Microsoft’s SkyDrive Pro is helpful for cloud-savvy businesses, but its 7GB of storage per person now seems restrictive next to improved offerings from rivals like Box . The company won’t let itself be outdone, however: it just bumped SkyDrive Pro’s base storage to 25GB per user, and administrators can raise that limit to 100GB if they’re willing to pay. There’s some incentives to take advantage of that extra space, too. Microsoft now offers a larger 2GB file cap, automatic versioning for new users and a client view that displays all shared documents. If your employer depends on Microsoft for online collaboration, you should notice the additional storage today. Filed under: Storage , Internet , Microsoft Comments Via: TechCrunch Source: Office 365 Technology

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Google’s not the only one trying to build self-driving cars , despite the fact that it gets a ton of attention for all those autonomous autos roaming Bay Area streets. Many manufacturers are interested in taking human error out of the driving equation, and now Nissan aims to do so by 2020. That’s right, folks, Nissan Executive VP Andy Palmer stated today that the plan is to sell multiple affordable models of fully autonomous cars by 2020. And, to meet that goal, the company is constructing a facility to test self-driving systems that’ll be up and running in 2014. Nissan’s development timetable falls right in line with some of its competitors , but talk is cheap — time will tell if Nissan can deliver on both its autonomous and affordability promises. Filed under: Transportation Comments Via: Wall Street Journal Source: Nissan

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BitTorrent promised that its Sync Beta service would get an iOS client, and the company is making good on its word with plans to launch the app this week. As with the Android release, iOS users will get to sync files of any size, send content to other mobile devices and back up photos. And if you’re not carrying an Apple device, BitTorrent still has a small treat in store: it’s rolling out a localization update that supports 10 major Asian and European languages. Whatever your platform of choice, you’ll find more details at the source link. Filed under: Cellphones , Storage , Internet , Mobile Comments Source: BitTorrent Blog

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What was promised has been delivered to Xbox-owning Time Warner Cable customers. Today, TWC TV for Xbox 360 is finally available to Xbox Live Gold members, and brings live streaming of up to 300 channels to the console. Once downloaded, folks can find their favorite shows using the app’s program guide and Kinect gesture and voice controls. For now, the service is only streaming live programming, but Polygon reports that Microsoft’s working to add VOD content to the app as well — with no timetable for its arrival, naturally. Still, with the rollout of its latest live TV streaming app, TWC TV is now on iOS, Android, PC, Roku and Samsung Smart TVs . It’s clear that the company’s made spreading the TWC TV love a priority, so let’s hope it starts showing the same initiative when it comes to those negotiations with CBS . Football season’s only a couple weeks away, so the clock is ticking, TWC. Comments Via: TechCrunch

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Facebook already gave us insight into the volume of US government data requests that it receives; it’s broadening that scope today by posting its first-ever Global Government Requests Report. The chart reveals that agencies worldwide made at least 25, 607 data requests in the first six months of 2013, targeting a minimum of 37, 954 users. Nearly half of the demands (11, 000 to 12, 000) were from the US; as before, Facebook can’t be more specific unless it’s allowed greater transparency . While the report doesn’t address concerns regarding NSA surveillance , it does show that Facebook isn’t simply rubber-stamping government activity. The company has denied many or all of the requests from some countries, supporting the social network’s claims that it limits the scope of data probes when possible. Filed under: Internet , Facebook Comments Via: Bloomberg Source: Facebook

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We caught the first Windows 8.1 (aka Blue ) news back in March , and after several betas and a preview , it’s been bundled off to manufacturers. That’s a mere five months from alpha code to gold master, a feat that Microsoft trumpeted as “an unparalleled level of collaboration” between customers and Windows product teams. Now, manufacturers will be able to ramp up their production lines with the new version in time for the holidays, as Redmond emphasized in its Blogging Windows post. Current Windows 8 owners will get the update for free , but all end users will have to hang on until the official October 18th release date. With a month and change left, though, it looks like all the ducks are in a row to herald the return of the tech world’s most infamous button . Filed under: Software , Microsoft Comments Source: Blogging Windows

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