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Sometimes you might have installed Dropbox on a couple of your devices. Maybe on your PC, iPad, iPhone, Android phone or Tablet. One of those devices you sell or maybe it gets lost or stolen. You, on the other hand have stored sensitive files on your Dropbox. You don't want those files to fall into the wrong hands. Fortunately you have a solution to remove all those files and unlink that computer, SmartPhone or Tablet from your Dropbox Synced devices. So if you suddenly realize that you have lost access to a computer that has all your Droxbox files synced to it. Follow the steps below to correct the situation. How to unlink a computer from my Dropbox account 1. Back up all your files locally 2. Delete all your Dropbox files 3. Dropbox will Sync all your devices and those files should be removed from the remote computer 4. Unlink and remove access from the device by going here https://www.dropbox.com/account#security 5. Now you can add all your deleted files which were backed-up, b...

Starting today Yahoo Mail have partnered with DropBox to help you easily save your attachments directly to DropBox. This means that you don't have to download your attachments first and then save to DropBox. For users familiar with DropBox the free cloud storage software - any and all sorts of file types can be stored using the service. So all your vacation pictures, important docs like tax returns and all your whitepapers and videos can be stored directly. You can sign-in to DropBox right within Yahoo Mail and store all your files and folders in the cloud. This post will help you save Yahoo Mail Attachments directly to DropBox. How to save Yahoo Mail attachments directly to your DropBox account. 1. Sign in to Yahoo Mail 2. Click on the attachment. 3. Click on the 'Save to DropBox' button 4. You're done If you don not have a DropBox account as yet, you can click on 'More Options' to create a new account and name a new folder to save all your attachments. How t...

Dropbox already has something called 2 step verification - which means that after you login to Dropbox with you email ID and password. You will be sent a verification code to your phone. This code will further need to be entered before you can access your account. This is just an added layer of security and if you have not yet enabled 2 step verification - it's not a bad to start using it now. So if you have already have 2 step verification turned on. There is now another added layer of security to answer the question - what if your phone gets kidnapped?. This is a possibility and people are always loosing their phones. (We have a lot of solutions on our site to help you record your lost phone). So anyways' if you lose your phone Dropbox has added the option to add ' a backup phone number'. This can be the number of someone you trust and know, someone who you always have access to. So this way even if your phone goes missing you can still access Dropbox using the backu...

You might have the need to transfer or share files from one Samsung Galaxy s III to another S3 device. There may be many reasons why you might want to do this. Maybe you got yourself a new device and want to give the other one as a gift to a friend or family member. You also did not use Google Drive or DropBox to store your files in the cloud -- therefore none of your files have been saved using cloud storage. Whatever might be the reason there is an easy way to share from one Samsung Galaxy S3 to another S3 device and this is how to do it. Samsung Galaxy S3 has something called the S Beam -- which essentially lets you share files like photos and videos from device to the other. This is how S Beam works -- To share files you will need to turn on S Beam and then all you need to do is to bring both of the devices close together and touch them together back to back. Once you open the files you want to share touch both the phones back to back and the files will be transferred from one d...

After Kim Dotcom's website 'Megaupload' was taken down by US authorities. Kim Dotcom vowed to fight and has even launched a new website called 'Mega', which he says is bigger than anything known previously. With the new site, users' get 50GB of free space to use. With it they can upload files and shares those files with their friends and connections. The launch of the site site 'Mega' came with huge pomp and show and the stage was set at his New Zealand mansion. With dancers and singers and a reenactment of the raid on his mansion by US authorities. Once launched Kim Dotcom announced via Twitter that within the first 2 hours there were more than 250,000 registrations. https://twitter.com/KimDotcom/status/292719859924598784 Mega is not different from other cloud hosting and cloud sharing services out there. Works on the lines of DropBox, Google Drive and Microsoft's SkyDrive. Cloud computing and cloud storage allows for users to upload files to the cl...

DropBox has announced that it is now integrated with Facebook groups and you can share DropBox files with other group members. DropBox is a cloud based storage system that lets you store your files in the cloud for free. It is easy to use and comes with the added benefit of sharing these files with Facebook group members. You can share any file in any format -- so all your videos, images and docs can be shared between group members. This is useful especially for groups based on interests, games, study-groups and well, the list goes on and on. So if you are a moderator of a Facebook group or a part of a Facebook where members can share files. Your sharing options just got better -- dropbox files can be large and without wasting time uploading the file to Facebook -- sometimes takes very long with size limits in place, just share your files already stored in the cloud. How to share DropBox files with Facebook Groups. 1. Login to Facebook 2. Go to your group 3. Click on 'Add File...

DropBox has an added security feature that is most welcome. It is called Two Step Verification - a combination of Google's two-step verification and Outlook.com's single-code verification system. So you can now use text messages or use your mobile app to generate a time sensitive security code to log-in to your DropBox account. This added security feature will help protect your account and keep hackers and intruders at bay. Helps to add an extra level of security to all your folders and files on DropBox. This post will serve as a guide on how to enable to the-step verification process for your DropBox account. How to turn on, enable or setup Two-step authentication for DropBox. 1. You will need to log-in to your security page on DropBox. 2. Below Account Sign in found at the bottom, you will find the option, two-step verification. 3. You will need to toggle the link to enabled - click on change and enter your password and you now have the two options How two-step verificati...

