Chapter 13. Using SkyDrive

Microsoft SkyDrive is a cloud-based storage service, and I’m using it right now to write this chapter. Where are chapter files that I’ve put so many hours of work into? I don’t know, but I do know I moved between my desktop, my ultrabook, my tablet, and my phone without ever copying a file between them. When it was time to send the file to my editor, I tapped the Share charm and it was sent in seconds, without the usual bulky file attachments.

SkyDrive is more than just magical file synchronization. SkyDrive provides ...

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