Expired Microsoft to give away 100GB of OneDrive space for one year to 100,000 people

[BoraMurdar]

On Tuesday, Microsoft celebrated the one year anniversary of the official Outlook.com launch with a Twitter-based giveaway. Today, to celebrate the renaming of SkyDrive to OneDrive, Microsoft will also be giving a nice boost in storage space to 100,000 users.

Microsoft's Angus Logan, the Group Product Marketing Manager for OneDrive, told us that at some point today, the company will announce on the official OneDrive Twitter account the start of the 100GB. After it begins, the first 100,000 people who sign onto their OneDrive account will get 100GB of extra storage space for one year. That's on top of the 7GB of space Microsoft normally offers and also on top of the extra free space that users can earn if they use the photo storage feature and get their friends to use OneDrive.

Of course, Microsoft has offered large amounts of free space on SkyDrive/OneDrive in the past. In fact, people who buy the Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2 tablets can still get 200GB of OneDrive space for two years. If any of them also manage to get the 100GB of free space Microsoft will be giving out today, that means they will have a whopping 300GB of free cloud storage for a rather long time.

Update: The OneDrive Twitter account has started the 100GB giveaway in an unusual way: it has posted up a puzzle that needs to be solved to get the details on how to access the extra storage

#OneDrive is here, as is your chance to win 100 GB FREE storage. Solve the puzzle for detailshttp://t.co/DlYQsymonT pic.twitter.com/ciNyiyp4gd

Update 2: A few people on Twitter claim to have solved the puzzle, saying that the 100GB giveaway begins at 11:11 am Pacific Time (2:11 pm Eastern Time). At that time the first 100,000 people who sign onto their OneDrive account will get the extra space for a year.

 

[Ink]

Puzzle was cracked, here's your second chance > Visit a Microsoft Store.

https://twitter.com/onedrive/status/436258376637747201

Win up to 100 GB free #OneDrive storage at your @MicrosoftStore through 2/23!
Learn more http://bit.ly/1jP1j0m

Limited to stores in the US, Canada and Puerto Rico only?

 

[BoraMurdar]

In fact, giving 100GB just for 1 year is stupid, but whatever... They need to promote OneDrive somehow

 

[yigido]

In fact, giving 100GB just for 1 year is stupid, but whatever... They need to promote OneDrive somehow

I second that. Go to the MEGA with 2 different e-mail and get 100GB FREE..no trick..no game..no puzzle..and it is forever

 

[Ink]

If you're after functionality with the Windows OS, Windows Phone 8 and Office, then OneDrive is a boss (imo). They could beat Google, if they advertise the Web Apps better.

But if you just want maximum online storage, then another service may be better for you. Sign up for Mega, Bitcasa, Box, Dropbox, Wuala etc., and you could technically have over 1TB of free storage in single place, all combined with JoliCloud.
http://lifehacker.com/5990590/jolidrive-combines-all-your-cloud-services-into-one

 

[yigido]

If you're after functionality with the Windows OS, Windows Phone 8 and Office, then OneDrive is a boss (imo). They could beat Google, if they advertise the Web Apps better.

But if you just want maximum online storage, then another service may be better for you. Sign up for Mega, Bitcasa, Box, Dropbox, Wuala etc., and you could technically have over 1TB of free storage in single place, all combined with JoliCloud.
http://lifehacker.com/5990590/jolidrive-combines-all-your-cloud-services-into-one

Yes you are right but lets be serious very few number of user use this size of storage Human beings are greedy..

 

[BoraMurdar]

I use MEGA, and can barely fill up 50GB with photos, music and documents... and MEGA released desktop sync app a few days ago for faster uploads and management, it provides one of the best encryption online and it's free.

 

[Ink]

Most basic online storage have desktop or mobile sync software. Congratz.

For other online storages you can use Boxcryptor, or another cloud encryption software and is compatible with most big name brands, including Wuala, Dropbox, Ubuntu One etc.

I have used Mega previously, but my publicly uploaded files were getting flagged with a take down notice, even if they were legitimate files. In the end, I terminated my account.

 

[Koroke San]

I second that. Go to the MEGA with 2 different e-mail and get 100GB FREE..no trick..no game..no puzzle..and it is forever

Lol, nice comment

 

[BoraMurdar]

Most basic online storage have desktop or mobile sync software. Congratz.

For other online storages you can use Boxcryptor, or another cloud encryption software and is compatible with most big name brands, including Wuala, Dropbox, Ubuntu One etc.

I have used Mega previously, but my publicly uploaded files were getting flagged with a take down notice, even if they were legitimate files. In the end, I terminated my account.

Yeah...
Boxcryptor 5GB
Dropbox 2GB
Wuala 5GB
Ubuntu One 5GB
MEGA 50GB
Shared.com 100GB
and also all data sent to Mega.co.nz is encrypted with a user-created, 2048-bit RSA key before it leaves your computer. Nobody can decrypt your data, not even the Mega.co.nz employees, as long as you do not tell anyone else the encryption key that you created. Even the file names are encrypted although you can see them after entering the encryption key. If some person does manage to hack in and copy the data you uploaded (which is unlikely), the result will be useless without the encryption key. He or she cannot even see the file names or tell where one file ends and the next begins. This guarantees safety of your data. In fact, there is no option to upload unencrypted data; everything is always encrypted. With Mega.co.nz, you control the encryption, you hold the keys, and you decide who you grant or deny access to your files with no risky requirement to install any software.
Dunno why they were flagged, never happened to me

 

[Dark Knight]

100 GB for one year? why even bother trying to get it if they will only eventually take it back?
One can just go to yunio.com and get 1TB secure cloud storage PLUS 1 GB extra for everyday you use it absolutely free no strings attached.

To all those cloud services that are still only offering 5, 10, 25, and 50 GB storage, your just not needed when I can get it all in one place.