The ability to upload files directly to iWork (rather than emailing them to your device) certainly makes the app more appealing.
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Dropbox has roughly 50 million users who, according to the site, upload a billion files to the service every 48 hours.
You can also upload files to Pages, Numbers, and Keynote from iCloud's web interface.
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Google also announced announced Google Music Beta, a service that lets users upload their music files to its servers and play it on any device they own.
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If you want to sell direct, then you can upload your ebook files and Ganxy will, after verification, add a direct sales link to your other retail links.
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Dotcom adds in that although other services don't have a one-click encryption option built into their interface, the likes of Google Drive allow you to upload encrypted, password-protected files.
Perhaps its coolest new trick is the ability to share your phone's screen with the person on the other end of the call (if they're also on a BlackBerry 10 device), so you can review work documents or enjoy photos together without having to e-mail or upload the files.
Keep your customers and others up-to-date on your business by dropping your latest news files into convenient folders that automatically upload to your social media accounts, including Facebook, Flickr and YouTube.
Additionally, Microsoft points out on its blog that photo metadata is retained when users upload to SkyDrive, and opening and saving files to SkyDrive works better with other apps on iOS devices.
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The report also looked at upload speeds, important to consumers wishing to share large files or use real-time video communications.
Mega is expected to be a web-based service that lets people upload and store files of any kind.
While Facebook does technically store photos that users upload, there is no central drive to store documents and other files on Facebook.
It took just nine minutes to completely upload one book via Wi-Fi, though another with huge photo files from a professional photographer took closer to 40 minutes.
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The USB port is used for charging or file transfers, though you can also email files to your device (via the custom address each Kindle is assigned) or upload them through the Cloud Player service.
Media companies' lawyers rarely have time to police so many obscure sites, and even when they do, users can always upload the infringing files again.
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