345: Cloud Wars: iCloud and Dropbox

Katie and David are joined by David Chartier to discuss whether or not Dropbox and iCloud are up to the task of cloud-based file storage.

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Guest Starring:

David Chartier

Links and Show Notes:

Katie and David are joined by David Chartier to discuss whether or not Dropbox and iCloud are up to the task of cloud-based file storage.

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