Microsoft intends to discredit icloud advantage of SkyDrive

In an area of enormous development such as services that Cloud is expanding enormously in the last month, get over chief rival appears to be no easy feat. There are many important players in the game between Apple, Google, Dropbox and others, Microsoft has just launched a new website to advertise their service storage of documents cross-platform, SkyDrive,  which emphasizes the advantages of its Cloud compared to those that Apple offers with icloud .

The attempt, not too hidden, is to convince the audience that the Apple service offered by Microsoft is higher than that of Cupertino, in the hope that users of Apple may decide to subscribe to SkyDrive abandoning, in fact Apple and its icloud .

The web page created by Microsoft has a pretty clear and decisive way that leaves no room for doubt: "icloud is not enough? Try SkyDrive " . In fact, the service of Microsoft has the features that icloud does not have as, for example, collaborative editing of documents, the sharing of notes and cross-platform accessibility to the service .

In a video made ​​for the occasion, Microsoft SkyDrive emphasizes that users can access their files from any device , while icloud is still limited to certain documents created with iWorks files or third-party applications that use APIs Apple.

In short, between Microsoft, Google and Apple, with their SkyDrive, Google Drive and icloud, the battle on the domain of the cloud computing market is just beginning, while Dropbox is still the undisputed leader .

Dropbox and SkyDrive: true paladins guarding of our files?

A few days ago we peeked in the licenses of three popular services cloud storage and the location of Big G ​​has slightly concerned but also other services are just so? To answer this question, we submitted in the conditions of use of two of the most famous, Dropbox and Skydrive, and other details have emerged not exactly reassuring .

Starting with Dropbox , one of the first lines states that the company will not provide our content to anyone ever , even in legal cases:

No matter how the Services change, we will not share your content with others, Including Law Enforcement

which one part is reassuring, but the other very credible, so we would expect his side to a lot of asterisks, ready to conceal "the catch".

A few lines later, we discover that in fact we are the sole responsibility of the account and the actions derived from it, whether or not expressly authorized by us, and that if we want our data is safe with us we have to worry about building a secure connection the server.

You are Responsible for any activity using your account, Whether or not you Authorized That activity. (...) It is your responsibility to use a secure encrypted connection to communicate with the Services.

Continuing, we came across another sentence rather enigmatic , which seems to refer in a contradictory way to the first point:

We Will Respond to Alleged notices of copyright infringement If They Comply with the law and are properly provided to us.

or, in case of copyright infringement, Dropbox could provide the required data .We end the tracking on this service with a fairly obscure last paragraph:

We may share your information with a third party application with your consent, (...) we are not Responsible for Those parties do what with your information.

In a nutshell, Dropbox can share our data with other applications, but the company is not responsible for what third parties do with this information. What is legitimate in the sense that it will only against our consent, but if we want to be sure it is better not to give it regardless.

Moving to Redmond, the old story does not change much with SkyDrive promises the same things as Dropbox, only to emphasize that

The user is responsible for backing up data files in the service. Following the suspension or cancellation of service, it may permanently delete your information from their servers without any obligation to return the data to the user.

Report also the possibilities for the company to automatically load information on the user's computer and using the same service is offered by Microsoft, allowing himself the right to change the contract at any time, especially:

Microsoft may access information about you, including the content of your communications, or to disclose: (a) comply with legal requirements or comply with legal requirements or with legal process, (b) protect the rights or owned by Microsoft or its customers, including the enforcement of contracts Microsoft or policies governing the use of Microsoft's service by the user, or (c) protect the personal safety of employees, customers or users Microsoft, in good faith belief that such access or disclosure is necessary for that purpose.

But what is meant by good faith ? We ask this because in the end also contains a clause similar to Google Drive.

Consulting with Big G, we note that Google does not attempt to dispose of property of you, but simply a warning, with the most colorful tones , that if you load something on their servers, something that could be used, but only for services that Mountain View is interesting: a kind of suggestions box implied that looks very much like a mirror for larks or at least to  a hook is not too inviting .Through the text, we note an interesting clause that the company arrogates the right to show our content in good faith , just like Microsoft.

Apparently, however, is not all that glitters is gold , and none of the three services seem free from objections and "data leakage": what do you think?

Microsoft Office 15 integrates SkyDrive

Windows 8 has many new features: you have already spoken of the Start Screen, Interface Metro and the new package Office , which has reached version 15.

On the latter, Sizlocore want to spend a few words more: in fact, Office 15 will integrate support for SkyDrive !

A video presentation of the beta software, do understand that the package will be integrated with cloud storage services, and so it is very obvious that (being owned Gates) refers to SkyDrive.

In addition, photos have been published many who point out the "Sign in" at the top of the windows of the major programs of the Microsoft package, like Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote.

In this way, you can log into your account and manage the Windows Live SkyDrive better!

If you think, does not it seem logical?

This alliance will allow you to keep documents on your space cloud and manage it from anywhere: on the PC, smartphone or tablet!

Microsoft is preparing for a war and then increasingly competitive with Mother Google, going to tackle the famous service Docs.

In fact, even if it is easier to use, the product of the Mountain View giant is less complete.

What do you think?