While the Samsung Galaxy S III has been available to pre-order for a couple weeks now, it doesn’t actually make its official debut until the end of this month. However, it seems some retailers in some parts of the world don’t care for release dates, and they’re sending the long-awaited handset out early. One user

Plenty of companies take the bring your own device (BYOD) approach which, at its surface, sounds like it gives employees freedom and empowerment. However, enterprise firms run a risk by no providing controlled equipment and are starting to crack down on what can, and can’t, be used on a work phone. IBM, for example, has

Have big plans this Mother’s Day weekend? You know this Sunday is Mother’s Day, right? Well, tell Mom that instead of taking her out to a nice dinner, you’d rather participate in Dropbox’s new Dropquest 2012. “The Future is Now!” Yes, Buffalo, the scavenger hunt is back on, and once again Dropbox is challenging users

MobileMe customers who upgrade to iCloud are being handed a free 20GB storage boost from Apple as part of the Cupertino company’s push for its new cloud service. The offer was set to last until June 30 — the date MobileMe meets its death — but it has now been extended until September 30. That

Whenever something much-anticipated finally lands, some sort of issue or scandal always pops up shortly afterward. And Google Drive is no exception. Some people are taking huge issue with a particular nugget in the Terms of Service: It seems to indicate that, if you use the service to upload files, you’re giving the Mountain View

Well, it’s official: Every big company wants its own cloud-based storage service. Less than 24 hours after Google (finally!) announced Google Drive, Sony has revealed that it has its own storage service to offer, one which promises to give you “any time, any device” access to all your photos and videos. The service is called

Google has finally quieted the anticipation around its storied cloud storage service with some launch news today: Google Drive is here! Le GDrive joins a fleet of free storage services offered today, which can make it even tougher to choose one that suits your needs. But don’t fret — here’s a handy table to help

Following weeks of speculation, Google Drive is expected to make its debut this week, bringing with it 5GB of free storage for each and every user. According to a Reuters’ ”source familiar with the matter,” the announcement could come as early as today, April 24. Furthermore, the source claims that the cloud-based storage service will give

Seems like the spirit of the now-defunct Megaupload lives on in, of all places, Dropbox. The popular file-sharing cloud service has taken a feature off beta and debuted it now so that anyone can share an individual file by sending a link to it. This isn’t too unusual, as other similar services allow for the same

The previous rumor suggesting Google Drive is launching with 5GB of free storage has been proven true, according to a new corroborating report. A draft release acquired by The Next Web points to a release next week “likely on Tuesday,” but there’s also evidence that the product will be announced on Wednesday instead. The storage

Apparently 5 GB is the gold standard for free cloud storage. That’s the maximum allowed by Apple’s iCloud, and possibly the same for Google Drive (which could be going live this month, so say the rumors). Amazon Cloud Drive also offers — you guessed it — 5 GB. That might be roomy enough, if your

Recent reports have claimed that Google Drive — an online storage service that is expected rival the likes of Dropbox — is set to launch in early April. According to a leaked screenshot that has surfaced today, all users will receive 5GB of storage for free as standard, and they’ll have the ability to view

Google Drive’s oft-rumored and long awaited arrival may become a reality in early April, according to GigaOm’s “well placed sources.” Rumors of Google’s cloud service span all the way back to 2006, with mentions of the fabled online storage locker popping up as recently as February of this year. Apparently, GDrive will offer 1GB of

Dropbox has issued an update to its free Android application today to introduce automatic uploading for your photographs and videos. With a single tap, your content is sent — in full resolution and original size — to a private folder on your Dropbox account called “Camera Uploads,” allowing you to access them from any Internet-connected device.

Over the next 30 days, any interested party who logs into Box’s new Android app will get a whopping 50GB of free cloud storage. Free. With a lot of companies banking on cloud technology – from Apple, to Microsoft, to Google and DropBox – this is a huge move to get consumers to hop into

In a bid to compete with cloud storage services like Dropbox and iCloud, Microsoft has been making some huge improvements to SkyDrive in recent months, with integration into the Windows Phone operating system, support for HTML5 video, and mobile apps for iOS and Windows Phone. But it seems there are still a number of features

Overview You’ve probably already read the State of the Union Addresses from my fellow Buffalos — and if you haven’t, you certainly should — but mine’s a little different. As TechnoBuffalo’s resident Brit, I’m going to be taking a look at the state of mobile devices and television here in Britain and how it compares

The HTC Sense user interface is one of the most popular skins for Android, and one of the main reasons why Android users become attached to HTC devices. Sense 3.5 works wonderfully under the Gingerbread operating system, providing users with a seamless link to all of their favorite features directly from their home screen. So

Apple’s iOS 5 software offers some pretty awesome features that make using an iOS device all the more enjoyable. Features like wireless iTunes syncing, iCloud backups, Notification Center, and Twitter integration are all things that make iOS users wonder how they ever got by prior to iOS 5. But those who are still rocking the

It’s been another blockbuster year for the seminal iPhone. Even after enduring a longer than normal product cycle, demand for the device is still at an all time high. According to Reuters, Apple was on pace to sell around 28 million iPhones during 2011′s final quarter alone – a 70 percent jump from a year ago. Whether

So what can we learn from 2011? Well for one, according to this infographic, it seems people en masse absolutely do not like being hardwired. On the contrary, our affinity for sharing, streaming and being mobile has become a full-blown obsession. And why not? The tools we use are becoming increasingly powerful, after all. But

Everyone seems to be giving away free cloud-based storage with their smartphones these days: Buy an iPhone and it comes with iCloud, get a Windows Phone device and you get SkyDrive, and choose HTC and you’ll get free Dropbox storage. For those in the U.K., you can now get free storage on your Sony Ericsson

HTC’s first tablet to feature NVIDIA’s quad-core Tegra 3 chip certainly doesn’t look like it’s going to appear in time for Christmas. According to “industry sources,” the Taiwanese smartphone giant will focus on quad-core smartphones and tablets during the first half of 2012, with the HTC Quattro scheduled to launch in March. Asus looks set

HTC has teamed up with Dropbox to give smartphone users yet another reason to choose one of its Android devices. In addition to that magnificent Sense UI and the recently introduced Beats audio technology, HTC is now giving users 5GB of Dropbox storage absolutely free when they use an Android-powered HTC smartphone. The company’s Android

In the tech world, you can forget everything you know about the scientific properties of a cumulus or cirrus formation, for here, cloud means “remote data storage.” This means you can store files in space, or on remote servers that will sync all of your devices together and allow you to share them. It seems