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Motorola Shutting Down Zumo Drive, Will Launch MotoCast

Motorola has announced that it is going to shut down its cloud storage services that have been so far available through the popular Zumo Drive name. The move comes as Motorola is advancing plans to launch an enhanced cloud storage service known as MotoCast.

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