Sunday 24 November 2013

Websites for Storing Data Online for Free

We often face the problems of data management when we go anywhere without our PC or Laptop, or if unfortunately our computer crashes, but in this era of Internet we can easily store our data online for free. The websites I am going to mention below offers alot of GBs of data to be stored on the Internet which you can access easily by signing in your account from PC / Laptop or even Tablet / Smarthphone anywhere in the world.You can share your data on your blog or website. You can also share this on social media websites like Facebook, Twitter etc.

1.Google Drive:

Google Drive is a file storage and synchronization service provided by Google, released on April 24, 2012, which enables user cloud storage, file sharing and collaborative editing. Rumors about Google Drive began circulating as early as March 2006.
Google Drive lets you store up to 15GB of your stuff for free, access them from anywhere, and collaborate with others.

2. Media Fire:

Media Fire is a free file and image hosting web site that started in 2005 and is located in Shenandoah, Texas, United States. The domain mediafire.com attracted almost 60 million visitors annually by 2008 according to a Compete.com study Media fire lets you store up to 12GB of your stuff for free, access them from anywhere, and collaborate with others.It includes the feature up to 50GB (starting at 10 GB then increased by as much as 40 GB if various activities like sharing on Facebook and Twitter are done).

3. Dropbox:

Dropbox is also a file hosting service operated by Dropbox Inc.. It allows users to create a special folder on each of their computers, which Dropbox then synchronizes so that it appears to be the same folder (with the same contents) regardless of which computer is used to view it. Files placed in this folder also are accessible through a website and mobile phone applications.It initially provides 2-3GB of file storage but same like mediafire it also enables users to share this on social media websites, in return they give you 125MB per share and if you share it with your friends then they give you storage space of 500MB per friend.

4. SkyDrive:

SkyDrive (officially Microsoft SkyDrive, previously Windows Live SkyDrive and Windows Live Folders) is a file hosting service that allows users to upload and sync files to a cloud storage and then access them from a Web browser or their local device. It is part of the Windows Live range of online services and allows users to keep the files private, share them with contacts, or make the files public. Publicly shared files do not require a Microsoft account to access.The service offers 7 GB of free storage for new users and, for one year, an additional 3 GB of free storage to students. Additional storage is available for purchase.Users who signed up to SkyDrive prior to April 22, 2012 could have opted-in for a limited time offer of 25 GB of free storage upgrade. The service is built using HTML5 technologies, and files up to 300 MB can be uploaded via drag and drop into the web browser, or up to 2 GB via the SkyDrive desktop application for Microsoft Windows and OS X.

5. iCloud:

iCloud is a cloud storage and cloud computing service from Apple Inc. launched on October 12, 2011. As of July 2013, the service has 320 million users.It provides 5GB of space for free but its user interface is very friendly. You can upload any kind of data like ebooks, videos, audios, apps, softwares etc.