Tuesday Tech Tools: 15 Storage options
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Automatically backs up a journalist’s articles regardless as to which site they’re published on. Lets readers “subscribe” to journalists, so that they can receive email notifications when one of them publishes something new. Two week free trial. After that the service is $7 a month or $70 a year.
Box
Digital storage focused on business solutions.
Dropbox*
Online file storage for backups. Syncs folders automatically on several devices. 2 GB free. 100 GB for $10 a month.
Flickr
Easy to navigate, though not the best app for shooting and editing photos. But the free terabyte of storage makes a a good place to dump everything. The Creative Commons licensing section has free stock photos.
Google Drive*
Document storage. Open and edit files from within browser windows. 5 GM free. 200 GB for $10 month.
Inkrypt
An app that allows journalists to save their content on many servers, (instead of one) that can be accessed anywhere, at any time and can't be traced, so that government and other entities cannot block it.
Instapaper
Save articles to read later. Free.
Media Fire
Free cloud storage service.
OneDrive (formally Skydrive)
Microsoft provides 15 GB free backup to the cloud for storage. OneDrive includes a nice interface for scrolling through material (particularly photos).
Pocket*
Save articles to read later. Free.
Resilio Sync (formally Bittorrent Sync)
A widely used cloud storage format.
Save My News
Lets journalists save links to the Internet Archive and WebCite. Clips and archived links can be downloaded in Excel.
Social Blade
Shows YouTube, Twitch, Instagram, & Twitter account rankings
Spundge
Read, save, filter and annotate content from the web — Facebook, Flickr, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube included. (Free and paid versions)
SugarSync
File backups accessible on all operating systems and platforms. 5 GB free. 60 GB for $10 a month.