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Posted: 25 Jun 2015 10:46 AM PDT

Dropbox and Box, the cloud storage services have announced new features to give users more tools to work with.

Dropbox, the popular service used to share files on the cloud now allows files from people who are not users, The company determined this featured as “file requests” that bring the possibility of someone loading a file on our personal folder, even if they’re not using Dropbox already. Based on what the company’s considerations, the idea behind this is to avoid chain messages and the proliferation of links going to shared folders with varied content, where each user shares a link to a file or specific folder, and reply with another link to this same file in turn.

In order to begin using these features, users can go to the file request tabs in the main screen, on the left-most menu. Then, they can pick the folder in which to storage whatever other users want to share, and finally, obtain the link created in order to share the service. What’s interesting, though, is that we don’t really need to worry about whether the other user uses Dropbox or not, as anyone can upload anything as long as it does not go over 2GB, and they know the link, On the other hand, the folder creator is the one that has the last say about who can or can not check the contents of any given folder.

Box, too, are offering new features. Amongst them, to edit already stored on the cloud files using Microsoft Office. This comes from a special agreement Box achieved with Microsoft, which allows documents, excel files, or presentations uploaded to Box to be edited on the fly using a web version of Microsoft’s software. The only thing users need to do to use this feature is to go to the file they mean to edit, choose it, and launch Office from the menu, This was confirmed from the official blog, and by the end of the year they plan to integrate this system with the Android, iOS and Windows Phone versions too.

If this still sounds confusing, be sure to check the Box+Office video below:

Box already had some features that allowed this kind of edition to be performed running Google Docs, and that Microsoft themselves already had an agreement with Dropbox in order to make use of their apps.

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Ainol Mini PC Also Works as a Power Bank

Posted: 24 Jun 2015 01:01 PM PDT

Intel and Lenovo’s computers-on-a-stick look great and work as expected, but none of them features the added functionality of Ainol’s Mini PC.

Chinese tablet and PMP manufacturer Ainol (which, as Linus Sebastian pointed out in an unboxing video from 2010, doesn’t have the most fortunate of names), took advantage of Intel’s Bay Tray CPU and launched its own portable PC.

Despite its 7000mAh battery, which enables the Mini PC to function without an external power source, and helps the device double as a power bank, Ainol’s portable computer weighs only 335g (some sources claim 485g, though) and measures 146x115x14mm, which means it fits without any problems in the back pocket of your jeans.

As far as technical specs go, Ainol’s Mini PC is powered by a 64-bit Z3735F quad-core CPU clocked running at up to 1.8Ghz, along with a 7th-gen Intel HD GPU. For memory, the device packs 2GB of DDR3 RAM and 32GB of ROM, which can be furthermore expanded via microSD cards of up to 64GB.

As mentioned before, the Mini PC can work without an external power source, and the 7000mAh battery provides enough juice for 10 hours of work or 40 hours of stand-by. Besides that, the battery is capable of fully charging an iPhone 6 twice.

In terms of connectivity, it features Wi-Fi b/g/n and Bluetooth 4.0, along with USB 2.0 ports and mini HDMI. If you need an Ethernet connection, you should get an Ethernet to USB adapter and plug it in. Other than that, the wired and wireless options that were already provided by the manufacturer should suffice.

Not at last, this portable computer comes with Windows 8.1. I assume that the Bing version was included, and the fact that it has a license is great. Considering the specs, this would make a decent computer not only for multimedia playback, but also for light office work. After all, Windows 8.1 with Bing is not as hungry for resources as its fully-fledged version.

Back in February, when it first went on sale, the Ainol Mini PC had a price tag of $160, with some stores taking pre-orders for it for $128. Since then, the competition between brands and resellers has become even tougher, and now GearBest is able to sell it for $97.87, which is a fair price, considering the decent specs and the power bank functionality.

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