SkyDrive for iPhone adds automatic camera uploads

Microsoft is releasing a significant update to its SkyDrive iOS app today. iPhone users will now be able to automatically upload camera photos straight to Microsoft’s SkyDrive cloud storage. The same functionality had previously been reserved for users of Windows Phone, but Microsoft is expanding its the feature to rival platforms. The company is "looking at" an identical implementation for Android, but right now it’s just Windows Phone and iOS.

It works largely as you’d expect, backing photos up in the background to the cloud once they’re taken using the iPhone’s default camera app. The feature isn’t turned on by default, instead users will be prompted to enable it after the app update is installed. If you choose to turn it...

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