If you're not in the habit of regularly backing up your data, do it now. Cloud storage company Backblaze has made it even easier with insanely cheap storage space that you can connect directly to your NAS.

There isn't much you can buy for less than one cent these days, but you can store a whole lot of files in the "cloud" for $US0.005 a month with Backblaze's new B2 storage service. It will even give you 10GB for free.

Saving email attachments and other files to Dropbox is a great way to smooth out your workflow between working on your phone and your computer, but it gets a little messy. Over on the Sweet Setup, they suggest using an alias folder so you remember to actually check it.

Between Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive and half a dozen other services, the sky is the limit on how much cloud storage you can get. Here are some of the best ways to get extra free space on each service.

In a clear play to get Dropbox users over into their own cloud storage camp, Microsoft is offering an extra 100GB of OneDrive storage for free for a year. All you need to do is sign into OneDrive (or create an account) and let OneDrive send a file to your Dropbox account to verify you are a Dropbox user. Then you should have an additional 100GB of space for 12 months.

Unless you have oodles of bandwidth, using cloud storage services such as Dropbox, OneDrive or Google Drive to store massive files can be impractical, depending on how often you need to sync them. Improved telecommunications technology will eventually make the process less painful, but for now, software tweaks will have to do. Dropbox recently revealed some enhancements it's made to its clients that should boost sync speeds for "large" files by up to two times.

While Google aims for Drive to be a competent Dropbox competitor, there's one small but key feature that isn't easy: sharing direct download links. Fortunately, you can create your own.

Not too long ago, Amazon introduced Glacier, an online storage/archiving solution that starts at mere cents per GB per month. Depending on your storage needs, Amazon Glacier could be the most cost-efficient way to back up your data for a lifetime. Here's what you need to know about it and how to set it up.

iOS: The default Dropbox client for the iPhone is a solid offering, but if you're looking for a little more functionality, Boxie brings all kinds of features to the table, including notifications, a powerful search and support for Dropbox versions.

Android: Instead of keeping a half-dozen apps on your phone to manage all of the free cloud storage services you've signed up for, CloudCube is a single app that gives you complete control over all of them. The app supports two-way upload and download, automatic syncing and more.

A little over a year ago, Google officially changed the name of its Docs app to Drive and gave users cloud storage to compete with Dropbox. While the search giant has so far yet to dethrone the incumbent, the service does have one distinct advantage over the competition: a wide array of extensions and apps that integrate directly into the service.

You have a lot of different options for cloud backup services these days. Whether you're sick of Dropbox, or you happen to have a lot of space on Skydrive you're not using, Mover is a web app that makes transferring files to a new service simple.

Chrome: Google Drive has had offline access to files for a little while, but the process wasn't automatic. With a new update rolling out to users today, all your Google Drive files that you create will automatically be stored for offline access.

If you've ever wanted a security-focused, Dropbox-like file and folder syncing option, BitTorrent decided to answer your wishes with BitTorrent Sync. Previously in private alpha, BitTorrent Sync is now available to the public for Windows, Mac and Linux.

CrashPlan is one of our favourite cloud backup services, and you can snag a year for free right now. The offer gives you a free year of unlimited backups on one computer (normally $US60), or you can backup up to 10 computers for $US50/year (normally $US150).

With so many services like iCloud and Dropbox getting hacked these days, it's no surprise that more people want to pull their data off the cloud. Instead of missing out on those great syncing features though, you can create your own cloud storage service that you control with a service called ownCloud. With it, you'll get syncing files, notes, calendars and more. The best part: it only takes about five minutes to set up.

You probably have at least a few cloud accounts by now. Jolidrive takes all those services and rolls them into one, simple interface.

Need more cloud storage space? Box (formerly Box.net) is back with a new 50GB promotion. Now you can store, share and sync even more of your files online and across devices.

Plex, one of our favourite desktop media servers, just took the wraps off its streaming Plex/Web service that aims to make your media accessible across all devices. It's also slowly rolling out its next-generation transcoding engine, starting with the Plex app for Windows 8.