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Microsoft buys Mover to make moving from Google Drive to OneDrive a snap |
October 22, 2019
Microsoft said Monday that it had bought Mover, a company that helps users move their files from one cloud storage provider to another, as a way to funnel users to OneDrive and Microsoft 365.Swapping cloud storage providers isn’t as easy as replacing a SIM card within a phone: Potentially hundreds of gigabytes of user data must be downloaded and re-uploaded, putting an enormous strain on a broadband service’s data cap. The alternative is giving a potentially unknown transfer provider your username and password, so that they can facilitate the transfer themselves. With its purchase of Mover, Microsoft is signalling that it’s going to remove those worries.To read this article in full, please click here
Link: https://www.pcworld.com/article/3447238/microsoft-buys-mover.html#tk.rss_all
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