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One more suggestion is Pocket (formerly Read It Later). You can save pages to a reading list to read when you have time. It also has an offline reading mode that lets you read the items you’ve saved even without a network connection.
Pocket is available as an add-on to browsers (I have it in my Firefox) and to Android and iPad/iPhone devices. Here is it’s homepage: https://getpocket.com/

Fred,

after reading your excellent article “Pre-encryption makes cloud-based storage safer [Newsletter Comp Version]” I _almost_ downloaded Boxcryptor and started to use it.

But then I started to think about various cases I need my cloud files (MS SkyDrive currently). I’m teaching IT/ICT and mostly it’s my course material that I do need. I carry a memorystick but just in the case I loose my USB-stick before lessons, I do have the material in the “cloud” too. I also provide a link to this material to my students as a bit.ly -link. This is the first scenario raising questions.

What do I need to access files on-the-road (portable Boxcryptor perhaps)? And how about my students? What would they need to access the files?

And finally some scenarios. What if Boxcryptor “disappears” like some small companies do? And could there be some “backdoor” in the encryption software?

I do have all of the above mentioned files backed-up w/o encryption to my local backup drive. All the shared material is also under the Creative Commons license(s) (no sensitive data stored in the SkyDrive).

This whole issue arose after “Snowden”-case, but IMHO that’s just a good thing.

/Teme64