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On 31 March was the World Backup Day , the global day backup. As in other cases, this day is symbolic, because every so often we should make a copy of our files and Windows to restore and restore them in case of failure of your computer, damaged hard drive or delete something by accident. There are many options to make backups of Windows, some manuals, some scheduled, some offline and other cloud-based.

In Bitelia have seen some applications that perform Windows backup as FileRplacer , Cobian Backup or Backup Iperius , to name a few.

Uranium Backup

We started this program, specifically for its free version, Uranium Backup Free . This is a backup tool classic, with scheduled backups, email notification, ability to save files in two or more places at once, in a single ZIP compression to take up less space and password protected. The only negative is its appearance, which does not draw much attention, but on the other hand is easy to configure.

DFIncBackup

As in the previous case, the appearance of DFIncBackup not his best quality, but to see its list of features, we quickly forget their design: incremental backup and differential compression backup password protected ZIP, manual or scheduled backup, automatic shutdown and email notification upon completion of the backup job.

Paragon Backup & Recovery

We talked earlier Paragon tool to highlight your disk partitioning . It also has its own application for Windows backup. Paragon Backup & Recovery , not to be confused with Redo Backup and Recovery is also a backup utility to use, scheduled backups, support for multiple internal and external media, adding successive copies only the data that has changed to take less and save space (known as differential backup), ability to restore the copy, and even has the option to prepare a USB drive to disc mode executable to back up and restore without starting Windows.

Comodo Backup

In this case, Comodo Backup two types of backup: local and online. In the first case, you can schedule or manually back on another disk drive, external or internal. As for the online copy, free you up to 5 GB, expandable via payment. In addition to compress and encrypt data copied with Comodo Backup enables you to schedule back in the right time.

MozyHome

The backup model MozyHome focuses on using their own Internet servers to keep your files safe. The free account offers 2 GB of space, expandable via payment. As in other more classical programs, MozyHome backs automatic and scheduled. Also, to save space opt for an incremental, renewing and maintaining files that change which remain the same rather than copy the same file several times in successive copies.

In any case, choose the program you choose, remember to use a different external disk that holds the original data you want to copy, make sure the disc is in good condition and try to make backups of Windows on a regular basis and usually for avoid long periods of time without backup. If you have an accident with your disk, you'll thank.

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Since Google launched the beta of Gmail back in 2004 with 1 GB capacity, many users we opted for this email service because it was one of the more storage space you gave us. In fact, over time, this capacity has grown to 10 GB of space, a very interesting volume not to need to remove emails. In addition, Google also spawn in Google Drive us another 5 GB of storage for files and photos Google+; 10 GB + 5GB Google has been offering separately and that from now on, will go be a unified .

Unified management? Storage? What is the idea of ​​Google? While the move will begin to unfold in the coming weeks, the idea of the Mountain View is to unite the 10 GB Gmail offered us in and gave us 5 GB through Google Drive to form a personal volume storage be used on a shared between Gmail, Google Drive and Google+ Photos.

With this new management model (Gmail and Google Storage Drive treated as a single thing), Google, once again, shows the new experience of using their services thanks to its new terms of service which came into force in March last year, this new legal umbrella in which a unified way Google handles all our information and allows data processing unify. Following this path, Google has decided to stop trying to separate Gmail and Google Drive integration we saw when using the service and that we will also see in the management of the data store.

The idea is simple, from now we will have 15 GB of space that form a common storage volume to be used by Gmail and Google Drive to store our data. Put another way, we will manage the 15 GB as we see fit and if we are active users of Gmail, your email account have a mailbox up to 15 GB but if you prefer to work actively with Google Drive, our warehouse capacity in the cloud go up to 15 GB.

Moreover, if the space is small we always have an opportunity to review the space occupied , purchase additional storage (which is commonly used and not on the one hand for Gmail and one for Drive) and in the case of having an account of Google Apps, the common volume is 30 GB.

The idea, really, does not sound bad because it gives users a lot of flexibility in the management of our storage, a single volume of 15 GB which can balance and use in a much better optimized than the 10 GB + 5 GB we presented the current scheme.

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We return to dive into the world of ebooks with Papyrus , a tool to create our own digital books through the web. A few months ago we mentioned some alternatives to do so simply, and also go over the launch of Happy Books , a service of eBooks Cream to make a personalized way. In this opportunity, we will discuss in depth Papyrus, another alternative to create ebooks from internet easily and quickly.

Create ebooks from internet no simple task, as well as writing books is not. Getting our book published Pharaonic may be something we have to get an editor who agrees to do so. Internet, the issue is a little easier. If we choose to have a separate distribution, nothing we have to find an easy way to organize the content of the book. Instead of creating a PDF file with just text, ebook allows us to add cover art, chapter structure, a table of contents, and more. Therefore, a service like Papyrus can be interesting for those who have no previous experience.

