Originally posted on August 22, 2007 @ 7:37 am
I’ve been looking for an effective file sharing service so that I can more easily share files with my friends. Rapidshare is good but the web interface is butt ugly and at some point during the process (the part where you click on the “FREE” tab to download the file) it gets downright confusing. A friend of mine still thinks that I’m asking him to subscribe to Rapidshare’s paid service just to download an MP3 file I sent him.
I recently found out about the Pownce project that is currently on its beta phase. The new service includes Kevin Rose of Digg (I’m a big fan of the guy ever since his TechTV days). The new service has two components and you can use either one. There is a web component and also a small applet that uses the new Adobe Air runtime technology.
I’ve been lucky enough to be included in the beta and it really is promising. Imagine Yahoo! Messenger, only more user friendly and geared towards creating groups that can share files. The only thing that I don’t like is that you can only share up to 10mb of files. If you want more, then you have to pay a subscription. I admit I’m a cheapskate so I’d prefer for the service to be free.