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Over 20,000 Users Petition Microsoft to Stop OneDrive Capacity Downgrades
Just days after Microsoft announced wide sweeping changes for OneDrive, users have started pushing back. Microsoft is planning to remove its unlimited storage option, restore a 1TB cap, remove the 100 and 200GB options and cutting free users down to 5GB from 30GB (15GB + 15GB Camera Roll). Given these changes,…
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Microsoft OneDrive Downgrade Will Apply Retroactively
When we first heard about the change to OneDrive capacity, we were expecting that Microsoft would grandfather current users. We’re now getting word that all current and future users will be affected by the new policy. This means for users with unlimited storage, they will get their capacity reduced to…
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Microsoft Ends Unlimited OneDrive Storage Due to ‘User Abuse’
Microsoft’s cloud storage service has proved to be incredibly popular due to its unlimited data policy. However, reports from The Wall Street Journal suggest some users have taken advantage of the unlimited storage and forced Microsoft to cap the data to 1 Terabyte. Additionally, Microsoft decided to remove the 100GB and 200GB…
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ASUSTOR Releases ADM 2.5 Beta
ASUSTOR announced the release of the ASUSTOR Data Master (ADM) 2.5 beta version which contains updates and features that focus on file security and backup. The ADM 2.5 beta is open to all ASUSTOR NAS users and it can be downloaded now from the official site. ADM 2.5 beta provides a…
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How To Turn Bing System Web Results Off in windows 10
Windows 10 with Cortana has been received with mixed reactions due to certain bugs and privacy issues, but users have also found another annoying feature which integrates with a system file search. If you would like to search for something in particular which does not directly match a system setting…
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OneDrive Can Finally Sync Shared Folders
The long-awaited option to synch shared folders on OneDrive is finally here. Microsoft finally started to roll out an update that allows users to sync content in shared folders and have it pushed to other users as soon as the files get synced. Up until now, Google Drive and Dropbox…
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The Privacy Question Of Windows 10
Windows 10 is out as of today (Wednesday 29th July 2015) and on the surface is a major improvement over the much maligned Windows 8. This should be excellent news for consumers, which it is to a large extent, but what is lurking under the hood in terms of privacy?…
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Microsoft Listed the Features You Won’t See in Windows 10
As the release of Microsoft’s latest distribution of Windows approaches, we all need to be informed on what changes to expect from the company. This is why the company listed a few deprecated features for users to know what the final build will miss compared to previous versions. Of course,…
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Microsoft “Office Lens” Document Scanner App for Android Beta Released
Microsoft just released the Android beta app for “Office Lens”, an app that allows you to capture notes, business cards, receipts, and other printed material to be saved as a digital file. The app can also capture things like whiteboards and save them as a digital file, a useful tool…
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Dropbox Users Can Get 100GB Free OneDrive Storage
In an attempt to pull Dropbox users over to OneDrive, Microsoft is offering anyone with a Dropbox account 100GB of free storage (for one year). If you visit the OneDrive site and register your Dropbox account, you’ll immediately get your big storage increase – a massive amount compared to the…
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HP Announces Mini PC With Just 32GB Storage
Hard drives with ridiculous amounts of storage have become cheap these days, really cheap. Many low-end desktops and laptops now come with 500GB+. So why has HP just unveiled a machine with only 32GB of storage at CES? Because they want to make things even cheaper. Using the cloud. The Stream…
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E-Mail Startup Acompli Acquired by Microsoft
Startup e-mail app Acompli has been snapped up Microsoft. The moves surprised no one, since news of the deal accidentally leaked last week when a blog draft with the url http://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2014/11/25/microsoft-acquires-acompli/, written by Microsoft Vice President Rajesh Jha, turned up on RSS feeds. Acompli’s free e-mail app, for iOS and…
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OneDrive Receives Big Update from Microsoft
Microsoft’s OneDrive cloud storage service has been lagging behind competitors in terms of upload functionality and file size limits for a while now. With the hotly contested cloud storage industry in tightly locked competition, Microsoft have finally upped their game – offering the ability to sync files that are larger than…
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Windows 9 To Allow Cloud-Based System Image Back-Ups
Remembering to backup your operating system is something 90% of us probably forget to do, with Windows 9 that could change. Famous Windows leaker WZOR has explained that Windows 9 will featured a cloud-based backup system. Windows 9 will automatically backup images of your system’s OS to your OneDrive account…
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Chinese Authorities Pay an ‘Unexpected’ Visit to Microsoft Offices
Microsoft offices from Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Chengdu have been unexpectedly visited by the Chinese State Administration for Industry & Commerce, according to a report from Reuters. A spokesperson for the company has confirmed the visit, but declined to give a reason for the inspection ‘outside of working hours’. The…
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