What is the Cloud?

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You've seen it everywhere. Everyone's talking about it. Slowly, you're starting to fall behind...

The Cloud works across all Wi-Fi enabled devices

What is this 'Cloud' that everyone's talking about?

Basically, the Cloud is the Internet. However, the Cloud has a slightly different purpose than the Internet.

So hopefully, you use the Internet to find information that was put up by other people. With the Cloud, you can put up your own information without letting millions of people have access to it.

This means that you can put up private information, such as PDFs and music, on the Internet, and only you can access it. Pretty cool, right? Gone are the days of storing stuff on memory sticks and hard drives. Let's say you drop your hard drive in water, or just drop it anywhere. You know how sensitive they are, all your precious data is lost within seconds. With the Cloud, your data can only be lost when the Internet shuts down. And let's face it, that's not going to happen anytime soon.

The only disadvantage of using the Cloud is that you've got to have an Internet connection in order to access your files. Therefore I recommend storing all data that will be needed on-the-go onto a memory stick, and leaving the unnecessary data in the Cloud.

Before I leave you, let me tell you a few of the most popular Cloud 'services'. There's the most common, Dropbox, where you can get 2GB of free storage in the Cloud. If you're a geek, you'll know that's not much. Alternatively, you could use Google Drive, which I use, to store information and get 20GB in the Cloud, all to yourself. The problem is that, should you need more space in the Cloud, you will have to pay for it, literally.

There is also iCloud Drive, but if your iPhone is backing up to iCloud, you probably don't have much space left on your iCloud account. And let's be honest, no one wants to pay for more storage. However, if you have the money, feel free to upgrade your iCloud account and get more storage. If you don't want to pay, consider Google Drive.

I hope that this article was able to provide you with insight to the Cloud. Remember to come back next week Friday for a brand new article.