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CNET Update - Goodbye Microsoft SkyDrive, hello OneDrive

2014-02-19
when all else fails just painted gold I'm Bridget Carey and this is your scene at updates goodbyes SkyDrive Microsoft's personal cloud storage service has been officially relaunched as onedrive there was a legal battle over the original name so now it's called onedrive there's Xbox one OneNote I think Microsoft has a thing for the number one the service lets you store files online so you can access documents from any computer the revamped onedrive apps for iOS Android and Windows Phone can now automatically save the photos and videos you take to onedrive it's a decent backup system onedrive offers 10 gigs of free storage when you use the apps camera backup feature Google Drive offers 15 gigs for free the LinkedIn network is about connecting with people you know to grow your career but soon strangers will be able to follow your work LinkedIn is rolling out its blog publishing tool to everyone and people you don't know can follow your blog posts back in 2012 LinkedIn only allowed certain people to write blogs calling them influencers like Richard Branson Martha Stewart and Bill Gates HTC will reveal its next flagship smartphone on March 25th but we may already know what it'll look like master tech news leaker EV leaks posted this photo which is said to be the new HTC one model in the color gold as you can also tell from the image there are two cameras on the back why would a phone need two back cameras well I'm sure HTC will come up with some cool sounding reason the current HTC One the one with just one rear camera was praised by reviewers but it lost in sales against the more popular galaxy s4 since HTC couldn't match the marketing power of samsung painting your phone gold tho and throwing in a third camera is one way to cry for attention nokia just announced a new type of mobile accessory to help you keep track of your valuables it's the Nokia treasure tag and it talks to Lumia phones and tablets using NFC or Bluetooth you attach the tag to your keys your briefcase maybe stick it in your wallet and if the tag is too away from the phone it'll sound an alarm and if it's really lost it can pull up a map that shows where the tag is located it'll come out in April for 30 dollars and you'll be hearing quite a bit of mobile news in the coming days as the big Mobile World Congress show kicks off next week in Barcelona the biggest news will likely come from Samsung it's expected to show off the Galaxy s5 that's your tech news update for more details and links to these stories you can head to cnet.com slash update and you can stay on top of it all by following along on Twitter from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey
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