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AARP Home » Home & Family » Personal Technology »In the Cloud

In the Cloud

Online backup services offer advantages and pose risks

by: Carlos J. Queirós, from: AARP VIVA, Fall 2011

En español | As the digital age advances, our hard drives and smartphones overflow with photos, music, documents and contacts. Digital cloud services to the rescue. With a few clicks and for a few dollars a month, they provide hassle-free backup of your digital life via off-site servers — in the cloud, so to speak — that can be accessed with any browser. … Back to Article

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