SkyDrive Renames To OneDrive

Feb 12, 2014, by admin

Microsoft has renamed its Skydrive cloud service into OneDrive .In June 2013, British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB), the largest pay-TV broadcaster in the United Kingdom, filed a trademark lawsuit against Microsoft concerning the name SkyDriveMicrosoft’s cloud storage service offered to users of Windows, OS X, Android, iOS, Windows Phone, and Xbox 360. One month later, BSkyB won its case against Microsoft, which agreed to rename the service in a timely manner. On January 27, 2014, Microsoft announced that SkyDrive is rebranded as OneDrive.

This is the second name change incident to hit Microsoft since the announcement of Windows 8. The first, and most visible, is the name of the oft-maligned Metro interface, which has been dubbed the “new User Interface” (among others) after trademark issues arose with German retailer Metro AG.

The company has a promotional video on YouTube announcing the new name