Windows Phone 7, too, has an option to automatically upload any picture you take to a private folder on your SkyDrive. What happens, though, if I write a story with one too many swear words in Word and save it to SkyDrive? Microsoft is making it incredibly easy to save to the cloud. In the new version of Office, the default for saving files is now SkyDrive instead of your local hard drive. SkyDrive is deeply embedded into the Windows 8 OS. This incredibly strict code of conduct could end up cutting off other services you depend on.Īnd another problem: Microsoft is pushing you to use SkyDrive in Windows 8 and Office 2013.
If Microsoft suspends your SkyDrive, you also lose access to any connected Outlook or Office software or Windows Phone and Xbox 360 devices.
Here’s another issue: SkyDrive is connected to your Microsoft account. Note that this applies to anything you upload to your SkyDrive, including private files. Register now and save 25 percent! The early-bird discount ends September 14. Their discussions with vendors and other experts will give you rare insights into what really works, who’s buying what, and where the industry is going. Unlike other cloud events, customers - the users of cloud technologies - will be front and center. Because Bugs Bunny wears no clothes, I guess he’s off limits, too.ĬloudBeat 2012 is assembling the biggest names in the cloud’s evolving story to learn about real cases of revolutionary cloud adoption. From the looks of it, you can’t store nude or partially nude drawings (sorry, Titanic fans and fine art lovers) or your favorite legally purchased adult porn movie. The code of conduct is much larger than this, but already this list has some serious issues.
You will not upload, post, transmit, transfer, distribute, or facilitate distribution of any content (including text, images, sound, video, data, information or software) or otherwise use the service in a way that: Check out the first two parts of the Windows Live code of conduct that governs SkyDrive: None is more restrictive than Microsoft’s SkyDrive. MetaBeat will bring together thought leaders to give guidance on how metaverse technology will transform the way all industries communicate and do business on October 4 in San Francisco, CA.