Software Reviews

pCloud- A secure way to cloud storage and file management

In today’s world, we want to keep our media online, so that we can access them at any time from any device. So we need a cloud platform where we can maintain all these. In our devices we generally get this platform inbuilt, but with time, we need more storage with high security. So, introducing pCloud- which is a cloud storage services provider launched in 2013 in Switzerland, not only provides storage but also gives committed media player and encryption to the files. It is a digital asset management tool with zero knowledge encryption which means even the provider can not access the files, so users have full control over the uploaded media.

Affordable pricing, zero-knowledge encryption, fast syncing, integrated media player, and lifetime access options are some advantages that make pCloud unique in the market from the existing brands.

Let’s see the pricing plans: –

In the free plan, it offers storage of up to 10 GB, but its paid plans are mainly categorized into 3 plans.

Individual Plan: – In an individual plan you have three options monthly, annual, and lifetime. In Annual and Monthly options you will have two plans, Premium 500 GB – in which you will get 500 GB Storage, and shared link traffic, Premium plus 2TB will give you storage of up to 2TB and as well shared link traffic, In Lifetime time, you have one more option which is Ultra 10 TB- storage and shared link traffic upto 10 TB. Business Plan: – This plan, gives a comprehensive, secure platform to store, sync, and collaborate on your business files with your colleagues. You will get two subscription plans under two options which are yearly and monthly. One is a business plan – along with access to 3+ users, and 1TB storage per user, it gives encryption, access controls, safe file sharing and 180 days file versioning and the other one is a business pro plan which gives all the features of the business plan but it gives 2TB storage per user and priority support. In both the options are yearly or monthly you will get the same prices but only pricings are different. Family Plan: – In this plan, you will see the option of a lifetime, under this option two subscription plans are there, one is family 2TB in this plan, you will get access up to 5 users, with 2TB storage, and shared link traffic and 30 days trash history and other one is family 10 TB, you will get all the benefits of 2TB plan, but the storage and shared link traffic is increased up to 10 TB.

Now let’s see the various features which pcloud provides across all the plans: –

Collaboration: – This feature focuses on safe file sharing, end-to-end encryption, shared folders, and file requests. In addition to all these, it mentions the availability of customizable download links and detailed tracking options for shared files. Security: – The stored data is protected by TLS/SSL channel protection. Every file is encrypted by 256-bit AES encryption. On different servers, there are five copies available for every file. Users can also add an extra or additional encryption layer to strengthen security. Access and Synchronization: – Find your camera roll here, as it gets uploaded automatically and access the files offline as well, get automated synchronization across multiple devices, and increase your HDD capacity with its drive Media and Usability: – With pCloud, you get built-in video and players with playlists, with unlimited file size and speed and you can do video streaming without any hassle. File Management: Through this feature, you can store multiple versions of files. Data recovery options, pre-reviewing documents online, and offline upload functionality are also supported here. You can also get the benefit of a rewind feature for accessing or restoring the non-encrypted or accidentally removed content. Backups: – Through this feature, you can take advantage of automated or manual backups, which ensures duplicity and availability of data. Through this feature, you can have an additional layer of protection for important files and documents. This feature also allows you to take backups from various platforms such as Facebook, Google Photos, Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, and more.

Conclusion

pCloud is a versatile cloud storage platform that excels in both security and accessibility. It provides a user-friendly interface across multiple devices, ensuring seamless access to files from anywhere. A standout feature is its strong emphasis on security, offering client-side encryption with the option for users to manage their encryption keys. This ensures that data remains private and protected during storage and transmission, enhancing overall peace of mind. pCloud caters to diverse needs with customizable storage plans, accommodating individual users with basic storage requirements as well as businesses needing extensive storage and collaboration tools. Additionally, its file-sharing capabilities facilitate easy and secure collaboration on projects. Overall, pCloud stands out for its combination of robust security features, intuitive interface, and flexible storage options, making it a reliable choice for individuals and businesses looking for secure cloud storage solutions.

Ensure Digital Safety of your kids with Qustodio

In today’s digital time, kids are browsing the internet more than adults, and unfortunately at the same time, exposure to vulnerable content is also increasing. So parents are required to make sure that their children stay away from this content. Here Qustodio comes into the picture. Developed by Qoria in 2012 Qustodio is a parental control software developed. Apart from restricting the exposure to inappropriate content, it helps the parents to monitor their kid’s screen time on any device whether it is Mobiles, Laptops, Tablets and computers.

Plans offered by Qustodio: –

Developed by Qustodio offers a plan in two ways: One is Free Plan and the Other one is Paid. In paid there are two ways Basic and Premium Plan. They have subscription based models for these plans as per the need of parents. Both paid plans can be billed annually or monthly. In Basic Plan, you get the tools which are necessary for core protection such as game and app blocking, daily time limits, web filtering, location monitoring, pause of internet connection. Advanced Plan comes with the tools that provide advanced security features with full customization, in addition to the tools of basic plan it comes with other tools like custom routine, custom alerts, games and app time limits, calls and message monitoring and unlimited devices. So why should you opt for a Premium Plan? Let’s see

Here are the some features of Qustodio Premium Plan: –

Filtered Content and Apps: – Restricting the children by seeing those websites which have mature content, gambling, violence and apps and games. Allowing them to see only child friendly platforms. With premium plan, parents will receive alerts if their children try to access blocked content. Monitor Activity: – To stay updated with real time data, parents can login from any device or any time to dashboard and with premium plan they can check the browsing history of their kids, YouTube views, social media screen time, location and more. Parents can adjust the settings as per the requirements. Set Time limits: – To help the children to balance the screen time, through features parents can set the time limits and schedule the downtime even, they can pause the internet at one click, these all can be possible through premium plan. Through this feature parents can reduce the screen addiction, enjoy the family time and can help their children to go to bed early which helps in a better sleep routine.

