Showing posts with label megaupload. Show all posts
Kim Dotcom's Mega Cloud Storage Service Gets Firefox Extension
Kim Dotcom (formerly of the MegaUpload fame) has announced his new Mega cloud storage service has released its first official plugin and it’s headed straight to the Firefox browser. The Mega browser extension, which has
been ‘preliminary reviewed’ by Firefox maker Mozilla, is billed as
‘secure and invisible’. Firefox users who are registered on the new
cloud service are encouraged to install the plugin. The plugin promises
to help vastly improve the download experience and will allow users to
batch download an unlimited number of files without any restrictions.
Currently, Mega offers two types of
accounts, paid and free. While the free account gives 50GB of cloud
storage free of charge, the paid service is broken down into three tiers
depending on how much storage you want. It offers Pro 1 tier, with
500GB of storage and 1TB of bandwidth for 9.99 euros a month. Pro 2 tier
will give you 2TB of storage and 4TB of bandwidth while setting you
back 19.99 Euros per month. The third tier, Pro 3 offers 4TB of storage
and 8TB of bandwidth and will cost 30 Euros per month.
Just a note of caution though, Mega is
not the replacement for Megaupload, which had earned a reputation for
itself as a pirate's haven. Mega has been promptly processing any and
all take-down notices it has received for any material that has been
violating the copyright laws, so if you plan on using the new service
for no good, then you might be in for a shock. However, it is nice to
have a 50 gig storage solution available, because we all know; we can
never have enough cloud storage.
Megaupload Founder Announces New File-Sharing Service
Kim Dotcom, the founder of Megaupload, and possibly the most hunted man on the internet, has revealed plans for the successor to his wildly popular file sharing service. Before it was shut down in January, 2012, Megaupload was one of the largest file storage and viewing services in the world, averaging about 50 million hits per day. With over 25 petabytes (25,000 terabytes) of data stored on its servers, the portal was widely known and used, and its shutting down led to great outrage in the online sphere, with many severe responses from the file sharing community, including denial-of-service attacks on a range of websites belonging to the U.S. government and copyright organizations.
Now, the latest offering from Dotcom and his co-workers seems to be filling the gap left by Megaupload’s shattering.
While the new site boasts faster upload speeds and larger storage
capacity, the encryption technology marks a major shift from Megaupload
as Mega operators and owners will not have access to user files and
therefore be immune from content liability.
U.S. authorities have released no
official comment yet on the planned venture. The announcement was
delayed by an hour on account of overloading by users on data. In a tweet,
Dotcom suggested that a lot of the traffic was driven by U.S.
authorities: “FBI agents pressing reload... We see their IP addresses.”
Megaupload Founder Kim Dotcom Returns to Twitter, Promotes ‘Megabox’
Kim Dotcom, the quixotic millionaire founder of file-sharing service Megaupload who’s wanted for extradition to the U.S., returned to Twitter this week to prove to the world he’s still creating new platforms despite his entanglements with law enforcement.
Dotcom also used the new account to announce that “Megabox,” a new music discovery and sharing service, is still on its way despite his still being under arrest. He’s previously said that Megabox, which would compete with similar platforms such as Spotify, would let artists keep almost 90% of the profits made from their music.
Dotcom, arrested in New Zealand after file-sharing service Megaupload was brought down on charges of computer piracy in January, has also been using the reactivated Twitter account (@kimdotcom) mostly to post photos and thank supporters during his ongoing extradition hearing. In true Dotcom style, he’s also been poking fun at his situation, tweeting jokes about the FBI and police.
He’s also met with Apple founder Steve Wozniak, who visited him in New Zealand.
Tag :
megaupload,
twitter
