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Sony & Box Renew Free 50GB Cloud Storage For Life Promotion For 2013

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by Roy Alugbue on
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You remember how Sony and Box came together to offer Xperia owners a cloud storage deal they couldn’t refuse? Well both are back and set to offer the same free 50GB of cloud storage for life promotion— this time running until the end of 2013. You read that right folks: if you happen to own a Sony Xperia variant, Sony and Box are offering 50GB of free cloud storage all for the price of gratis. The promotion applies to most of the various Xperia-esque models—- though the deal doesn’t apply to the Xperia X10 mini, X10 mini pro or any device that runs on Android 2.1 or older. Nevertheless, those of you who do own a fairly recent Xperia smartphone have no excuse not to take advantage of this awesome promotion. After all— how else will you store those vast amounts of Frank Zappa albums?

You can find full details of the promotion in the presser after the break.

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Box 2.0 for Android previewed, looks like a strong alternative to Dropbox

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by William Metzger on
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Ever hate having to access multiple apps just to check a document on your Dropbox? Box 2.0 hopes to solve that for you by including a document viewer that supports 75 different types of files. That’s right, you no longer have to first open Dropbox, check to see if its the latest version, then open Quickoffice all to just access your presentation you slaved over for hours.

This update brings a host of other features including automatically updating offline folders and files, a complete transfer manager as well as a completely browser-less experience. Now, the race for best cloud storage system for mobile devices just got a bit tighter. With 5 gigabytes free of space, I would strongly suggest you at least check this out if you’re in need of a more fluid cloud storage system. Hit the break for the download links.

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Google Drive Will Have SDK and Google Docs Integration

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by Ed Caggiani on
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As the launch of Google Drive nears, more information about the service begins to leak. This time, it’s the source code of Google Docs giving away secrets. The code hints at the existence of a Google Drive SDK. This means that 3rd party apps might be able to connect to Google Drive, and that makes it infinitely more powerful.

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Box Offering Free 50GB Account For Android Users

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by Ed Caggiani on
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From now until March 23rd you can get a FREE 50GB account on Box by simply downloading and signing in to the Box Android app. That type of space would normally cost you $19.99 a month on the cloud storage service. And this 50GB account is yours for life, no strings attached.

This offer is a 45GB increase in the amount of space for a free Box account. With an offer like this, why would anyone use other services, like Dropbox? Well, keep in mind that Box does not offer a free desktop sync client like Dropbox does. Box’s desktop client is only available to professional users who pay $15/month. Also, with a free account, Box only allows file sizes up to 25MB. To increase to a 1GB file size limit costs $10/month.

Still, we can’t complain about a free 50GB! Plus, with Box’s ability to send files to other services such as Gmail, Microsoft Office, and Google Docs, not having a desktop sync client becomes slightly less of a problem.

So if you need some cloud lovin’, download the app from the Android Market link or QR code below!

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The Box.net App Updates to Version 1.5, Adds Widgets, Uploading From Any App

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by Jack Holt on
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The other day we brought to you news of how you could sneakily snag yourself 50GB of free online storage from Box.net. As you know, folks who owned either a Sony Xperia or LG Android smartphone received 50GB of cloud storage for free as part of a promotional deal between Sony, LG and Box.net. Well today we bring you news that Box has updated their Android app bringing it to version 1.5. Besides updates to the interface the app boasts some awesome productivity features. They are:

  •  A widget that shows the progress of files that are currently being modified or updated.
  •  The ability to upload email attachments or files directly from the app you’re currently using.
  •  The ability to create documents in an office app of your choice and saving the file in Box, rather than in  the document editor.

Given Box.net has 1.9 million users, the company is doing what it can to provide important improvements to the user experience. This goes a long way in customer satisfaction and it’s a relief to see that some companies still value the consumer. Hit the break below to find the Market link or QR Code, and if you are truly interested to read the press release. Even if you missed the 50GB promotion you can still snag 5GB of free online storage which is more than enough for most folks, enjoy.  » Read the rest

Win up to $25,000 with the Box Mobile Dev Challenge

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by Robert Nazarian on
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This post is to all the developers out there. Box is offering prizes for the top ten most innovative and useful apps. They are looking for the next generation of enterprise-grade mobile applications that will enable workers to be as productive in the field as they are in the office. These apps should be deeply integrated with the Box functionality, but go beyond uploading and downloading files. Entries will be accepted from August 1 though September 9, 2011 and it open to Android, iOS, and WebOS developers.

1st Prize – $25,000 cash, $5,000 InMobi Ad Network Spend, and a Pitch Meeting with Draper Fisher Jurvetson

2nd Prize – $10,000 cash, $5,000 InMobi Ad Network Spend, and a Pitch Meeting with Draper Fisher Jurvetson

The top 10 apps will receive a brand new HP TouchPad and be flown to San Francisco to join Box CEO Aaron Levie on stage to show off their app at BoxWorks

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QuickOffice Connect Mobile Suite for Android

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by Chris Moor on
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QuickOffice Inc. has just launched their Quickoffice Connect Mobile Suite for all Android 1.6+ devices. What’s notable about the Quickoffice Connect Mobile Suite (Since Quickoffice has been out for over a year) is the added ability to edit MS Office files (DOC, DOCX, XLS, XLSX, PPT, PPTX) and save them to cloud storage services such as Google Docs, Box.net and Dropbox. The app does cost $15, but if you’re a business user who needs the ability to edit MS Office files on the go, then this might be a worthwhile investment.

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It should be noted that the $15 is apparently an “introductory price” for the new release. So I wouldn’t take forever to decide if you want this.

Here’s the buy link

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