Bitcasa Application on Android and Windows 8

Bitcasa Inc. released its Android and Windows 8/RT apps.

The mobile apps allow instant streaming of music, photos, videos, and documents from the Bitcasa Infinite Drive. It is available for new and existing Bitcasa users on Google Play, Windows Store. Mac and iOS apps will be available in January.

"With our mobile app releases, we are now making all of your data easily available from mobile and PC/Mac clients while taking the security of that data very seriously"

Users can backup and consolidate their files and media into one Infinite Drive. Infinite Drive acts like an external drive that users are familiar with, except that it never runs out of space and is accessible from anywhere and any device.

With the new Infinite Drive and mobile apps,
Bitcasa users get immediate benefits:

• Instant Streaming, Access Anywhere: Users can play music albums, watch videos in various formats, view and share photo albums, and read documents from anywhere. Instant streaming allows users to stream their music, videos, and photos to mobile and desktop devices without having to sync or store files locally on each devices.

• Infinite Storage: The Infinite Drive acts as a virtual external drive that expands with the user's storage needs without worrying about running out of space again.

• Safe Backup: Backup gives peace of mind. Users can mirror their content from all their computers to Bitcasa, and access it anywhere. All files and backups are protected with client-side encryption,meaning that only users can see and access their data. Users can retrieve files with time-capsule versioning by date.

• Share Content: With one click, users can share a file or a folder with their friends and family - Bitcasa or non-Bitcasa users - regardless of file size. For sharing on mobile devices, users can also set up alerts to protect against large downloads that might affect their mobile bandwidth charges.

• Get Organized: The software categorizes users' data into Music, Photos, Videos, and Documents. Users no longer have to worry about managing and organizing their files - the same way they do not have to worry about storage capacity limits.

"With our mobile app releases, we are now making all of your data easily available from mobile and PC/Mac clients while taking the security of that data very seriously," said Tony Gauda, co-founder and CEO of Bitcasa. "By announcing our cross-platform support today, we are offering our global users secure access on all computers, mobile devices, or Web browsers by streaming from the cloud while allowing them to keep the data they access more often localized on their hard drive. With an Infinite Drive, mobile users can automatically store and access their photos from any device. It also means that they can send large videos and albums to friends and family, as well as watch videos in multiple formats. It's an infinite, organized drive in the cloud. Users don't have to manage it and it's much safer than their desktop or laptop."

Special Pricing
Starting in February, Bitcasa will provide unlimited storage for $10/month.