Proliferation of
devices
Do you suffer from more and more gadgets? Are your files and data scattered across your
various computers, tablets and fancy phones?
With the proliferation of smartphones and tablets to complement our
laptops and desktops, mobile computing has become more powerful than ever. Even
our e-book readers pack the processing power of a desktop computer from 8 years
ago.
Living the mobile
lifestyle
Our devices allow us to live an increasingly mobile
lifestyle. We are no longer bound to our desks to do work. We can respond to
email at a coffee shop, or do our taxes in a park. We are able to edit a
client's photos and deliver them to him while sitting at the beach and are able
to review architectural blueprints sitting on an airplane or the subway. We
have so many options to choose from, all of which have their own strengths: the
smartphone, tablet, and pc.
Fragmentation of data
This mobility does come with a price however. The more gadgets
we use, the more our data gets fragmented. That is, we may have downloaded a
report to our iPad (or similar Android tablet - we love both platforms), taken
a photo to include in the report on our smartphone, and have the spreadsheet
with numbers for inclusion on our office computer. What do we do when our
report is due the next morning and we realize we've left our tablet at
home?
Alternatively, imagine being on vacation in Florida showing
your parents photos of their grandchildren from their play and realizing that
half the photos are on the laptop that you left back in New York.
File sharing and the
public cloud
File sharing
is one way we can easily send data between devices. Even then, we are bound by
size limits. It is also extremely annoying to share files with yourself.
Uploading to Google Drive or Dropbox are options as they will allow the files
to be accessed from anywhere, but even they are plagued by problems. If you are
uploading a lot of photos, e.g. your family vacation photos to send to a friend
- the process could take ages, plus you are limited by the size restrictions on
the service.
Above all, sometimes it just gets confusing. I don't always
remember whether I took a photo with my iPad or iPhone, or whether I created my
report in Google Drive or my laptop...or my work computer. I'm sure the world
collectively wastes enough time trying to find files that they could probably
gain a few extra workdays a year, or better still, time to relax and travel.
Turning gadgets into
portals using a Facebook app
These problems are why file access is becoming such a big
deal. Services like
Qnext turn your many gadgets into strong
data portals and enable you to access all your content stored across all your
devices from one single dashboard and send it to whoever needs it. No running
around rifling through all data sources, no time spent uploading; instead
- all of that time spent creating content and enjoying it. It's as
simple as that.
Qnext for Facebook
With Qnext for Facebook, within Facebook you access and share
your files from their original locations.
Those files might be anywhere, whether it be on one of your computers,
your tablet or your Dropbox, Google Drive or SkyDrive. Hey, the files might even on a smart router or a network attached
storage device. It doesn’t matter. With
Qnext, whether you’re using Facebook from your phone, tablet or computer, you
can access your files from anywhere, and share them with anyone.
Sounds good? It gets better. When you share files on
Facebook using Qnext, file size and storage capacity limitations are a thing of
the past. You can share even your
largest photo library with no extra charges, time or hassle. Want privacy? The files are not only sent to
your friends using bank level security, but they bypass Facebook
altogether! With Qnext for Facebook,
your data is always in your possession and always under your control.
Easy to install,
simple to use
Installing the app, linking it to your content, connecting
and sharing is trouble-free. This is an
easy one to highly recommend. The
oppression of gadget overload becomes the freedom of data mobility.
So there you go. The
app is very simple and works great. You
can find it by searching for qnext when you are in Facebook.
