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How to Sync your iPhoto Library with Dropbox and Google Drive

With iOS 5, Apple launched the ubiquitous Photo Stream and made photo sharing and syncing a cinch between Macs and iOS devices. However, the 1,000 photo limit may not be enough for your photography needs. Fortunately, iPhoto has included to option to share with external cloud services like Dropbox or Google Drive. Read on to find out how. 

Difficulty: EasyWhat You’ll Need:

>> Dropbox or Google Drive
>> Existing iPhoto library

1. Copy Your Library

To synchronize your iPhoto library between your Mac with either service, you'll need to locate the file for the existing iPhoto library in your Pictures folder. Copy the iPhoto Library file and then paste it inside the Dropbox or Google Drive folder in your user's folder.  Make sure that you don’t actually move the file--we’re copying it so that we’ll have an original backup in case something goes wrong.

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Wednesday Recap: Target Kills Kindle, Amazon Cloud Drive, Steve Jobs as FDR

We all know Ashton Kutcher will soon be playing Steve Jobs, but did you know the enigmatic Apple co-founder also has a rare acting cameo to his name? Thanks to a long-lost in-house short film called

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Dolly Drive Introduces Mac-Centric Dock Station for Businesses

Online storage service Dolly Drive is taking a jump into Mac-centric business products with the new Dock Station, a hardware and cloud-based backup, sync and storage solution being unveiled this weekend at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) trade show in Las Vegas.

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Keep your iPad Media on a Wi-Fi Hard Drive to Save Room for Retina Apps

All this talk lately about how apps optimized for the iPad's Retina Display are taking up all the precious storage real estate reminded me to tell you there's actually a solution to all of this. While it might sound inconvenient to store your media on a separate device, it might be time to consider it so that you don't have to forfeit downloading new apps to make room for media. Many manufacturers now offer Wi-Fi-enabled hard drives that stream to your iOS device, and it's worth the additional cost if you use your iPad primarily as an entertainment portal.

Our favorite Wi-Fi hard drive so far is the Seagate GoFlex Satellite, which offers 500GB of storage for your media, music, and documents. It's easier to simply transfer over data to the hard drive rather than waiting for iTunes to convert and import everything, and all you need to do is download the GoFlex media app for it to work. The GoFlex satellite also works with up to three devices at time. Seagate has also updated the firmware on the hard drive to allow users to simultaneously surf the web and stream to the iPad.

If you're looking for something more compact, the Kingston Wi-Drive offers up to 32GB of of flash storage and is only a third of the size of the GoFlex Satellite. Like Seagate's offering, the Wi-Drive streams to your iOS device via a free app, and also lets you surf the web as you're streaming to the iPad. 

Or, if your iPad stays at home most of the time, you could consider getting a Buffalo Cloudstor or some other kind of personal cloud device and accessing your media that way. Regardless, don't let your iPad's limited storage space get in the way of enjoying its remarkable capabilities.

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Fax VoIP Expected to Grow as Companies Drive the Adoption

By Susan J. Campbell, TMCnet Contributing Editor

By some accounts, there are millions of fax machines still in use today, which means the medium has not gone the way of the pager. Companies still perceive it as a secure means of data transmission, and it could be several more years before the traditional facsimile machine is completely phased-out.

While some companies are still buying reams of paper and bundles of toner, more and more companies are migrating to a fax VoIP setup. What are the best methods for making it work over the Web in real-time?

Fax servers are going to the cloud and becoming virtualized to save money, and more companies are jumping on the bandwagon. It's not only the economic aspect of it that's drawing corporations to the virtualization, however; it's also the centralization and enhanced fax VoIP communications that are bringing them to it.

Computer-based fax solutions, including those with T.38 technology, are designed as VoIP-based protocol for VoIP media gateways and for SIP trunks. They are not engineered to be useable over the open Internet.

The jump is proving a challenge for companies that are currently using TDM for their faxing solution. The fax VoIP development is an issue for some companies that use TDM because they don't know for sure if the T.38 can be used reliably, and they're wise in stepping into the fax VoIP world cautiously as interoperability is not always consistent.

Groups are working on interoperability issues where the fax service deployment is concerned – SIP Forum (News - Alert) and the VoIP Fax Task Group are combining forces with i3 Forum to discuss Fax VoIP issues. They're looking into ITU-T T.38 in SIP-based networks. One of the early problems that has garnered some attention is that SIP-enabled networks were experiencing jitter, packet loss and latency.

A recent report by Davidson Consulting brings to light an expectation of a five-year growth forecast of 26 percent annually in fax VoIP. The big push is the money saved by going to a fax VoIP solution. Companies will see the enhanced fax VoIP enhancements as a reason to help drive their VoIP initiatives, according to the report.

One of the most reliable and proven ways to make the new fax VoIP work is through HTTPS, and not by going over T.38 on the Internet. HTTPS is cost effective and provides advanced fax product, allowing connectivity between ordinary fax machines and printers to fax service providers that are cloud-based.

As the progression in Fax VoIP continues, and companies discover the advantages to this technology platform to support their continued use of fax transmissions, this is one industry likely to continue to evolve.

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Latisys' Managed IT Infrastructure Services Solution to Drive Business Expansion for BlueCava

By Calvin Azuri
MSP News™ Contributor

Latisys recently confirmed that it has entered into an IT services agreement with BlueCava. Under the terms of the agreement, one of Latisys’ high density SOC 2 and SOC 3 audited data centers will support BlueCava’s web-based business over their managed IT services platform.

In a release, David Norris, CEO of BlueCava, said that, “Latisys provides the on-demand IT infrastructure our business depends upon. Their highly secure IT solution perfectly complements our high transaction, web-based delivery model, and provides the flexibility and security required for our business that is experiencing rapid growth.”

BlueCava, which is currently planning and expecting accelerated business expansion, needed a robust and highly scalable IT solution. By deploying the Latisys solution, BlueCava will benefit from colocation and managed hosting services, managed firewalls and corporate network services, as well as managed storage and load balancing, and monitoring capabilities.

Latisys also stated that the Latisys Cloud which has been designed to enable enterprise customers to make use of pay-as-you-go IT infrastructure services via a self-service portal will also be tested by BlueCava.

Pete Stevenson, chief executive officer at Latisys, said that, “As BlueCava expands their business and operations, Latisys will be ready to provide optimized IT services for their growth. We look forward to continued collaboration as a trusted business partner.”

Latisys will also be going ahead with the addition of 72,000 square feet of secure and high density, carrier grade IT infrastructure space supplemented with substantial power upgrades.

The company’s data centers incorporate multiple fiber network infrastructure options to ensure delivery of high bandwidth, high-density connectivity for its customers. Operating under SOC 2 Type II and SOC 3 audited controls, Latisys’ data centers offer customers with enhanced scalability and multi-site redundancy regardless of whether they need to off-premise and or off-load, improve or on-demand management of their IT infrastructure.

Edited by Jennifer Russell
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