Cloud storage is something that has taken off in a very big way. There is DropBox , iCloud , Google Drive and Skydrive to name a few of the more popular ones. What Cloud Storage does it allows you free storage to store all your files in the cloud and make them available on all your devices. Microsoft is moving out SkyDrive with Windows 8, Office 13 and Windows Phone. This would mean that many uses would store all of their files on SkyDrive and some of what is being store might be inappropriate. This is something that needs to be noted - these might be your private files. Even if they are your private files and your using Microsoft Cloud to store them it might get your banned. A dutch user on the forum Tweakers.net who goes by the handle WingsOfFury  reports that he lost access to hos Live account, Hotmail account and XBox account. There are many users who are reporting the same online. In fact Microsoft monitors its cloud servers and takes action when inappropriate content is found ...

The long awaited cloud storage service from Google is finally here. It is being rolled out in a phased manner and you can still click the 'notify me' link to be notified when your Google Drive is ready. Google Drive will work like other cloud-sync and storage services like DropBox and Microsoft's SkyDrive . Cloud Storage is web based storage that allows you to upload and store files and then share it with other using file synchronization. So once you have Google Drive it will create a single folder on your computer and sync your files with Google's servers and all your other devices that have Google Drive.  Google Drive - How to get started You will need to go to the Google Drive home and then install Google Drive on your PC. The service then gives you 5GB of free storage in which you can upload all your files. You can upload docs, pics, movies etc. Once synced with your other devices. You files will now be available wherever you are. All you need is an internet connec...

DropBox has launched a new feature, giving you the ability to create and share a link. This link can be created for all the stuff you have stored in the cloud. So if you have uploaded images of your vacation, Docs and presentations and videos that you have uploaded and stored in the cloud. Once you create a link you can then share it with friends and family and they can view it online in a web viewer by DropBox. The web viewer is quiet neat and aesthetically designed in full browser view for better viewing. Once you share a link with friends and family, they do not need an account to view the same. Whoever has the link can view your content in an open full browser. Since you content is already in the cloud there is no download required and people who you have shared the link with, can view your photos, docs and videos immediately. If you are a DropBox user and someone shares a link with you, you will be able to save that link in your folder. This is also being called DropBox instant s...

DropBox the free cloud storage webapp that creates an extra drive on your PC or device to ensure all your files are available to you all the time, now has an incentive to invite your friends to join and install the service. For every friend you invite and who then decides to join and install DropBox, you get 500 MB of extra storage space. This is 500 MB if you have a free account and 1 GB if you have a pro account. You can also use the code provided to invite your Facebook and Twitter friends to make things easier. There is however an upper limit of 16 GB for free accounts and 32 GB for pro accounts.  Once you go to the DropBox referral page you can choose from 3 different options on how you want to invite people. You can choose to  invite via email  - so you can then enter you log-in and password details and invite all your Gmail, AOL, Hotmail, Yahoo etc mail contacts and share DropBox for free. You can also invite all your Twitter contacts by sending them the automated Tweet already...

,  DropBox the most popular cloud storage service has just added the option to share folders with your Facebook friends. This comes after the announcement of the ability to upload photos from your Android phone directly to a DropBox folder. Now you can create and share folders with your Facebook pals. This improvement is certainly going to take DropBox more to the masses.  Previously on DropBox you could share folders only with other registered users. With the new improvement you can now invite your Facebook friends to view and collaborate with you on a folder. Allowing people to work together on projects. With DropBox cloud storage users will now have the ability to share, work-together and all you need is a Facebook ID. How to share a DropBox folder and invite your Facebook friends as collaborators 1. Go to www.DropBox.com/share 2. Click on New Shared Folder 3. Choose between 'I'd like to create and share a new folder' and 'Share an existing folder' 4. Give your f...

It seems everyone these days has the need to store their files in popular cloud services for easy and immediate access. Storage all your files on your local device is a thing of the past with the emergence of cloud storage services. There are a number of cloud storage services to choose from. One of the most popular being DropBox. DropBox the service that adds and extra drive to your PC or other storage device and stores all your files in the cloud for easy access. With all the files that are stored in the cloud what if you need to store some files securely and ensure that if there is any compromise you know your files are safe and secure. Enter BoxCryptor the service that allows you to do just that. with BoxCryptor you can safely and securely store your files on services like DropBox and the service also uses AES-256 standard to encrypt your files. We had previously written about a service called Data Locker and BoxCryptor is an alternative that you can use. BoxCryptor: How does it wo...

The popularity of DropBox has proved once and for all the importance of cloud storage. More and more people are turning to storing their data in the cloud with the benefit that it will always be available to them no matter where they are. There is however a chance that you want to store some private and confidential information in the cloud and your service of choice is DropBox. So if that is the case you just might want to encrypt those files and then store is securely. DataLocker is a service that will help you do just that. With DataLocked you can store files from your native clients like Windows, Mac, iPhone or iPad. Once you download DataLocker you will be able to then use it to easily secure files and store the same in DropBox.  DataLocker is the first product from 'Appsense labs' and is completely free to use. Currently the service is focused on DropBox and there is no information on when and if it will be available for iCloud and Skydrive.  DataLocker: How does it work ...

Image Credit: Briankeithmay.com One of Silicon valley's hottest startups is set to get some serious competition. There has been a lot of speculation about Google's GDrive, a free storage which will live in the cloud. Like Dropbox which offers 2 GB of Free storage and can be used as an extra drive on your PC. Google's new service is going to be called simply 'Drive'. It will function like an extra hard-drive on your PC and sync all the files you store on that drive in the cloud. This means no matter where you are and what system you are using, all your files will be accessible to you wherever you are. People using multiple devices to access the internet and all their date has given rise to 'Cloud Computing'. Google's famed GDrive will rival other cloud-storage services like iCloud from Apple, which lets users store all their data in the cloud and Dropbox which now has more than 45 million users. Dropbox also saves over 1 billion files every few days.  The...