Google Unites Drive, Gmail, and Photo Storage, Totaling 15GB of Space for Users
Google Drive already offered its users 5GB of space in a style similar to that of Dropbox. Gmail has had its own 10GB of storage for a long period of time, and it wasn’t long until these were combined–giving Google users a total of 15GB of storage for their Google+, Gmail, and Google Drive accounts combined. If you do not use your Gmail to store much, you can devote the bulk of the 15GB of space that you have to Drive. This makes Google Drive a very competitive cloud storage option given that its services are free of charge. Another bonus of Google Drive is that its service is relatively cost effective to upgrade. Google Drive users can opt to expand their storage capacity to 100 GB for only $4.99 per month. Dropbox’s 100GB plan is double the price at $9.99 per month. Google’s merging of its storage options allow its users more flexibility with how they store the things that matter most to them, regardless of whether that is corporate email or just family photos. What is your preferred cloud storage method? Let us know in the comments below.
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It shouldn’t come as a surprise that many of the top minds and talents in the tech realm lean toward the geekier end of the spectrum. When you’re hunting for IT professionals to staff key positions among your team of techies, geeks are often among the most sought-after candidates. At times, however, interviewing such folks poses a challenge since introversion and awkward tendencies can be stumbling blocks. We’re indeed a quirky lot, but we have a lot to offer if you can look beyond our eccentricities. As someone who falls very soundly within this wheelhouse, here’s some interviewing advice for employers that are courting nerdy kinfolk.
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Searchers Still Choose Google over Bing, Even When Looking at Bing Results
A recent study by SurveyMonkey that looked into Internet users’ searching habits has found that Google search results are the go-to for users. When presented with the same information and the header logos swapped, users still preferred what they thought was the Google retrieval even though the search results were from Bing. Over 65% of survey takers chose the Bing results that were labeled as Google. Users proved a consistent bias toward Google searches and the Google logo, proving that who we trust in the Internet is largely ingrained by a site’s perceived reputation.
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Back in the day, the words “geek” and “popular” were never included in the same sentence. Thick glasses, comic conventions, Sci-Fi movies and technology were never really “fun things” in the eyes of most Americans… until now. That’s right, everyone. Today, America’s inner geek is out!
In celebration of Geek Pride Day (May 25), Modis asked people around the United States to weigh in on what it really means to be a geek and why they are proud to be one. Well, the geeks have spoken! Eighty-seven percent of American people said they do not sneak their geek! From comic books to fan fiction and even to geeky fashion, these proud geeks are out in full force, with our non-geek friends appearing to be more accepting than ever before.
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by Pulak Mittal on May 7, 2013
So, hackathons…
I’ve been looking forward to this post, as hackathons are near and dear to me. Over the last couple years, I led the organizational efforts for PennApps, the student-run hackathon hosted at University of Pennsylvania (Penn) every semester. In that time, PennApps has grown significantly to become one of the biggest student-run college hackathons in the country, and it has also influenced many other schools to start their own. MHacks at University of Michigan, TartanHacks at Carnegie Melon University, HackRU at Rutgers University, and HackMIT at Massachusetts Institute of Technology – all of these events started in the past two years and have, in some form or another, been modeled after PennApps. That’s pretty cool.
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