Diglo is a new file sharing social network that is getting a huge amount of buzz at the moment. Diglo provides users with a place to share unlimited files, have unlimited storage and even keep anonymity. Diglo is your perfect match between a social network and a file hosting and media search engine.
It will be interesting to see if Diglo can become a strong service if they will just get taken down by Hollywood, Major record labels, etc.
Have you ever need to convert a zip to a 7z or maybe a mp3 to a wav? Well Zamzar is a site that allows you to upload a file or 100mb or less and convert it into any of the supported file types (Check out the list of supported types Here). It is really easy to use and is good when you need to convert a file really quick. There are just 4 quick steps. upload your file, choose the file type you want, enter your email, and click convert. You email is only required so they can send you a link when its done. I love this because if I am running out of my house it will go and convert it for me and then in 10 minutes or less i will get an email from them saying that it has been converted. Also if the file is hosted online you can just put in the URL and it will convert it too. Though I do not think it supports compressed files with passwords.If you need more room to convert files you can always buy a subscription. The lowest is basic and it is 7$ a month and increases you size to 200mb and gives you an online storage of 5gb. So if you need to convert files on the go and then be able to access them then this is the way to go.
Ge.tt it is a simple web app, which provides one of the easiest way to share files over the web and is completely free with no registration required.
“Step 1: Select files”; “Step 2: Share” and “Step 3: Move on” says Ge.tt to explain the simple procedure for you to use this web app. No registration required, once you’ve selected the file, you’ll receive the public URL to share it. This one is already a short URL, so you can use it directly in Twitter.
Includes the option for registered users (registration is free of course) which includes a few more features: Files are not removed until inactivity for three months; you can add/remove the files you’ve uploaded; and you’ll get live statistics.
Ever find yourself in a situation where you need to send a document for a client or employer to sign? I have. But doing so is hard. Not everyone (myself included) has faxing facilities or are willing to pay the fees for using online faxing services.
Creating contracts only takes a few minutes after signing up (which in itself takes “ten seconds”, just as the banner promises). Basically, you first create a contact then create a template for your document using the rich text editor that’s built into the service. Then you create your document like in the screenshot below.
Before you send your document you have the final chance to customize it as you can see in the screen below. You can add in extra terms and monetary amounts. You can also decide if the document should have an expiration date. The feature I like the most was that you can choose several ways for the recipient to authenticate the document such as via Twitter or OpenID.
When you’re done, click ‘send and save’. Then, on the final page, customize the e-mail the person will receive and then send the document along with the documents URL (this is included as standard). This is an quick and easy way to process documents and contracts online.
Check it out at www.docshaker.com
Online communities have since been known as tribes. Thanks to Seth Godin‘s famous book of the same title, it’s forced us to think of our online networks and communities in a unique light. Much like primitive tribes of earlier times, we’ve now formed digital tribes where we’ve found comfort in connections with people of similar interests, habits, hobbies, and histories. The tribes we belong to have a simple connectivity of communication that we long to maintain, enter Gigatribes.
The concept of communicating with your tribe is easy to see in networks such as Twitter, Facebook, or even LinkedIn. What if you wanted to share files in a local depository where all of your tribe can have access to? Or what if you only wanted to share with certain members of the tribe? Gigatribes allows you to build your community, much like any other social network, but now you’re able to share large files seamlessly and with out problems.
But there is a problem. How is this different from DropBox? Or maybe ZumoBox? Or any other of the hundreds of file sharing sites. In looking at the application itself I didn’t see anything that really stood out to make this the go to community file sharing network out there.
What it’ll come down to is comfort level and ease of use for your needs. DropBox and Zumobox both have mobile apps that give you access to your files on the go. No such app was found for Gigatribes which already puts this network at a disadvantage.
We’ve mentioned DropBox as one of the coolest free file sharing options available in the market. And now, as most of the cool web apps, the iPhone version has been released to the public. Download it from here (iTunes link):
DropBox has a very intuitive and easy-to-use interface, using your Mac, Linux or Windows client; or even using the web interface. You can simply synchronize your files everywhere; it doesn’t matter from which computer you are connecting. And now, it won’t matter if you are using your laptop, desktop or iPhone.
Some of the other features included are:
And some of the features that you can see with the iPhone app:
Take a quick look:
It seems like these days you can’t go anywhere without tripping over a multitude of Twitter Apps, all of them struggling against each other vying for attention of the masses. Much like the people who use twitter. Well now it’s the turn of Filetwt.
It’s all very simple and convenient. Just put in your Twitter name and password, type in a description then upload a file. A link to that file will be posted on your twitter account.
Filetwt is a tool of convenience as it wouldn’t take too much effort to find one of the many other file uploading websites and then manually post the link to twitter yourself. That way you could have files larger than 20 megs. I wouldn’t be surprised if some of the more well known uploading websites added a Tweet option.
According to the website if you sign up you can get Private Tweets, faster file uploads, updates and stuff. Personally I try not to sign up for anything if I don’t have to and the upload speed seems reasonable enough.
DropBox it’s a tool that offers you file hosting, synchronization and publishing. This free product does not represent anything that is not available in the web right now, but let me say that the usability and features available had been a very nice experience for me so far.
One of the coolest things that you can find with this tool is the similarity with a Subversion client: Instead of using only a web app to upload/download your files, works directly with a client and selecting the local folders you want to use as your dropbox, the files are automatically synchronized without any user intervention.
More features for dropbox:
