Back in December we wrote about a new website that we have produced as a protest to get Google Drive for Linux. Since then Drive4Linux has been a big success yielding over 1,200 signatures on the petition at the time of writing this article. I originally created the petition after hearing nothing about the development of a Google Drive for Linux client for nearly a year. The only update was a comm... »
Many people are always on the look out for a Microsoft Office alternative, especially around now as the Office 2013 free trial is due to end very soon. I know I personally wouldn’t want to spend in excess of £100 for an office suite then there are perfectly viable, free alternatives available such as LibreOffice. There is also the argument of locally stored applications versus web apps, l... »
The guys over at Feedly are working really hard to accommodate the droves of Google Reader migrants (including myself). But Google Reader was/is a very simple, no frills tools that simply gave you want you needed to see and nothing more. Feedly has many more options for you to get your head around, but if you use the right then the experience can be so much more than that of Google Reader. To he... »
Great news for anyone who regularly tweaks Ubuntu, which, let’s face it is most of us. The Unity Tweak Tool has now been added to the 13.04 Raring Ringtail official repositories. What this means is that the Unity Tweak Tool is now available for install direct from the Ubuntu Software Centre. For those that don’t know, The Unity Tweak Tool gives users more granular control so that they ... »
Dropbox, the competitor of Google Drive and Skydrive announced the acquisition of Mailbox, a mobile app specialising in the management of email on mobile devices. The amount of the transaction according to reliable sources, is estimated at $100 million. Dropbox announced the acquisitions in a blog post a few days ago, and although it’s not completely clear what they plan to do with Mailbo... »
Google Reader is a fantastic service, personally I use it daily for multiple RSS feeds. Unfortunately for people like me though, Google will be closing the Google Reader doors on 01st July 2013. So what can you do to replace Google Reader once those proverbial doors close? Simple, get Feedly! What is Feedly? Feedly is basically an RSS reader that you can use to replace Google Reader. They have a b... »
Being a Linux user is great, you have freedom to do what you want with your machine, you can theme it, change it and even re-write the code if you like. However, because of the relative lack of popularity among the Linux community, there are times when we don’t quite have all the applications and services available to other operating systems like Windows or Mac. Most people know Dropbox, and... »
ownCloud, the open source cloud syncing and backup service have today announced the release of version 5 of their server side management system. Being version 5, this is obviously a major release with many improvements to not only the user interface but also under the hood. For those that aren’t familiar with ownCloud, ownCloud is a service similar to other cloud storage and syncing services... »