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Dropbox: finally accessible in Mainland China

Posted on February 17, 2014 by

dropboxforbusinessIn May 2010, Cloud storage service Dropbox had confirmed that it was being blocked by the Chinese Government, as the latter suspected that some sensitive national information was being shared over the Cloud file sharing service. But of late, it seems the Chinese Govt has relented.

Dropbox is now available for use in China. A report in Tech in Asia, which noted this development, however, could not confirm the exact date of the Cloud service being unlocked. Incidentally, rival Google Drive was still struggling behind security firewalls in China since 2012, after its launch.

According to Tech in Asia, Dropbox services like Cloud syncing & public file sharing were working efficiently & faster in the country.

Chinese tech community & other users in the country have several native Cloud-based service providers, which are much faster & provide a storage space up to 10 terabytes for file sharing. The leading Cloud based service giants in the country are Baidu’s WangPan to Tencent’s WeiYun.

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Octonius helps you manage files in the Cloud

Posted on January 31, 2014 by

Octonius is an iPhone app for managing your files across all the major Cloud storage platforms like Google Drive, Dropbox & Evernote. It is similar to mail apps but is meant for notes & files.

It is fairly simple to use Octonius. After downloading & installing it, you need to register with your name & email id. Then you can connect to one or all of Google Drive, Dropbox & Evernote. After the services get connected, Octonius shows a homescreen that displays four choices – collections, flow, browse & search.

Collections are an exclusive tool of Octonius & it collects & shows you the various projects & documents you have stored in different platforms like Evernote & Google Drive for example. Flow shows you a history of files that have been recently uploaded, created or changed. Browse lets you look at your files in a convenient manner & Search enables you to look for the files you need.

Octonius is bound to be useful for students, freelancers & project managers who work on & maintain shared files across clouds.

Octonius Features

  • Browse the three clouds
  • Monitor the recent changes in all the clouds
  • Add a to-do list to any folder or file
  • Preview function
  • Set reminders for all your files

In short, Octonius is a Cloud management mobile app that is meant for users who have notes & files all over the place & need to get them organized. The app helps you access Google Drive, Dropbox & Evernote from a single place & thus helps you get more control over the documents & files you maintain in these three cloud storage platforms. You can track, organize & share your files & notes easily.

Octonius is offered free for a month after which users can subscribe to a monthly plan costing US $1.99 or a yearly plan for US $11.99.

Octonius is a product of Romania-based Octonius Inc. & the mobile app was initially launched in May 2013, with the latest version released this month.

Click here to download Octonius on your iOS device.

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