The Best Cloud Storage Providers

Cloud storage has become very popular and preferred for storing data by individuals and organizations. As a result of the increased demand for cloud storage services, many providers have come up with systems to offer online storage services. Nevertheless, you should be very careful when selecting a cloud storage provider. These providers have flooded the market making it challenging when looking for a file storage provider. However, the best cloud storage providers will always stand from the rest. This is because the best online storage providers offer services beyond just storing data. These providers go a mile further in ensuring easier availability, security, affordability and quality of online storage services to their clients.

The following are some of the cloud storage providers that have proven to be among the best in this industry:

1. Dropbox: this is one of the oldest providers that came in place immediately cloud storage was introduced in the market. Its popularity has continued to grow ever since then and many people have liked the services offered by Dropbox. It supports operating systems of both desktop computers and mobiles, making it more versatile. Its features have continued to be improved and it allows use of different apps. Dropbox is also among the cloud storage providers with the largest storage space.

2. Google Drive: this is one of the latest introductions in the market that are promising and competitive to the older versions. Although it has been in this industry for barely a year, many people have preferred it. Google Drive uses tools that were formerly known as Google Docs including Docs, Presentations, Drawings and Spreadsheets. Therefore, if you day to day work involves using the mentioned tools then Google Drive will be the best provider to use for storing your data. It is also important to note that Google Drive is versatile because it is available in Android, Windows, OS X and iOS. Google Drive is also compatible with many plugins and that is why many of its users prefer it. Its pricing is also very competitive.

3. SugarSync: it is one of the cloud storage providers with many features and the best file backing capability. Some of its desktop apps are for Windows and OS X; while the mobile apps are for Android, Windows Phone and iOS. The pricing is also very lucrative

4. Microsoft SkyDrive: this is a cloud storage provider that has managed to overcome the several obstacles it had at the time when it was being introduced in the market. Currently, SkyDrive is integrated with Windows, including Windows 8 and can also be used by those with Microsoft Office 2013. SkyDrive is supported by both desktops and tablets thus you can use it in your office or when on the move. In addition, SkyDrive also contains mobile apps for iOS, Windows and Android. Therefore, you can access your files on SkyDrive from wherever you are, provided you are connected to the internet

5. Bitcasa Infinite: it offers free 10GB storage space and infinite storage space for $99 per year. If you have the largest data to store then this is the provider to go for.

Apple New Product: Apple Watch

Apple Testing a Watch That Works With Your Phone, Reports Say (ABC News)

Dick Tracy had one. As did Inspector Gadget and James Bond. A watch that doubled as a computer, two-way radio, mapping device or television.

Though such a device has been lost to science fiction comics and spy movies of the era before smartphones, the smart watch might soon become a reality, in the form of a curved glass device made by Apple (AAPL).

In its headquarters in Cupertino, Calif., Apple is experimenting with wristwatch-like devices made of curved glass, according to people familiar with the company's explorations, who spoke on the condition that they not be named because they are not allowed to publicly discuss unreleased products. Such a watch would operate on Apple's iOS platform, two people said, and stand apart from competitors based on the company's understanding of how such glass can curve around the human body.

Apple declined to comment on its plans. But the exploration of such a watch leaves open lots of exciting questions: If the company does release such a product, what would it look like? Would it include Siri, the voice assistant? Would it have a version of Apple's map software, offering real-time directions to people walking down the street? Could it receive text messages? Could it monitor a user's health or daily activity? How much will it cost? Could Timothy D. Cook, Apple's chief executive, be wearing one right now, whispering sweet nothings to his wrist?

Such a watch could also be used to make mobile payments, with Apple's Passbook payment software.

Although it would take Dick Tracy to find the answers to those questions, and it's uncertain when Apple might unveil such a device, it's clear that Apple has the technology.

Last year, Corning, the maker of the ultra-tough Gorilla Glass that is used in the iPhone, announced that it had solved the difficult engineering challenge of creating bendable glass, called Willow Glass, that can flop as easily as a piece of paper in the wind without breaking.

Pete Bocko, the chief technology officer for Corning Glass Technologies, who worked on Willow Glass, said via telephone that the company had been developing the thin, flexible glass for more than a decade, and that the technology had finally arrived.

"You can certainly make it wrap around a cylindrical object and that could be someone's wrist," Mr. Bocko said. "Right now, if I tried to make something that looked like a watch, that could be done using this flexible glass."

But Mr. Bocko warns that it is still quite an engineering feat to create a foldable device. "The human body moves in unpredictable ways," he said. "It's one of the toughest mechanical challenges."

To add to the excitement of an Apple watch, late last year the Chinese gadget site Tech.163 reported that the company had begun development of a watch featuring Bluetooth and a 1.5-inch display.

"Apple's certainly made a lot of hiring in that area," said Sarah Rotman Epps, a Forrester analyst who specializes in wearable computing and smartphones. "Apple is already in the wearable space through its ecosystem partners that make accessories that connect to the iPhone," she said, adding: "This makes Apple potentially the biggest player of the wearables market in a sort of invisible way."

"Over the long term wearable computing is inevitable for Apple; devices are diversifying and the human body is a rich canvas for the computer," Ms. Epps said. "But I'm not sure how close we are to a new piece of Apple hardware that is worn on the body."

