Neowin News Feed for: Skydrive

This might be the flying car that lights the Olympic Flame in Tokyo 2020

Richard Tyr Blewitt — Mon, 15 May 2017 10:56:01 +0000

The small, one seater, three wheeled, flying car, the Skydrive has just had 400 million Yen from Toyota invested into its development. The vehicle plans on having its first manned flights next year. Read more...

No Man's Sky developer ends 'secret, stupid' legal battle over the name of the game

Usama Jawad — Sat, 18 Jun 2016 12:18:01 +0000

No Man's Sky developer has stated that they have finally ended a legal battle with British telecommunications company, Sky, over the use of the word "Sky" in the name of the game. Read more...

Microsoft teams up with Dropbox for Office integration

Vlad Dudau — Tue, 04 Nov 2014 17:04:01 +0000

Microsoft is teaming up with Dropbox to offer its Office clients better integration with the cloud service. Clients will soon be able store and sync documents through Dropbox and edit them in Office. Read more...

OneDrive storage appears to drop from 25GB to 15GB for some users - but don't panic!

Andy Weir — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 15:01:34 +0000

Some users have expressed concern after noticing that their free storage on Microsoft's OneDrive has dropped from 25GB to just 15GB - but there's nothing to worry about. Let us explain. Read more...

New documents reveal NSA attempts to hoard Outlook.com, Skype and SkyDrive data

Max Slater-Robins — Wed, 14 May 2014 22:42:15 +0000

New documents released by Glenn Greenwald, the journalist behind the NSA revelations, highlight just how close the relationship between the U.S government and Microsoft really is. Read more...

Microsoft launches OneDrive with new features and more ways to increase storage

John Callaham — Wed, 19 Feb 2014 08:02:00 +0000

Microsoft has now officially changed the name of its SkyDrive cloud data storage service to OneDrive and has added some new features along with a way to add new storage amounts for free. Read more...

Ahead of OneDrive rollout, Microsoft now using 1drv.ms short links

Brad Sams — Fri, 14 Feb 2014 13:51:03 +0000

Microsoft has changed the short link service on SkyDrive and is now using 1drv.ms ahead of the rollout of the updated cloud service, OneDrive. Read more...

Latest SkyDrive for Windows 8.1 update brings back sync icon to taskbar

John Callaham — Thu, 13 Feb 2014 02:30:03 +0000

Microsoft has updated Windows 8.1 this week with a number of patches, including some improvements to SkyDrive such as bringing back the icon to the desktop taskbar and more. Read more...

Users can earn 8GB free extra OneDrive storage by completing basic tasks

Anthony Tosie — Mon, 10 Feb 2014 15:03:33 +0000

Microsoft will offer OneDrive users up to 8GB of extra storage by completing basic tasks such as referring users and syncing camera photos, according to a new report. Read more...

Microsoft's OneDrive launch rumored to include co-owner file support

John Callaham — Mon, 10 Feb 2014 02:42:25 +0000

Newly leaked screenshots showing off Microsoft's upcoming rebranded SkyDrive site to OneDrive also show that the service might finally add the rumored co-owner file support feature. Read more...

Microsoft faces new brand dispute over OneDrive name

Andy Weir — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 11:19:07 +0000

Microsoft faces a fresh trademark dispute over its OneDrive brand, as cloud provider One.com tells Neowin that the name could "lead to confusion" and that it is "consulting trademark experts". Read more...

iEditorial: 'One' more criticism of 'S-branding' technology

Nathan Liu — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 08:46:30 +0000

The way phones, tablets, software and services are branded is becoming confusing and at times cliché. Why is it so difficult to name a product, and what is the obsession with the letter 'i'? Read more...

Some SkyDrive/OneDrive users getting offers for 20GB of space for one year

John Callaham — Tue, 28 Jan 2014 02:34:20 +0000

Some users of SkyDrive, soon to be called OneDrive, are posting word online they have received emails from Microsoft with an offer giving them 20GB of free extra space on the service for one year Read more...

