Just got email from Microsoft a few hours ago that there will be major changes in the SkyDrive---its own cloud storage system that allows users of Microsoft accounts to avail of a free 8G space to keep your personal files which you can access anywhere as long as there is Internet access. (There are others that have more storage spaces if they have the paid subscriptions).
For those who are new to the concept, the cloud storage simply lets you own a virtual hard drive except that there really is no hardware component. All the files are just stored in the Internet (referred here as the "cloud") The advantage is that you can technically bring along all your files anywhere you go and read, edit, delete anything. You can even view all your files from any smartphone, tablet, desktop or laptop computers.
Skydrive of course has tough competitiors like Google Drive which offers higher storage space at 16G, the highly popular Dropbox, and iCloud for Apple products.
One thing for sure is that the Skydrive's name will be changed into the OneDrive. Interesting. Can't wait to see what its features would be like since the email I got from Microsoft are just some sort of a teaser.
I'm sharing you a snip of the email I got below. For now, let's all wait and see
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