Web Innovations Review

Book Review: The Myths of Innovation

Web professionals are well aware that we live in an age marked by an ever-increasing rate of innovation and change. Within the tech industry, we witness the endless buzz about the newest technological innovation of the week. Outside the tech industry, business publications trip over each other to cover the next innovative gadget, business model, leader, or workspace. With such wide-ranging use of the word innovation, how does it relate to a web professional’s day-to-day work, and how do we sift through the buzz to find the secrets of authentic innovation?

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An Overview of Box.net: Online Data Storage


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Box.net has excellent features that will help you share files securely with friends, family and others—regardless of where they are. You can create a web address for a folder and then send the link by email from the application. You can also add a password to the folder so only those with the password can access the files.

With a premium membership, you can create sub–accounts and work groups. This allows a number of people to access and work on the same files. This is a great feature for virtual offices or so you can access important files while traveling.

Box.net has an integrated search function that makes it easy to locate a file without searching through all of your files, folders and sub–folders.
In order to download an entire folder, you’ll have to purchase a premium account; however, you are able to download files.