Microsoft's SkyDrive rebranded as OneDrive

Austin McIntire — Mon, 27 Jan 2014 14:18:07 +0000

Microsoft has finally settled on a new title for its cloud-based storage service. OneDrive will be the new focus of Microsoft's cloud-based initiatives. Read more...

The top 10 Microsoft news stories of 2013

John Callaham — Sun, 22 Dec 2013 03:53:45 +0000

Microsoft had an incredibly busy year and today we take a look at the top 10 news stories that were the most important and influential for employees and watchers of the company in 2013. Read more...

Windows Phone users given 20GB of free SkyDrive space for one year

John Callaham — Sat, 21 Dec 2013 12:37:22 +0000

Windows Phone owners got an email this morning from Microsoft alerting them that they can now get an extra 20GB of free space on SkyDrive for one year beyond their standard 7GB of free space. Read more...

More details revealed on how Microsoft's services will improve their encryption

John Callaham — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 23:51:56 +0000

More details have been revealed on how Microsoft will improve the encryption of its online services like SkyDrive and Outlook.com so they cannot be read by the NSA and other groups. Read more...

Microsoft: Skype now runs on Windows Azure; SkyDrive moving to Azure soon

John Callaham — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 22:36:57 +0000

A new interview with Windows Azure head Scott Guthrie reveals that Skype is now running on the cloud-based service and that SkyDrive will soon move over to Azure as well. Read more...

Microsoft adds more security features to Microsoft Accounts

John Callaham — Mon, 09 Dec 2013 19:38:33 +0000

Microsoft has added new security features for Microsoft Account users, including a way to view any recent activity to make sure that the account has not been used by others. Read more...

Microsoft confirms plans to upgrade encryption for online services

John Callaham — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 12:48:56 +0000

Microsoft has confirmed reports it plans to upgrade the encryption for its online services to try to prevent its data from being used by government spy agencies like the NSA. Read more...

Microsoft bans some Xbox One Upload Studio users for 'excessive profanity'

John Callaham — Mon, 25 Nov 2013 21:09:24 +0000

Some Xbox One Upload Studio users have been temporarily banned from using the app and Microsoft has stated that users could be banned for putting in 'excessive profanity' in their gameplay videos. Read more...

Skydrive will not be rebranded as ‘New Drive'

Brad Sams — Fri, 22 Nov 2013 21:24:37 +0000

The upcoming rebranding of SkyDrive will likely happen in the near future and the name ‘New Drive' has been floating around the web but this will not be the name of the service. Read more...

Microsoft adds camera backup feature to SkyDrive iOS app

John Callaham — Thu, 21 Nov 2013 20:03:37 +0000

Microsoft has added a way to automatically upload photos and videos from iPhones and iPads to a SkyDrive account thanks to the latest version of the iOS app, along with other new features. Read more...

Microsoft shows how to upload Xbox One game videos to SkyDrive

John Callaham — Tue, 19 Nov 2013 18:26:24 +0000

Microsoft shows off how Xbox One owners can edit gameplay footage captured via Upload Studio and then transfer that video to their SkyDrive account for others to check out. Read more...

Microsoft confirms SkyDrive is coming to the Xbox One

John Callaham — Mon, 11 Nov 2013 19:43:50 +0000

Microsoft has finally confirmed that it will indeed have a SkyDrive app for the Xbox One and it will be ready for the console's scheduled launch of November 22nd. Read more...

Microsoft talks about merging SkyDrive programming in Windows 8.1

John Callaham — Tue, 15 Oct 2013 19:43:01 +0000

Microsoft goes into lots of detail on how it has put in new SkyDrive features that will be used in Windows 8.1 including how it merged features of the Windows 8 SkyDrive app and sync clients. Read more...

Windows 8.1 to let Bing search for text inside photos on SkyDrive

John Callaham — Mon, 30 Sep 2013 17:18:48 +0000

Microsoft has announced that Windows 8.1 will be able to find text found inside photos through its Bing search feature if the image has been uploaded to the SkyDrive service. Read more...