Locate Family: – Through GPS Tracking, track your children on the map and know their current or previous locations. With a Premium Plan parents can save the most visited places of their children like school or home or tuition locations, and receive alerts whenever they reach or leave those locations and attain peace of mind easily. Track Calls or SMS for Android or IOS: – Under Premium Subscription plan, Parents can locate the doubtful contacts by checking, with whom their children are exchanging their calls and messages. Parents can make a list by blocking numbers of them, with whom they don’t want their children to talk and can read the messages as well whatever they have received or sent. Reports, Alerts and SOS: – Parents can get Weekly, Daily, or Monthly reports of their child’s activity at just one click. Set alarms for specific activities and let your children send an SOS in case of emergency. Coverage: – In basic plan, you can get protection up to 5 devices but in premium plan this limit is unlimited.

Conclusion: –

While summarizing, we would like to say that it is a robust parental control solution that enables parents to manage and monitor their children’s online activity successfully. Through its features such as content filtering, screen time management, location tracking, parents can easily incorporate healthy digital habits and confirm a safer online environment for their kids, parents can configure the settings, customize rules and on-time notifications through easy navigating interface, and can increase parental oversight without compromising children’s privacy.

Strengthen your social media presence with Circleboom’s Tools

Circleboom was founded back in 2019 in the US to cater to the needs of managing and growing social media accounts. It provides the solution for social media management to the users, and how they can manage and grow their accounts with the help of a certain set of tools. At the present, Circleboom is offering mainly two sets of tools. One is Circleboom Twitter – A Twitter Management Tool and the other one is Circleboom Publish – A Social Media management Tool.

Let’s glance various features: –

Content Creation and Curation – Its tools help users to design posy easily. Design Studio and Content discovery make this possible as you can create highly appealing graphics, with the help of customizable templates, fonts, relevant content and much more. Post Scheduling and Automation – To save your time and effort and maintain consistency you can use queue post or automated posting options. With the help of queue posts you can schedule the posts for future dates and times, this option will help you to remain consistent, even on holidays or off hours. Through the automated post option you can select predefined criteria such as feeds, specific hashtags, so that your social media account remains active without any manual intervention. Analytics and Reporting – To make informed decisions, you need to understand the performance of your efforts. So with help of engagement metrics – like, share, comment, audience insights – analyzing demographics, behaviors, preferences, performance reports – detailed report on performance, you easily identify the strengths and areas for improvement and can swiftly build your further marketing plans. Audience Management – To gain success, you need to work for long term goals, therefore here audience growth, follower analysis, and community building are the key factors.

Circleboom Twitter: –

Circleboom is launched with this product in the market, with the aim of managing Twitter accounts. It is providing a wide Range of services such as- Followers/Friends Insight – This tool gives you an insight about the followers or friends (inactive, overactive, egg headed, fake spam friends), you can also blacklist or whitelist them as well. Account Analytics – through this tool you can get various reports showing the stats such as tweet performance, friends/followers growth, language stats, best time to tweet and more. Twitter Search Tool – To find out the right target audience use smart search live keywords and hashtag search, make a well categorized by checking their profiles and target them accordingly. Unlike the likes – With the help of this feature you can, unlike those tweets which you have liked in the past. Delete Retweets – Similar to Unlike features you can delete the retweets in bulk and yes save your time by doing so. and Deleting Twitter Archives – this feature enable you to rest your account while preserving your followers, it will help you to delete the Twitter History, including media, likes, tweets and RTs in no time. Circleboom offers a freemium plan with certain numbers of limitations. Pricing Model of Circleboom Twitter: – In Circleboom Twitter Tool there are five stages of pricing. The first one is Free- which will give you access to the basic version with a demo preview, for detailed analysis you need to upgrade the account. Delete Tweets is the second one, in which you clean only one account’s tweets, likes, and RTs. Pro Pack – It gives you authority to use Circleboom’s tool upto five accounts. Premium Pack – It is an enterprise subscription plan for businesses to manage ten accounts, export data feature is the main attraction of this plan.

Circleboom Publish: –

Launched in 2021 to manage various social media accounts. Management of LinkedIn, Pinterest, Instagram, Facebook, GMB, Twitter at one place. This tool allows you to design, plan, automate, post or schedule all your social media content at one place. Circleboom offers a free 14 days trial period for premium, business and enterprise plans. Pricing model of Circleboom’s Publish: – There are four tier of pricing over here: – Pro Plan – You can manage up to 5 accounts, schedule posts up to 300, connect to 50 RSS feeds, design tools supported by Canva. Premium Plan – You can connect up to 10 accounts, and can schedule innumerous posts. Business Plan – Suitable for SMEs, can manage up to 30 accounts, can schedule unlimited number of posts, and can connect up to 100 RSS feeds. Enterprise Plan – Suitable for large and agency businesses, unlimited pot scheduling, connecting up to 100 accounts.