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ZipShare from WinZip lets you manage all your cloud storage from one place
WinZip's long been the go-to .zip file manager for many PC users, but no longer is it just a tool for freeing up some hard drive space. The desktop client embraced cloud storage around the same time it tiptoed into mobile, and now it has a new service based entirely on the web. ZipShare, currently in beta, is a portal for managing data you keep in the cloud on platforms like Dropbox, Google Drive, Box, OneDrive and others. Through the ZipShare site, files uploaded to cloud services are automatically compressed, and can be password protected. They can then be shared by means of an URL, which you can publish straight to social networks, and downloads of that file can subsequently be tracked. Being able to access all your files also means you can easily manage and move them between different storage providers. It's not the best it can be on mobile devices just yet, but should be when it drops the beta tag within the next few months. Go check it out for yourself before that happens, though: all advanced features are currently free, but could cost up to $10 per month when the service launches for real.
WinZip comes to iOS, doesn't nag you to register
The days of ignoring WinZip's incessant nagging that you actually pay its registration fee may be long gone, but that isn't to say the file compressing firm hasn't learned from your failure to pony up. WinZip, the Windows user's go-to compression software since the early nineties, is now available on iOS -- free of charge. The mobile utility will let users open Zip attachments from email, browse compressed files and extract encrypted archives. Actual compression of an iOS device's files, however, will still need to be done on a desktop computer.
WinZip for iOS: No, your eyes aren't deceiving you
During the nine years I spent in Windows Hell™ at IBM, WinZip was on every machine I used. The app performs a function similar to OS X's compress capability, letting shove a group of files into a single compassed file or unpack a zipped file or folder. As of this morning, those who have iOS devices and WinZip on a PC can be happy, as the official WinZip app for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch is available. Yeah, it's like a trip down memory lane ... although for me it's more like an unnerving flashback. But if you share a lot of .zip files with your friends and co-workers, you're going to doing a happy dance. You can open .zip files and .zip attachments from the iOS Mail app, browse and view .zip files, open encrypted .zip files, copy the contents of .zip files to the iOS clipboard, and more. It does not appear that this first iteration of WinZip for iOS will let you create new .zip files from documents or photos on your iOS devices. I'm now wondering if we'll start seeing more venerable Windows apps on iOS, like Lotus 123, WordPerfect, or Microsoft FrontPage ...