Some SkyDrive users currently experiencing access issues

John Callaham — Wed, 25 Sep 2013 00:28:01 +0000

Microsoft has posted up word that some users of its SkyDrive account may not currently be able to access or modify the files on their account but has not said what may be causing the problems. Read more...

Microsoft adds 200GB SkyDrive option for $100 a year

John Callaham — Tue, 24 Sep 2013 03:00:08 +0000

Microsoft has officially added a new storage option for its SkyDrive cloud service, allowing anyone to store up to 200 GB of photos and documents on their account for $100 a year. Read more...

Microsoft uses Bing and SkyDrive to extract text from images

John Callaham — Wed, 28 Aug 2013 18:11:10 +0000

Microsoft has announced that, thanks to a collaboration between its Bing and SkyDrive teams, users can now extract any text shown in images uploaded to their SkyDrive account. Read more...

Microsoft increases SkyDrive Pro storage to 25 GB for Office 365 business users

John Callaham — Tue, 27 Aug 2013 17:30:26 +0000

Microsoft has announced that business users of Office 365 now have 25 GB of free SkyDrive Pro cloud storage, up from the previous 7 GB, and admins can also increase the default storage up to 100 GB Read more...

Rumor: Microsoft to add co-owner file support to SkyDrive

John Callaham — Wed, 14 Aug 2013 18:33:51 +0000

A new report claims that Microsoft will be adding a new feature to SkyDrive which will add new co-owner folder permissions to files on the cloud-based storage service. Read more...

Microsoft's Outlook.com, SkyDrive and People services experiencing issues [Update]

John Callaham — Wed, 14 Aug 2013 15:31:59 +0000

Some users of Microsoft's Outlook.com, SkyDrive and People online services are currently experiencing some issues accessing features and content from those accounts. Read more...

Outlook.com early adopters get extra SkyDrive space and free Skype group video

John Callaham — Tue, 13 Aug 2013 23:50:10 +0000

The first people who signed up to use the Outlook.com email service got word this week from Microsoft they can get some extra SkyDrive space for free along with free Skype group video time. Read more...

Microsoft tries to woo former MobileMe users with 15GB of extra free SkyDrive space

John Callaham — Thu, 08 Aug 2013 01:29:14 +0000

Microsoft is trying to get former Apple MobileMe users who are about to lose their free iCloud storage to come use SkyDrive with an offer of an extra 15 GB of free space for one year. Read more...

Neowin readers offer suggestions for renaming SkyDrive

John Callaham — Thu, 01 Aug 2013 16:36:48 +0000

Microsoft announced it will be renaming its SkyDrive cloud data service and Neowin readers have been quick to offer a large number of suggestions for its replacement. Read more...

Microsoft agrees to change SkyDrive name worldwide; won't appeal ruling [Update]

John Callaham — Wed, 31 Jul 2013 15:26:14 +0000

Microsoft will change the name of its SkyDrive cloud data storage service as it has reached an agreement with BSkyB following a recent loss in court over a trademark dispute with the pay TV provider. Read more...

Microsoft's SkyDrive Reddit AMA: Info on storing nude images, file size limits and more

John Callaham — Tue, 30 Jul 2013 21:59:05 +0000

Today's AMA session with team members from Microsoft's SkyDrive team offered some information on how SkyDrive handles storing of images depicting nudity, hints on a file size limit change and more. Read more...

SkyDrive not getting rumored music player built by interns

Brad Sams — Tue, 30 Jul 2013 18:53:03 +0000

A few months back it was rumored that Microsoft would introduce a music player to SkyDrive but don't get your hopes up as that project was built by interns using HTML5. Read more...

Microsoft adds more photo features, including animated GIFs, to SkyDrive

John Callaham — Tue, 30 Jul 2013 14:45:21 +0000

Microsoft has announced it has added more photo features to SkyDrive, including rotating images, adding support for viewing animated GIFs and improved photo sharing abilities. Read more...