MyOtherDrive.com - a Free On-line File Storage and Sharing Site - MySpace, YouTube, and Photo Sharing Site Killer

Dayton, Ohio December 22, 2006 — ByteRocket, a start-up firm located in Dayton, Ohio, has just released a major upgrade to its Web-based file sharing service. MyOtherDrive.com is a free 5GB hard drive with an Explorer(r)-style interface that provides storage anywhere Internet access is available and the ability to allow access selectively to others.

Although myotherdrive.com handles photo-sharing especially well (pictures can be uploaded in batches and rotated after uploading), any file type can be stored on the site: office documents, PDFs, videos, music, and photos.

In addition to offering the same benefits as other photo-sharing sites, such as Yahoo, Flikr, and SmugMug, MyOtherDrive.com competes with broader file-sharing sites Kazaa and eDonkey, and even YouTube. However, MyOtherDrive.com users can specify who can access the files on their site—a significant advantage over other "public" sites.

The distinction between private and public content is an important one: because MyOtherDrive.com permits adding groups, such as family, friends, and coworkers, you can share your personal/family photographs with family only, and your public photographs and files with others. You control how to share your content: you can make everything public or you can create multiple groups and be selective about which group sees what content.

In addition, the email (invite) feature builds a "Friends" list out of your social network. You can invite anyone to view the pictures or files that define you. You can also email out a hyperlink to others that lets them view your pictures, even if they are not a member of MyOtherDrive.com—an important distinction from sites such as MySpace.com, which require visitors to be members as well.

The site runs as a Java applet similar to the Microsoft Windows(r) Explorer(r) or ACDSee (r), permitting the user to create a folder "hierarchy" on the left side of the screen with a list of files on the right. Images conveniently display as thumbnails. Future enhancements to MyOtherDrive.com include more "social networking" features, such as blogging, photo/video tagging, and friends search.

MyOtherDrive.com is ByteRocket's first public site.

Link: http://myotherdrive.com
Contact: John DeRegnaucourt, VP Marketing
Phone: 937.760.9995

Ad Sales: Contact Dan Marciniak, Sales Manager
Phone: 937.430.1223