Flashscot College USB Flash Drive Line Poised For Exponential Growth!
Last time we shared news about Flashscots, our growing line of collegiate USB flash drives, we had introduced 11 schools to our website. Now, that number has climbed to more than 19 universities that each offers multiple custom flash drive styles. What’s more is that this selection is only a small preview of what’s to come.
Licensing approval is currently in the works for a total of 90 schools, with another 10 to 15 coming through soon. As a result, expect to see approximately 125 schools over the course of the next few months. It’s all part of our dedication to reach a larger group of fans, students and other users who want to seamlessly incorporate fandom into their digital applications.
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Will New Movie Studio, Tech Industry Alliance Solve DRM Problems?
It looks like Hollywood and the tech storage industry are joining forces to create a new coalition whose goal is to make it easier to transfer HD content to multiple devices while still fighting against piracy. Comprised of Twentieth Century Fox, Warner Bros., Western Digital and SanDisk, the new Secure Content Storage Association’s (SCSA) first effort is tentatively titled “Project Phenix” (yes, it’s spelled that way).
The alliance is so new that a proper website has not even been created, so we still have limited information about its DRM-related plans. What we do know is that they want to take “SCSA-optimized” HD movies and shows to be branded and sold on custom USB flash drives, SSDs, hard drives and SD cards that would also be made available at rental kiosks.
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Ford Sends Car Owners Custom USB Flash Drives For System Upgrade
In early December, we discussed how custom USB flash drives are playing an increasingly important role in helping automakers provide essential system updates to the built-in entertainment systems of today’s vehicles. That same month, Ford promised its car owners this kind of USB update for MyFord Touch systems. The American motor company has finally delivered on that promised with a custom flash drive given to more than 300,000 customers of Edge, Explorer, Focus and Lincoln MKX models with first generation systems that were prone to dashboard glitches.
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Consumer Preview Windows 8 Ready for USB Drive Download
Did we ever mention just how flash drive-friendly the new Windows 8 is shaping up to be? We first reported back in September the new Windows 8 was planning to develop a portable app version of the system called Windows To Go for the business sector that could be carried around on your custom USB flash drive. Microsoft didn’t give us a lot of details last fall, but now we’re getting a better picture of what Windows 8 is all about. It’s worth noting that this is only a Consumer Preview, a beta release that’s free to try, but will likely get a little more polishing.
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Crushing 5 Misconceptions of Custom USB Drives
If you’re hesitant about taking the promotional plunge on custom USB flash drives, we’re here to ease your worries. While it’s easy to come up with excuses for why you haven’t tried them for marketing campaigns, it’s even easier to drive away the misconceptions between you and your USB campaign.
Misconception 1:
You think promotional USB drives are too expensive.
False! Premium USB can create a flash drive with printed with your special logo and preloaded with your content for as low as $2.66 per drive. What’s more is that custom shaped flash drives—where you create the design idea from scratch—are as low as $2.85 each. Even better news is that more overall price drops are forecasted for flash memory. Case in point; a 128MB cost $60 in 2003. Today, a 4GB flash drive is less than $10. If you have any questions or qualms about price, please don’t hesitate to talk to one of our USB sales experts to help you find the right flash drive business solution.
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