Investors would most likely embrace an iWatch, with some already saying that wearable computing could replace the smartphone over the next decade.

"We believe technology could progress to a point where consumers have a tablet plus wearable computers, like watches or glasses, that enable simple things like voice calls, texting, quick searches, navigation," Gene Munster, an analyst at Piper Jaffray, said in a report last month. "These devices are likely to be cheaper than an iPhone and could ultimately be Apple's best answer to addressing emerging markets."

Mr. Cook is clearly interested in wearables. In the past he has been seen wearing a Nike FuelBand, which tracks a user's daily exertion. The FuelBand data is shared wirelessly with an iPhone app.

Bob Mansfield, Apple's senior vice president for technologies, who previously ran hardware engineering, has also been particularly interested in wearables, an Apple employee said. Mr. Mansfield is engrossed by devices that connect to the iPhone, through Bluetooth, sharing information back and forth from the human body to the phone, including the Nike FuelBand and Jawbone Up.

If smartphones do become smart watches and smart glasses, Apple seems to have the technology to make standout wearable computers.

Last year the company filed patents for displays that sit over the eye and stream information to the retina. Given that the iPod Nano is about the size of an overfed ant, the company clearly knows how to make small devices, too.

But, maybe there are other devices coming before wearables. Apple has long been rumored to be working on a television-like experience. And, there is the possibility of an Apple car.

In a meeting in his office before he died, Steven P. Jobs, Apple's co-founder and former chief executive, told John Markoff of The New York Times that if he had more energy, he would have liked to take on Detroit with an Apple car.

In August, during the company's patent trial with Samsung, Philip W. Schiller, Apple's senior vice president for worldwide product marketing, said on the stand that Apple had explored making "crazy stuff" before development of the iPhone and iPad, including a camera or a car. While Apple continues its experiments with wearables, its biggest competitor, Google, is pressing ahead with plans to make wearable computers mainstream.

According to a Google executive who spoke on the condition that he not be named, the company hopes its wearable glasses, with a display that sits above the eye, will account for 3 percent of revenue by 2015. Olympus is also working on wearable computers.

Google is holding private workshops in San Francisco and New York for developers to start building applications for its glasses. At the event in San Francisco last week, Hosain Rahman, chief executive of Jawbone, the maker of the Up, a wrist device that tracks people's energy and sleep, said that "a decade from now we won't be able to imagine life without the wearables that we use to access information, unlock our doors, pay for goods and most importantly track our health." 

update2012Dec by Sohel Parvez

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Google Welcome me to their Authorship Program

Yesterday I received an email from Google about Google Authorship Program. It seems that writers and bloggers who work with sites that have set up Google Authorship have received email confirmations from Google like me, confirming their participation.



Google welcomes the participant to their Authorship program by this email. Also Google mentioned on email that this is one-time notification & they're not going to send further email about this Authorship program.

Please share your though if you got already or not? Feel free to write in comment.

5 Steps for a successful SEO Strategy

I believe the best SEO methods are not merely recycled back-links from random low-quality websites. Great Methods needs to first target the potentials market & customers base. who view your products and services and convert them from "visitors to buyers".

Here's a 5 Steps SEO Strategy for a successful Google optimization Campaign.

Stage #1– Website Audit/Analysis & Competitiveness Analysis.
An Ideal SEO Audit Might Contain Following:

• Technical and On-Page SEO Audit.
• Content Audit.
• Link Profile Audit.
• Social Engagement Audit.
• 2+ Competitors Website Audit.
• Industry Research/Analysis.

Stage #2 – ON-Page SEO.
While working in ON-Page SEO, Attention Should Be Paid To:

• Reduce sit loading speed for Desktop as well as Mobile Version.
• Keyword Analysis.
• Title & Meta Tags creation.
• Make sure every image has "ALT" Attributes.
• Content Optimization (Keyword Density, H1, H2, H3...).
• Internal Linking.
• Broken Link Fixing.
• Sitemap & RSS Feed creation.
• New Page Creation (If necessary).
• Website HTML & CSS Validation
• Google & Bing webmaster tools set up.
• Google Analytics Setup.

Stage #3 – Link Building: OFF-Page SEO.
Backlinks Can Be From:

1. Search Engine Submissions.
2. Directory Submission.
3. Business Citation Links.
4. High PR Profile Link Building.
5. Social Bookmarking.
6. Article Submission.
7. PR Submission.
8. Web 2.0 Blog / Mini website Creation.
9. RSS Integration & Submission.
10. Video-Sharing Links.
11. Blog Commenting (Related).
12. Forum Posting (Related).
13. Guest Blogging.
14. Infographic Sharing.
15. Audio Sharing Links.
16. Brand Identity Links.
17. Image Sharing Links.
18. Presentation Sharing Site.
19. Artist Portfolio Links.
20. Doc Sharing Sites.
21. Website Valuation Sites.
22. Website Feedback Sites.
23. Participating Q&A site like Quora and Reddit.

Stage #4 – Social Media Marketing.
Nowadays social media is used by most of our consumer so we should focus on social presence more.
We’ll increase your business presence online through major social media. we have pretty good experience managing client’s business accounts over facebook, twitter, Google+, LinkedIn, MySpace, and YouTube.

Stage #4 – Measure Campaign Effectiveness
You can use Google Search Console, Google Analytics, and any other tools you to track your SEO campaign performance.