In today's issue of TechnoLawyer NewsWire, lawyer and legal technology legend Dennis Kennedy covers an online file sharing and backup service, a new cost recovery tool for legal research, and an online task manager. Don't miss the next issue.
Below you'll find one of the three articles from today's edition:
No Problem, It's On My Other Drive
By Dennis Kennedy
The world has moved from file-storing to file-sharing. Even
novice computer users have files on several computers, hard
drives, USB drives, and, increasingly, online storage sites.
Accessing, moving, and managing all of our files can become
quite a chore. Plus we often want to send files too large
for email inboxes. And let's not forget the importance of
backing up all our files. What's a busy lawyer to do?
MyOtherDrive.com offers a suite of online file storage and
sharing tools. It's a online storage site with a familiar
Explorer-style interface, and a set of useful tools. If you
have access to the Internet, you will have access to your
files. Best of all, especially for lawyers, you can control
who accesses your files — from the public to specific
individuals.
MyOtherDrive.com began as a photo-sharing site, and offers a
full set of photo-sharing tools. However, it handles all
types of files — documents, PDFs, audio, and video. Simply
join the service and upload your files. The site's viewers
also let you preview files without downloading them.
MyOtherDrive.com sets itself apart from similar services in
the ways you specify who can access your files. You can make
files fully public or accessible only by you for backup
purposes. You can share with specific individuals or groups,
such as family, friends, colleagues, or clients. As you
invite people to access your files, MyOtherDrive.com helps
you build a "social network" with other members of
MyOtherDrive.com. You can email hyperlinks to non-members so
they can access your files.
The free version gives you 5GB of storage and 10GB/month of
bandwidth. The "Pro" versions offer unlimited bandwidth and
from 25GB to 200GB of storage at annual costs ranging from
$19.99 to $99.99. Learn more about MyOtherDrive.
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