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Thursday, January 31, 2013

Dump Truck Desktop v1.1: Performance Upgrades

Today, the Golden Frog Dev team launched a significant update to Dump Truck Desktop for Windows and Mac that significantly improves overall performance, memory handling and network usage.

To upgrade, just click on the Dump Truck logo in the Windows task bar or the OSX menu bar and click on "Update available". If your version of the app doesn't report that an update is available, you can download the latest version of Dump Truck desktop here and install it yourself.

The Dump Truck development team is very proud of this release. It has many great improvements over their original 1.0 release.

Check out the Golden Frog blog post for more details regarding this release »

Don't forget that 30 GB of Dump Truck is included free with every Diamond account and 5 GB of Dump Truck is included free with all other Giganews accounts. Please use your Giganews username and password to access the Dump Truck Desktop apps, Mobile apps and Web App.

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Monday, January 28, 2013

Welcome to Dump Truck: Part 3 - Dump Truck Secure Sharing

Today, Golden Frog posted Part 3 - Dump Truck Secure Sharing of their "Welcome to Dump Truck" blog series on their blog. In this blogpost, they cover how to securely share files and folders with the Dump Truck Web App.

After you read the blogpost and learn all the features, you can log in to the Dump Truck Web App using your Giganews username and password. Don’t forget that Giganews Diamond accounts receive 30GB of Dump Truck online storage, while all other Giganews accounts receive 5GB of online storage.

If you missed the Part 2 of the "Welcome to Dump Truck series", please read Part 2 - Dump Truck Web App on the Golden Frog blog.

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Friday, January 25, 2013

VyprVPN on Demand updated to version 1.1!

Golden Frog is at it again! Following up on this month's release of VyprVPN Desktop for Mac and a new VyprVPN server in Toronto, Golden Frog updated VyprVPN on Demand has been updated today to include:
  • iPhone 5 support
  • Minor bug fixes
Golden Frog loves to hear feedback from Giganews members! If you have a product idea or feature suggestion for VyprVPN on Demand, please share it at Golden Frog Ideas: http://ideas.goldenfrog.com.

VyprVPN mobile apps require VyprVPN service. Either sign up for a Giganews Diamond Membership, which includes VyprVPN for free, or add VyprVPN to your existing Giganews membership.

If you haven't downloaded VyprVPN on Demand, you can download it from the App Store.



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Thursday, January 24, 2013

VyprVPN for Android – Now with widgets!

The Golden Frog Dev team is pleased to announce the availability of VyprVPN for Android version 1.2. This latest release has several new features, but the feature we are most excited about is new VyprVPN widgets. If you have never used an Android widget before, it’s an app you can place on your home or lock screen to view the status of an app and use some of its basic functions. Read more about the update at the Golden Frog blog.

Download VyprVPN for Android from Google Play today!


Requires Android 4.0 or greater

VyprVPN Mobile Apps are free to download but require VyprVPN service. Either sign up for a Giganews Diamond Membership, which includes VyprVPN for free, or add VyprVPN to your existing Giganews membership.

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Tuesday, January 22, 2013

New VyprVPN server in Toronto, Canada!

Golden Frog announced today that they have added a new VyprVPN server in Toronto, Canada! The Toronto VPN server is available for all VyprVPN protocols, including PPTP, L2TP/IPsec and OpenVPN.

Giganews Diamond members and members who have added VyprVPN to their membership can immediately take advantage of the new Toronto VyprVPN server location.

To learn how to access the Toronto server using VyprVPN Desktop and VyprVPN Mobile, please read the Toronto server announcement over on the Golden Frog blog.

If you're not already a Giganews member, we invite you to sign up for a 14 day free trial. If you are a Giganews member without VyprVPN, we invite you to add VyprVPN to your membership today!

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Wednesday, January 16, 2013

VyprVPN for Mac Now Available!

Today, we are excited to announce that Golden Frog released VyprVPN for Mac! Giganews members with VyprVPN service can download VyprVPN for Mac starting today.

You can use VyprVPN for Mac to manage your VyprVPN connection directly from the menu bar. Skip the manual VPN setup and freely switch between any VyprVPN server location or VPN protocol.


VyprVPN App Basic Features:


Quick access from the menu bar



One-click to switch between all VyprVPN server locations



One-click switching between every VyprVPN protocol


VyprVPN App Advanced Features:

  • Automatically activates VyprVPN on unsecured wireless networks
  • Automatically detects dropped VPN connections and prompts to reconnect
  • Quick access to recent VyprVPN protocols and server locations
  • Automatically updates as Golden Frog adds new server locations
  • Automatically updates OpenVPN and L2TP security certificates

It has been a busy couple of months for our friends over at Golden Frog. They also recently released new VyprVPN mobile Apps for iOS and Android so start protecting your mobile device as well as your Mac.

If you are not currently a Giganews member and want to try VyprVPN, we invite you to sign up for a 14 day free trial of the Diamond account which includes VyprVPN.

Giganews members without VyprVPN, can add VyprVPN to their membership and secure Internet connections on their Mac!

To stay up to date on VyprVPN for Mac, please subscribe to our blog and follow us on Giganews Facebook, Giganews Twitter, Giganews YouTube Channel, and Giganews Google+.

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Thursday, January 10, 2013

Welcome to Dump Truck: Part 2 - Dump Truck Web App

Today, Golden Frog posted Part 2 - Dump Truck Web App of their "Welcome to Dump Truck" blog series on their blog. In this blogpost, they cover powerful features of their Dump Truck Web App.

After you read the blogpost and learn all the features, you can log in to the Dump Truck Web App using your Giganews username and password. Don’t forget that Giganews Diamond accounts receive 30GB of Dump Truck online storage, while all other Giganews accounts receive 5GB of online storage.

If you missed the Part 1 of the "Welcome to Dump Truck series", please read Part 1 - Dump Truck Desktop on the Golden Frog blog.

To stay up to date with the Dump Truck Web App, please subscribe to our blog and follow us on Giganews Facebook, Giganews Twitter, Giganews YouTube Channel, and Giganews Google+.

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Tuesday, January 08, 2013

Dump Truck for iOS now available

Golden Frog announced today that Dump Truck for iOS is now available in the App Store! Use Dump Truck on your on your iPhone or iPad to securely access your files while on the go. You can also upload your photos and videos from your iOS device and safely store them to Dump Truck.

Dump Truck for iOS Features:
  • Secure access to your photos, videos and documents while on the go
  • Quick upload of your photos and videos from your iPhone or iPad
  • View your favorite files while offline
Available on the App Store

Diamond accounts receive 30 GB of Dump Truck online storage, while all other Giganews accounts receive 5 GB. Dump Truck is free to download and install on your iOS devices.

Please remember to use your Giganews username and password to access Dump Truck.

To stay up to date with Dump Truck, please subscribe to our blog and follow us on Giganews Facebook, Giganews Twitter, Giganews YouTube Channel, and Giganews Google+.

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