your phone to SkyDrive.It looks like manufactures are trying to introduce their own cloud based services to compete with the offerings from the operating systems and it looks like Sony may be readying one of their own. This news comes based on the company’s recent trademark application for the term “MyXperia”.Sony Mobile maybe getting ready to make its presence felt in the cloud. The company has recently trademarked the term 'My Xperia' as a service which will be made available for the company's Xperia devices.
The SkyDrive for Android app is now available for download and allows you to access your favorite files from the cloud using your favorite Android devices. You can even upload your photos and videos directly from your device which you can later access from any of your other devices.
