Five simple ways to back up your data

Today marks World Cup Day , every March 31, the day before the popular " April's Fool " in which the Internet is all about making jokes and fooling us like fools. That day was chosen precisely with the motto of not "falling for innocence" and to remind everyone of the importance of backing up our data periodically .

Although many sound like a long and tedious job, the truth is that backing up our data to keep them safe is easier than ever today . We have plenty of options, and we do not have to wait a year to do it, we can automate the process and basically do it every day without spending more time on it. We recommend five methods that you can apply.

Many of the most important files for us are usually photos and documents. In the case of photos, it is almost always our smartphone that stores them all. The best way to have them all in another place besides the small internal memory of the device, is to subscribe to some cloud storage service that is responsible for backing up all your images automatically .

Google Photos is an excellent alternative, because it offers you unlimited storage and instant upload of each image you capture . You do not have to worry about the space left or not, and you'll always have all your images saved in the cloud on Google's servers, and you have a desktop application to access everything you upload from Android or iOS.

Synchronize files in the cloud

Cloud storage services there are plenty of them, you can choose the one that suits you, iCloud , OneDrive , Dropbox , Google Drive , etc. Whatever you use depending on the operating system and devices you use, always try to have multiple folders synchronized with the files and documents that are most important to you . I, for example, keep all the documents that I write directly in a folder of OneDrive and I will always count on them in the cloud of Microsoft, in addition that folder is available in any computer with Windows that has.

You can also create a backup folder with those older data that you do not always need to have on your computer but do not want to delete, and thus make room for new documents.

It is not the best idea to rely solely and absolutely on the cloud , after all, you are leaving everything in the hands of a company that may or may not cease to exist at some point. Personally I recommend using the two solutions, have an external storage device to back up data, and also use the cloud.

An external hard drive is the best option, the disks are becoming cheaper and have greater capacity. Do not make the mistake of using a pendrive as a backup, because these are lost and damaged much more easily , in addition on an external hard drive you can save large files.

From the Windows Control Panel under System and Security , there is an option to back up or restore your files . This tool allows you to save a fairly complete image of all the current content of your computer and export it to a CD / DVD, or to another hard disk. With the same tool you can then restore all the files on another computer, another Windows installation, or on that same PC at any time in the future.

In Linux distributions based on Ubuntu , there is inside the system settings, a simple tool called "Backup" that allows you to save the files and folders stored on your PC and save them in another medium. Backups can be scheduled to be done automatically according to the amount of time you choose, and you can also encrypt the contents of the backup.

In OS X you can use the Time Machine utility to back up your Mac to an external hard drive.

Third Party Tools

There are some tools that allow you to create complete images of your disk, including operating system, applications and data . These types of solutions are usually provided by third parties and not by the same manufacturer of your computer and do not come with the operating system.

This type of backups are a bit more advanced, yet powerful, one of the best tools to create backups of this type is Acronis True Image , you can use it in both the latest versions of Windows, and OS X.

 is now available. The first inclusion of Nintendo in the mobile, which we have talked about on more than one occasion, is already available to all users who want to download, but that yes, it is not a video game as such, because Miitomo is a mix social network, messaging service and social game in a sort of meeting point for Nintendo users.

The app is available on Android and iOS, starting with version 4.1 for Google's mobile operating system and from iOS 7 on Apple's mobile operating system. Once downloaded, we will have to create our own Mii from scratch or synchronize itfrom our Nintendo account which will be the starting point to use is new app, also, if the My Nintendo account is synchronized directly with the app, the user can win Additional Platinum Points.

We still expect some degree of Nintendo in the mobile

Miitomo of the concept of social app of questions and answers, in which our Mii can ask questions and back to the Mii of our friends, perhaps with which to earn points that can be redeemed for content within of the app.

At the moment, we will have to wait as we evolve this social experiment of Nintendo on the mobile, and see the response of users as the company decides to launch some of its most iconic titles in the mobile . You can download Miitomo from the App Store or from Google Play for free.

For Microsoft bots are the new applications, and human interactions are the new user interfaces . The company is entering fully into the world of artificial intelligence, Cortana is the starting point, and now they are opening their own platform to build a network of bots that can interact with the user intelligently.

The new Skype will not only integrate with Cortana but will add bots that will be able to use the context of use that you give to your device thanks to the data that collects the artificial intelligence of Microsoft and will take care of things for you. For example, you could book tickets for flights, hotels, restaurants, directly from a conversation in Skype without having to have another application installed.

Cortana knows you, every day you learn something new about yourself, and you can use that information to be your ideal personal assistant, and other bots can use that information and integrate with other messaging applications. You could create a bot that only ordered pizza for you from the Slack channel of your work .

Starting today, bots for Skype will start to be available on Android, iOS and Windows . The Microsoft SDK for creating bots on Skype will also be available to developers. The Microsoft Bot Framework has everything you need to start creating your bots, and Cortana is the core of the engine.