20 Best Free Online Data Backup Tools

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In this digital age, when everything relies on data; losing important files and documents can be a great disaster. This is more so if the operation of your business relies on it. It is for this purpose that online storage tools were created as backup for import data that may get lost due to system failure and natural catastrophes like earthquakes, fire, flood, etc. Data backup not only save you time and guarantee the protection of your documents and files, but is also easy to do. It can also save you from tedious and expensive data recovery process, which does not even ensure that you will recover everything.

Subscribing to free backup tools online is the cheapest way to protect your data nowadays; as this also provides the benefits of large file-sharing, handy for collaborative tasks, and allows access from different computers in different locations. Here are the free online backup tools that you can access for your peace of mind.

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How To Get 50GB of Free Cloud Storage Right Now

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Need a place to squirrel away your digital stash? Box is giving 50GB of online storage free to new users.

Box will let you sync across both Mac and PC, and it has apps for Android, iOS, Outlook, BlackBerry PlayBook, and a bunch of other platforms listed here. To get yours, just head over to Box here, sign up for an account, and enjoy.

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Introducing The 'iPad Pro'

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The new iPad, the one with a whopping 128 GB of storage, is only $70 cheaper than the cheapest Macbook.

To some people, that seems insane.

Macbooks, with their USB ports, keyboards, and mouses can do a lot more than an iPad.

Partly because of this tiny gap in price, Gizmodo says the new iPad is "Almost Definitely Not For You."

But smart New York tech startup scene guy Drew Breunig makes a smart point.

First he quotes Apple's release on the big iPad...

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The History of Digital Storage - Infographic

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The whirring hard drives that once occupied entire university labs held but a fraction of the data we carry in our pockets every day — and that’s only 50 years of progress.

Today, as we move further into the cloud, and witness the latest and greatest pocket media devices, we thought it fitting to take a look back at how far we’ve come on our quest to store as much information in as little space as possible.

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14 Things You Never Knew You Could Do On Dropbox

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Dropbox is an excellent cloud storage service, despite it losing out to Google Drive in our recent fight.

That's in part because Dropbox allows developers to come up with their own apps and services for you to use.

That means Dropbox can be used as more than just a file storage system. You can use the service to back up and organize important files that may be scattered all over the web, stream music, or even host a website.

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Dropbox Vs. SugarSync

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Dropbox is dead simple for syncing files across your computers, but doesn't offer much in the way of customization or advanced features.

What if you only want to pick and choose folders to sync without dumping everything in one Dropbox folder?

What if you want to back up some stuff and not have it sync across all of your computers?

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How To Get Free Dropbox Storage

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Dropbox is offering users 4.5 GB of free storage to users in exchange for testing out a new beta version of the Dropbox app, Gizmodo reports.
Don't worry, though. The beta app works well and requires very little effort to use.

Here's what you need to do to claim your free 4.5 GB of Dropbox storage:

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The future of data storage - infographic

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Data storage has long been a function of Moore's Law. But researchers at IBM say it's time to throw that equation out the window and start from the atomic level rather than waiting for the limits of physics to be halted at the same place.

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25 clever ideas to make life easier

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Why didn’t I think of that?! We guarrantee you’ll be uttering those words more than once at these ingenious little tips, tricks and ideas that solve everyday problems … some you never knew you had! (Above: hull strawberries easily using a straw).

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Future of Technology - Energy storage breakthroughs on the horizon

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Breakthroughs in energy storage technologies are on the horizon that could turn vast swathes of the world's sun-soaked deserts and windy plains into sources of clean, renewable energy, according to experts focused on our energy future.

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What Is Cloud Computing?

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Everyone is talking about cloud computing. Forrester projects that the total market for cloud computing will be $241 billion by 2020.

But what does cloud computing mean, exactly?

Cloud computing means computing can be used as a service rather than a product.

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