SugarSync is running a limited time promo - sign up now and get an extra GB bonus (for a total of 3 GB free).  We've been cranking away on a lot of cool features including deeper integration on iPad and Android.

For those of you that don't know, SugarSync is a very cool cloud backup / sync solution.  Using SugarSync, I have access to all of my files from all of my computer right from my iPhone.

Here's the link to the promo page:

http://www.sugarsync.com/offers/sync-outside-the-box.html

Get that extra free GB while the promo is running...!

We're excited to announce our new SugarSync app for Android devices.  It's really cool - if you have an Android phone, you can access all of your data directly from your phone.  We previously launched apps for iPhone, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile and we work on Mac and PC's, so we've got  most people covered :-)

Android tip: if you want to edit Microsoft Word and Excel files on your phone, buy the Documents to Go app for Android.  With SugarSync and Documents to Go, you can download a Word doc from the SugarSync cloud to your phone, edit the document using Documents to Go on your phone, and upload it back to the cloud.  Then, you can even share with with others.  All from your phone!  Documents to Go is not our app, but it works well.  It doesn't support the .docx format yet, but they're working on it.

If you aren't familiar with SugarSync, it's a cool online backup and sync service - you can backup your data from any of your computers to the cloud, where it safe, secure, and available 24x7.  You can sync folders across multiple computers (e.g., I have my My Documents folder in sync across my work and home computers) so you always have access to the data you need.  You can collaborate with others by sharing files or entire folders.  We also do some fun stuff with photos and music (for example, you can stream music from your home computer to your work computer).  You should check it out.

Best of all - we now have a Free 2GB plan!  Sign up with this link and you can get free bonus storage when you register:

http://bit.ly/a2M8w

We're a perfect solution for Netbooks since they are typically a companion device with a small hard drive.  Using SugarSync, you can access all of your data even if your Netbook doesn't have space for it all on the hard drive (you can access your data from the cloud without storing it on your Netbook).  That's one of the reasons we're so excited about Android - over the next year or so, a lot of Netbooks will be shipping with Android as the operating system.

For the geeks out there, the next question is "what about Google's Chrome OS?"  We're actually excited about that, too.  We're happy to support all of the popular platforms.  And yes, Linus is on our roadmap :-)

We've been getting some good coverage of the new app:

http://jkontherun.com/2009/07/29/sugarsync-for-android/http://download.cnet.com/8301-2007_4-10297867-12.html

http://venturebeat.com/2009/07/29/sugarsync-extends-backupsyncshare-service-to-android-eyes-netbook-market/

http://technologizer.com/2009/07/29/sugarsync-comes-to-android/

Here are a few photos from our Italy trip so far.  The train photo is where MC got her laptop bag stolen (good thing all her work data was backed up using SugarSync).

Lake Como is surrounded by cool villages up and down the shores of the lake.  We're staying in Bellagio, but we've explored a lot of the villages nearby.  Not much to do other than walk around, take a break with some Italian wine, walk, take a break to eat some Italian food, and so on...

My bag arrived 4 days late, so ignore the dorky clothes that I'm wearing.  Nice Italian clothes are expensive, so I bought a few tourist T-shirts to get me by.

We're off to Milan for a day tomorrow and I want to buy some wine - I'll try to load up on some good Brunello di Montalcino and also some wine from Montepulciano.

I started working for a different startup in February and it has been really fun working on our service, SugarSync.  We are trying to move fast and we're launching new features all the time.

Here's the latest:

Refer a friend to SugarSync and get free bonus space.  Here's my referral link - if you sign up using my link, you also get free bonus space (it's one of those win-win scenarios :-)

https://www.sugarsync.com/referral?rf=dsczaky3id5gc

The cool thing is that if you refer a friend that signs up for a Paid account, you get 10 GB of free bonus space (yes, that is 10 *GB*).  If your friend signs up for a Free account, you get 500 MB of free bonus space.

SugarSync is pretty cool - it let's you back up your data to the cloud, but does a lot more.  You can synchronize data across multiple computers, you can access all of your data from a browser, you can access your data from mobile phones, etc.  We have native apps for iPhone, BlackBerry, and WinMo devices.

We just added another cool feature - you can publish photos from SugarSync directly to Facebook.  This is great for people that backup their photos to SugarSync, but want to share them with friends on Facebook.

Try it out - you can sign up for a free 2GB account (perfect for all of my cheap friends):

https://www.sugarsync.com/referral?rf=dsczaky3id5gc

We had a great time seeing one more bachelor bite the dust - Horacio finally got married!  The wedding was perfect, the Horacio & Katie looked great, and we all had a great time.

It's great place to visit when the weather is nice... Glad he didn't get married in January!  Although I really like Manhattan, I'm more at home in San Francisco :-)