All Things D refers to SoundCloud as a music service. But, it is really more like Twitter for audio. SoundCloud lets you record audio and then distribute it via its web page, email, Facebook or Twitter. You could also think of it as a kind of mini-podcast creation and distribution service. Up to 120 minutes of audio can be stored under the free SoundCloud plan. This is a total storage limit, not a monthly one. So, SoundCloud only makes sense for short audio snippets.


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A new trend appears to be emerging with mobile device manufacturers partnering with Internet storage providers to provide free online storage to people who buy their devices. HP partnered with Box.net to provide 50 GB of free storage to Touchpad owners, and Box.net is currently providing a similar offer to iOS users who down their iOS app. Today HTC announced that they are providing 5 GB of free storage from Dropbox to all users of their Android devices.


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Fiabee is a cloud-based file storage service that we first covered back at the end of last year. Now, the Spain and San Francisco based startup has rolled out new services that make it a compelling choice for anyone considering the best place to store their files in that fluffy place we call the cloud. [...]

Read More: Cloud storage service Fiabee gets Facebook and Flickr sync, Windows app and more

Fiabee is a cloud-based file storage service that we first covered back at the end of last year. Now, the Spain and San Francisco based startup has rolled out new...

Read More: Cloud storage service Fiabee gets Facebook and Flickr sync, Windows app and more

Despite the widely accepted public knowledge before the big reveal today (including pre-announcement photos on TechCrunch), Amazon managed to pull of a Steve Jobs type "one more thing" this morning by announcing not just one but four new Kindle models and a new web browser that uses its own considerable cloud services.


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Pocket-lint reports that people who buy new Android phones from HTC will get a very useful bonus service.


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Image courtesy of Cloud EnginesI've long advocated storage solutions like Dropbox and Box.net for mobile users because of their low cost and ability to expand the amount of information one can access from mobile devices. Some people do not like the idea of storing their data on another company's servers, and for those people Cloud Engines' line of PogoPlug storage devices is an appealing alternative. Today Cloud Engines announced the PogoPlug Mobile, which is their newest personal cloud solution [...]

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