iPhone 6s was officially announced today, along with souped up versions of the iPad and iPad Mini. Chances are you’re itching to get your hands on one, but remember that moving to a new device can be tricky. Transferring all your apps, contacts, SMS messages, and images is risky business, since it can all disappear […]
You’ve probably heard that Microsoft launched Windows 10 this week at absolutely no cost to users upgrading from Windows 7 or 8. Since this uncharacteristic freebie is likely to draw a lot of people into trying out Microsoft’s latest OS adventure, and given the lukewarm response that the public had to Windows 8’s attempt to […]
Have you backed up your Netgear device? Network-Attached Storage makes sharing data easy, but if your NAS device crashes for some reason, all your files are toast. The best way to save your NAS data from disaster is cloud backup, and IDrive happens to have a Netgear backup application that accomplishes just that. You can […]
Where is your data right now? Your most important photos or videos? Your critical documents, tax records, or even your music? Is it on your PC? Your Mac? Your iPhone, iPad, or Android device? Is it on a local server? A laptop? In a Facebook or Instagram account? Or is it on ALL of these? […]
This week TV’s Dr. Phil revealed he is dealing with his own feelings of insecurity—cloud insecurity. In an article by USA Today, the television therapist admitted that he loves technology, but doesn’t trust the cloud, and prohibits his employees from backing up. His reason for keeping his heart closed to online backup? He doesn’t want […]
This week President Obama took a stand on net neutrality, calling on the Federal Communications Commission to classify the internet a public utility. Since this is a big topic that will affect the tech industry in a big way, we wanted to express our support for net neutrality. Why? We think it’s important to keep […]
Last month, iOS8 caused a pesky camera upload issue for some users of our mobile app. Today we released an update to our iOS app which avoids this problem altogether. This issue was caused by Apple changing their default photo album name from “Camera Roll” to “Recently Added” in iOS8. Previously backed up photos were recognized as […]
Privacy is in the headlines again, but this time it’s not spy agencies that have been snooping on phones, but opportunistic hackers. Over the last few days, a large number of celebrity photo leaks have resulted in one of the most public instances of privacy violation. Even when protecting your data by storing it off-site, there […]
Along with our recent IDrive Sync Launch, we improved our existing service plans by increasing storage without changing our pricing. We’re now offering even more options for increased storage with our most recent: Mobile Backup Plans. Users get 100GB of storage (50GB of Backup + 50GB of Sync space) for $0.99 per year, available when […]
