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While free users still start with 2 GB, Pro users now can purchase 100 GB for $9.99/month or $99.90 if you pay in advance for a year. Prior to today that pricing would have earned you 50 GB of storage. Dropbox still offers its Teams service, for multiple users and business customers, and with storage limits described this way: “as much as you need”. However, when you read the fine print: “Teams start with 1000 GB of storage for five users, with 200 GB added for each additional user....

Note: Before we begin, a quick explanation about the name—Windows Live Mesh and Windows Live Sync used to be two separate products. although they did essentially the same thing. Windows Live Sync Beta 2011—which became available as part of the Windows Live Essentials Beta 2011 package in June 2010—was a combination of the two earlier products. Now, Microsoft has decided to rename what is now available as Windows Live Sync Beta 2011 and call it Windows Live Mesh 2011 once it hits the official release along with Windows Live Essentials 2011, thereby eliminating both previous products....

eBay Servers Breached According to a press release from the company, a cyberattack has compromised a database which contained encrypted password and non-financial data. It’s important to know that there is no evidence of the breach affecting PayPal users, as PayPal data is stored somewhere else that’s more secure. So you can rest assured on that front. The attackers have gained access to the database using a few employee log-in credentials, which permitted the unauthorized access....

This feature made its debut via Gmail, but it’s also available for Chrome, Android, Windows and other Google services. Setup for Android and Windows is easy, just download the app and run it. With Gmail, it’s a bit trickier to find. So we’ll show you how to set it up below. Enable Gmail Input Tools Open up your Gmail account and click the Settings menu (Gear icon)at the top right next to your name....

The Telegraph quotes “a person with knowledge of the transaction”. She said the patents cover various technologies concerning software and networking. Facebook currently has 56 issued patents and 503 applications. This deal increases its portfolio and its ability to defend itself against lawsuits and to counter them. Facebook already has patents from Friendster and HP. IBM, on the other hand has quite a patent portfolio, and can afford to sell....

; Quick verdict: It works. For both my Linux and Windows 7 computers, the FAVI FE01-BL keyboard worked right out-of-the-box as soon as I plugged it in. It does have a few quirks, though, one of which is notable. But there’s nothing that can’t be worked around. Read on if you care to learn more. FAVI Entertainment Wireless Keyboard: Tech Specs and Features ; ; The FAVI wireless keyboard also comes with a built-in lithium ion battery....

New Tab Page Previously to get the New Tab Page with Speed Dial, you had to do a bit of tweaking with about:config. Now, just click the plus button to open a new page and you’ll see a list of recent and most frequently visited sites. Left click and hold the mouse button to arrange the sites in any order you want. Or pin a site to its current location by pressing the tack icon....

With Google Reader calling it quits, we’ve asked you about the feed readers you plan on switching to. While most of the answers quoted Feedly, Flipboard was also mentioned. And even if you’re not switching to it as your RSS reader and only using it to keep up with news, you might want to know how to reduce its data usage. Reduce Flipboard Data Use It’s pretty easy, actually. First, go to Flipboard’s Settings menu – it’s the gear icon on the bottom right side of the screen....

Maybe that’s a bit harsh, and maybe you don’t care if the whole world thinks you’re a fool for making an honest mistake, but for the rest of us who fret day and night over whether they forgot an attachment, this simple Microsoft Outlook add-in is going to save your life, your career and maybe even your marriage. Okay, I’m exaggerating, but seriously, there’s really no reason not to pick up Forgotten Attachment Detector (unless, of course, you’ve already installed the NoReplyAll Outlook Add-in) from Office Labs....

Last month during the Apple Watch event, CEO Tim Cook also announced the Apple TV’s price was cut $30, down to $69. It was also announced that HBO, in partnership with Apple, is launching a standalone streaming app called HBO Now. The HBO service is exclusive to Apple TV, iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch for the first 90 days, and will cost $14.99/month. It provides instant access to every episode of all HBO original programs, sports, documentaries, etc....

Do you use voicemail transcription on your Android phone? Does your carrier provide this service free of charge? If you answered “no” to either of those questions, then Yap might be just what you need. Yap is a free voicemail-to-text transcription app that runs on almost any Android phone and seems to be a lot more accurate than anything Google has to offer. It also doesn’t involve handing all of your data over to Google Voice....

What is Ghostery? The plug-in is available for Firefox, Chrome, and Internet Explorer. You can pick it up from the link below for all browser types. Download Ghostery – As goes with all plug-ins, installation is so simple that we won’t cover it. Once you get it installed, it will start working right away. Whenever you visit a site that has trackers on it, Ghostery will display a small purple pop-up in the top-right corner of the page....

Google amended its Terms of Service and now states the company does in fact scan and analyze your content to create targeted ads. This fact has been known by Google watch dogs and tech privacy pundits for quite some time. The company finally came clean and the amended terms now state: Now, before you get too bent out of shape by this, it’s not like Google has a team of individuals reading your emails....

Windows users are well aware of the Task Manager that lets you monitor which tasks and programs are eating up system resources. But did you know there’s a task manager specifically in Google Chrome? Google Chrome Task Manager To find it, head to Settings > More Tools > Task Manager. Or if you prefer to use a keyboard shortcut, hit Shift+Esc. The Google Task Manager launches. Here you can monitor how much of your system’s memory, CPU cycles, and more is being used by tabs, apps, and extensions....

It turns out that there’s been a simple, powerful, customizable and private tool right under my nose all along: Google Forms. Tracking goals with Google Forms, gives you three things: Because it’s all in Google Drive, the data you plug in about your goals and your efforts can be as public or private as you want. You can share your goals with a spouse or a support group, or you can keep it all to yourself....

2 GB Free Google Drive Storage According to the Google Drive Blog, the search giant is celebrating Safer Internet Day which was held today. I hadn’t heard of Safer Internet Day either, but if you want more information about the campaign, check out the website here. The check is simple, just go through the sections and verify your recovery information, recent activity, account permissions, app passwords, and 2-Step Verification settings. After you do that (and hopefully everything checks out), you get you additional free space....

The company said in a blog post, Starting next month, Google Play Store will roll out on the ASUS Chromebook Flip, the Acer Chromebook R 11 and the latest Chromebook Pixel. It’s worth mentioning here that not every single Chromebook out in the wild will be able to run the Play Store. If you’re interested, the search engine giant also revealed the complete list of Chromebooks, which will get the Play Store later this year — the list includes a majority of Chromebooks released....

About a year ago I wrote an article reviewing the process Google uses to fight back hacker dudes. To recap – While Google is crawling the internet for content to index, they at the same time examine the web pages for known malicious code in order to determine if the website has been hacked or not. This is important for Google since they might send someone to that site sometime in the future and they would hate to do that if they are going to get hacked thus help spread more malicious code over the internet after visiting that site....

This is what the Most Used section looks like on the Windows 10 Start menu: Hide Most Used Apps from Windows 10 Start To get started the first thing you want to do is open Settings. You can do that from the Start menu itself or if you practice keyboard kung fu, hit the Windows Key + I keyboard combo. When the Settings app opens up select Personalization from the list....

Basslines are often a bit tricky, because it’s tempting to start getting too fancy with it. The trick, really is to be simple. Most of the time, the bass is just an anchor for the rest of the music. It follows the root note of the chord progression. As with anything, this rule is not set in stone. I’ve seen basslines that create the lead part of the music. However, for the most part, it’s best to keep it simple....