There are several things that are interesting about Papyrus. First, is a free service. Many of the tools that are available on the web for the same task are extra, so that Papyrus is ideal for inexperienced users who may just want to try. Compared with the amount of things we can do, this service does not cost us anything, and if you only want to create, for example, promotional material, can be perfect. For example, if we create material that is available in book form for our students-the ebooks have great potential in education -.

Second, in addition to creating ebooks from the internet, Papyrus allows us to select the format in which we will do. We recommend that in this sense, to review formats, check out our beginner's guide , but remember some key issues. Depending on the reader we have, the supported file format will be different. Amazon and its Kindle, for example, allow the MOBI format, while many others are handled ePUB readers. On the other hand, the PDF can not read very well on Kindle (or other readers) so it is recommended to convert. With Papyrus, we will be able to create our digital books in these two formats, MOBI and ePUB, but also in PDF.

Its operation is very simple, and the first thing required is that we arm ourselves an account on the website of Papyrus to create ebooks from internet. Then, the experience is very intuitive: we select a template of all available alternatives. Once you select this, we will meet with the "charm" of Papyrus itself, a platform to build from scratch our ebook. In the right panel, we will find the options we have to add to our book. For example, author bio sections, a preface, and more. The template is not made in stone because we can edit some key issues. It is here where they will be adding chapters.

What has seemed Papyrus Is it a good choice to start. We do not have to make too many manual edits, as through this platform we only have to follow the steps. Then when you are finished, you can download the ebook in all formats available (which then can be uploaded to the main internet shops). If we are just taking our first steps in the publishing of our writings, review Papyrus may be a good idea.

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Twitter is generally recognized as a network of instantaneity. Thus, worry about a "story" we have in Twitter, for publications that we have made for years, does not seem to go too with the philosophy of the platform. While Facebook encourages us to create our biography on its platform, Twitter serves as a trigger where our comments are ephemeral. But if we start to investigate, we actually several ways to retrieve old publications. Today we will review how to retrieve old tweets, both their own and others, through the same Twitter and some special tools.

Your own tweets

In regard to retrieve old tweets our own, should not be too complicated. Since December 2012, Twitter launched the so-called Twitter Archive that allows you to download, at his own request, all our tweets. Of course, depending on the amount of time you have with an account and the tweets we have done, will take longer. But it is the most effective-and official-we have to regain our tweets.

How can we do? It is indeed very simple. Late last year, with his introduction to Twitter Archive, the company began to allow discharge of the tweets, which can be divided by month, by day, by phrases, usernames, and more. To request our file, we have to go to the Configuration of our account and then click File Request (at the end of the page. This file will be processed by Twitter and send us an email when you are ready for download . Among all the choices we have, choosing to Twitter as a way to do gives us the peace of being an official tool. But we have alternatives.

Specific tools to retrieve old tweets

One of the limitations of Twitter Archive is that we can download someone else's tweets. For privacy, it makes perfect sense. But if we work as administrators of social networks for a brand, then sometimes you may have interest to do a survey or to carry out a competition report . Fortunately, although we can not resort to the official source, we can use a variety of tools to retrieve old tweets are not of our own, or explore our own further.

• TwimeMachine : in regards to retrieve old tweets, TwimeMachine is a web applications user preferred. We just have to check in with your Twitter account and get all our old tweets in a web page. However, it has some limitations: we can read 3200 only because Twitter has an API restriction that does not allow more than that in one place. But we save the download time of Twitter Archive, and also serves to make a broad overview of our situation on Twitter, when we have too much time to analyze the information.

• Snap Bird : This is one of the most comprehensive tools to retrieve old tweets, and is especially useful if we seek to retrieve tweets that do not belong to us. So with Snap Bird can find the timeline of an account as well as your favorites, your tweets, and tweets that mention it. It's a bit more powerful than Twitter search functionality, since it extends a little more time, and again it is an alternative for rapid analysis of a situation.

• Tweet Tunnel : with an interface that leaves much to be desired, you may experience with our first Tweet Tunnel is somewhat uncomfortable. But of all the tools we have discussed and we'll talk, is one of the easiest to use. We just have to enter the user name of the Twitter account you want to "investigate" and, unless the account is private, we will be able to access all your tweets, organized by page. They are organized in the same way as in Twitter, but we can sail, as we said, by pages, which is much more convenient to access information and retrieve old old tweets.

• Back Tweets : we close our list of tools to retrieve old tweets with Back Tweets, which has a specific limitation. This app, web also, we will look at link time only tweets. For some, this will be something that becomes unusable. But for others, it will be ideal to find a specific content in a link, without having to filter the results. The tool is free to use, and also an interesting alternative to competitive surveys.

You will notice that in each of these tools is a specific limitation. Each of them is special in their own way, but combining all find that we can track itself is interesting and a reality to retrieve old tweets. What other tools we suggest to do? Welcome your comments.

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