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Xdrive

http://www.xdrive.com/
Last activity: 25.07.2008
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Location
United States, California, Beverly Hills

Mentions in press and media 11

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Apr 15, 2008Cloud File Services Springing Up Everywhere, But Where's My GDrive?Two more startups have released services for storing, syncing, and sharing files in the cloud over the past week…but still no sign of Google’s GDrive. Syncplicity launches today with the same value propositions as SugarSync, which we review...
Feb 25, 20086 Adobe AIR Apps to Check OutAdobe’s AIR platform allows developers to create web applications that run on your desktop without the need of a web browser. Now that AIR has dropped the beta tag (see our previous coverage), it’s time to look at some of the AIR apps you c...
Nov 27, 2007Google's storage service appears close to launchAfter a nearly five year wait, Google's long rumored "Gdrive" storage service appears set to take on similar offerings from Microsoft and AOL, according to media sources. Rumors of such an offering began in earnest last year when ...
Oct 12, 2007Windows Live SkyDrive Doubles Storage to 1GB, Still Can't Keep Up With GmailMicrosoft doubled the online storage consumers can get for free in Windows Live SkyDrive. It’s hard to get excited about that when Gmail is already giving me 2.9 GB of storage, with more on the way—4GB by the end of the month, and 6GB by ea...
Aug 9, 2007Windows Live SkyDrive Launched – Enters a Crowded Online Storage MarketToday Microsoft announcedWindows Live SkyDrive, the final product name for its online storage solution – previously known as Windows Live Folders. Windows Live SkyDrive has a few new features and enhanced UI, in line with upcoming changes a...
Aug 3, 2006AOL to Offer 5GB of Online StorageAOL on Thursday announced it would begin offering all Web users 5GB of online storage through its Xdrive product, part of the company's new initiative to make its services available without cost. Separately, AOL said it plans to cut 5,000 j...
Aug 3, 2006AOL/AIM users to get 5GB free storageThe one upsmanship in giving away storage continues with an announcement today from AOL that come September the company will provide 5 GB of free storage on the company’s XDrive system to anyone with as little as an AOL or AIM screen name. ...
Jan 31, 2006The Online Storage GangThe online storage market is evolving fast. In the past, users could expect no more than a simple service where files could be slowly uploaded and downloaded from a mapped virtual drive or a simple web based interface. Little competition (a...
Nov 21, 2005Companies I'd like to Profile (but don't exist)There are companies I review every day that I don’t write about. Reasons vary – it’s been done already and the product isn’t even as good as what’s been done, its a mostly or totally one-way application, or it isn’t consumer focused (or hav...
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FAQ about Xdrive

What has the press written about Xdrive?

Parsers VC has collected 11 articles mentioning Xdrive, among them “Cloud File Services Springing Up Everywhere, But Where's My GDrive?” (Apr 15, 2008) and “6 Adobe AIR Apps to Check Out” (Feb 25, 2008).

Is Xdrive still active?

Yes, Xdrive is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Jul 25, 2008.