Getting the most out of free online file-storage DropBox

Have a pesky habit of losing thumb drives left-and-right? Need to syncronize and backup important files between different desktops? There’s no need to fear, dropbox is here!

WHAT IS DROPBOX?
Dropbox.com is an online website where you can store your files and syncronize them between different computers and mobile-devices. 

 
WHY USE DROPBOX?
It’s one of the best options in online-file storage in terms of ease-of-use
You can have it synchronize files on multiple computers and mobile devices.
You can get 2-8GB for free if you are able to get others to sign up.

WHAT'S THE DOWNSIDE?
It is a limited amount of space to really be able to backup files unless you pay $10/month to get 50GB of space.

HOW DO I GET STARTED?
First, if you use my link to sign up http://db.tt/Vu2B5Ml we will both get an extra 256mb of space (up to 8gb). Signing up is as easy as putting in your name, and password. Install the dropbox software on your computer and move files you want syncronized or backed up the folder (default is Dropbox under your MyDocuments).

HOW DO I GET MORE SPACE FOR FREE?
By running through some hoops and inviting friends to sign up for dropbox you can add additional space to your free account.
1. Use your email contacts. This will send emails to everyone in your email list your link.
2. Send targeted emails. A nicer option than spamming everyone is to email individually.
3. There are a few steps you can do with your social-media sites at https://www.dropbox.com/free. Basically Link to your Facebook and Twitter, send a tweet, and give a small testimonial. These will net you around 500mb of extra space.
4.  A more unscrupulous method would be to email invitations to your own alternate email addresses. Make sure that you install the Dropbox clients for the different accounts on SEPARATE computers. Dropbox won’t  award you extra space if you are using multiple accounts on the same computer.

Why don't we talk about Desktop PCs anymore?

Although my friends and I are all in the tech-field, we find ourselves talking less and less about Personal Computers, and more and more about Apple Iphones and Droid Smartphones.


I used to have a Palm Treo. I would Check news upates daily. But eventually the well dried-out. The Treo-news-board died along with all of its followers. I should have known by then that it was the end of the device. Palm ceased evolving their phone, and the lack of new news showed it.


Although me and my co-worker have an Iphone and Droid phone (respectively), not a day goes by that we don’t talk about Mobile devices and every new piece of news pertaining to them. We have Iphone vs Droid battles where we see who’s device finds stuff faster on the web (verizon/droid wins over at&t/iphone), or who has better apps (Iphone of course).


Why are Personal Computers so passe? It seems like all the companies are doing these days is slapping more cores on the processors. Sure they are faster then a mobile device, but all that power is wasted with us playing flash in a browser, or Farmville on Facebook. Personal computers are just plain boring now.


It used to be that we bought PCs in order to play games. But nowadays, games are going to the gaming consoles first and THEN getting ported out to the PC. With PCs ever getting better, even budget PCs can handle most tasks and games with style. Smartphones have reached a performance-point at which they are almost as good as a desktop PC, with the added benefit of portability.