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? […]
Thanksgiving is about appreciating the little things that make life a lot better, that will be there for us no matter what. Friends, family, and online backup. Yes, online backup. It shelters our digital lives in a cold, hard digital world. So this Thanksgiving we’re giving back to backup and the people who make it […]
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 […]
Halloween’s not just scary awesome. Between the costumes, decorations, party supplies and pumpkin paraphernalia, it’s scary expensive, too. But it makes it all so worth it to document the whole spooky, silly experience of Halloween with memorable photos and videos that we can smile upon later. That’s why this Halloween, while you’re protecting yourself from all manner of […]
Apple released OS X 10.10 last Thursday, and Mac users are eager to update. There’s nothing quite like that “new OS smell”! But upgrades are a tricky process, and any errors or problems along the way could spell disaster for your Mac, and all the photos, videos, and documents contained in it. Before you […]
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 […]
IDrive will be exhibiting this week at Interop New York, a leading independent technology conference and expo. This is a chance to talk shop with us about how our online backup solution can make data protection faster, easier, more affordable, and securer for you and your business. In particular, we’ll be showcasing IDrive’s DataCenter Edition, […]
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 […]
