By now most users are in some way familiar with cloud storage and computing, in fact if you’re one of our regular readers, then very familiar. Something we continue to encourage is data backup. Cloud storage is so convenient and affordable that every user should be utilizing the technology. Today we’re looking at another online storage choice, Picturelife.

Features

Beyond storage, Picturelife acts as a browsing place to view and find pictures in an easy manner. Users can display multiple pictures on screen, view them as a single image and browse through them by album.

Picturelife’s sorting capabilities make for a decent automatic organization feature. Through date and timestamps attached to photos, Picturelife can chronologically organize the images. Along with timestamps, Picturelife makes use of GPS marked photos, if it exists, to help display your pictures across a map.

A demand from cloud storage services is syncing capabilities and Picturelife has them. Through both a computer application and mobile app, Picturelife ensures all pictures are synced across devices to your Picturelife account. Picturelife has sharing options as well which enable users to view and even exchange photos through their accounts.

Extras

Although many users don’t think about security, we do. Picturelife is storing personal, private and precious mementos when users entrust their pictures to them so it’s important to know that they will be safeguarded. Picturelife uses SSL encryption on every plan size to ensure data is kept safe. Additionally, all pictures are set to private by default which is a positive feature that some other companies don’t seem to understand.

Twitter users can benefit from integration with Picturelife and use it as their image service. The idea is again to keep all your images tied to a single unified service. Other third party uses include Foursquare, Instagram, Facebook, Smugmug and Flickr. For those with AWS storage, Picturelife has options for you as well.

Plans

Picturelife offers three plans ranging from 5GB up to 300GB. The 5GB plan is free which makes taking Picturelife for a test drive very attractive. The other plans are $7/month for 100GB or $15/month for 300GB and both have a 2 month discount if purchased as a yearly plan.

Users can also earn an extra 450MB of storage through various tasks. For example, syncing 1,000 photos will earn an account an extra 100MB of space.

Final Thoughts

Picturelife is only slightly different than other cloud storage services, but their focus on pictures gives them a leg up on presentation. The platform is built around images and thus sharing and other features are secondary concerns which is a pleasant surprise in the age of “share everything”.

There are some limitations. For instance, Linux and Windows users are simply out of luck since the Picturelife application requires Mac. That in and of itself isn’t enough to dimiss the service, but the lack of an Android app might be. The mobile offering from Picturelife is iOS only at the time of this article which is a major disappointment.

Nevertheless, Picturelife is still young and has room to grow. We’d definitely like to see an Android app in the very near future, as well as additional ways to earn free space as they become a bigger player in the cloud storage market.

If the price point stays reasonable, Picturelife could be the storage option users choose to pay for in order to keep their most important items (photos) safe while continuing to use other free services for less critical items.

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DivShare is a media delivery system designed to make sharing content easy. Sharing is the buzz word these days and everyone is doing it. We share videos, photos, documents and just about anything we can. Cramming all those things onto the net takes space and a little know how if you want to embed information in a blog or website. DivShare is one of the best at simplifying the sharing process.

Like any cloud service, DivShare is utilized by uploading videos, photos and documents to an online account. The files are accessible from any location because the service is accessed through the web, so any browser will do. Some users may find that DivShare is great as an online backup solution while others may use the service as a place to store large quantities of files for use on other areas of the web.

DivShare is ideal for sharing your files. Links are created for simple peer to peer sharing while embed codes add a webmaster dynamic to the mix. Embed codes can be used to embed videos and other information directly into your blog or website. The simple code means no hassle and very little effort to make your article or webpage dazzle. DivShare automatically converts files to flash for easy sharing and codes are available in 5 different formats which include embedded objects, download links, hotlinks, forum and email formats.

The interface for DivShare is as important as the service itself. The clean design separates all files by type with an option to sort the information by date/time, meaning data never gets misplaced. DivShare goes beyond simple organization with the option to create playlists with audio files or slideshows with photos. If it’s uploaded to the DivShare account then it’s fair game.

Obviously, with any cloud storage solution, security is a concern. DivShare allows password protection of folders as well as control settings for visitors. Control settings enable users to determine which visitors can view the content or access files. DivShare offers tiered accounts with choices of free, personal and professional. The free account comes with 20GB of storage. We’ve only touched on the many features and uses DivShare offers, but at a cost of free it won’t take much effort to investigate the rest for yourself.

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