This folder (and all its contents) are now accessible from a range of sources including the official Dropbox Apps for iOS, Android, Windows Phone 7, Blackberry as well as a web based client which is accessed via. Any files or folders placed within this folder will be automatically uploaded to Dropbox’s servers (as long as you have adequate space). The attraction of Dropbox is the downloadable client which creates a folder on your computer called ‘Dropbox’. Signing up for the basic Dropbox service is free and gives each user 2GB of online storage space. There has been a massive growth in the number of companies offering these services, with notable examples including Apple’s iCloud, Box.net, SugarSync, Mozy, Google Docs, and the focus of this particular article, Dropbox.ĭropbox is a web-based file hosting service that uses cloud storage to enable users to store and share files and folders across the internet using active file synchronization. What this means is your data is stored on large data servers and transferred over the internet, which is accessible from everywhere with internet connectivity. Cloud storage is defined by Wikipedia as “a model of networked online storage where data is stored on virtualized pools of storage which are generally hosted by third parties”.
One of the major technological advances over the past 2 years has been the major growth in cloud storage.
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