Kim Dotcom's Mega Begins Early Rollout and Now Open to Public

Kim Dotcom's new service Mega has started to roll out for early-access users, revealing a wide-array of ambitious features and the service's premium prices, as reported by TechCrunch.

Mega is the new venture of the founder of the now defunct Megaupload, which was seized by the U.S. government almost a year ago. The service will launch to the general public over the weekend, but it's already available to some beta users. The features already available, among others, are mobile access, instant messaging and word-processing. Ingrid Lunden of TechCrunch explains that the site basically looks like a "simplified version of Dropbox."

For basic, non-paying users, Mega will provide 50GB of space. For premium users, there will be three tiers of additional storage: 500GB, 2TB and 4TB for $13.29, $26.59 and $39.90 USD per month, respectively.

Many features are still unavailable and will probably be rolled out after the official launch. Mega will supposedly offer domain, hosting, and email services, instant messaging, a cloud-based Office-like suite and desktop and mobile clients. In other words, Dotcom wants Mega to be much more than an encrypted version of Dropbox. We'll probably find out more details over the weekend, when Mega goes live for all users.

Kim Dotcom’s ‘Mega’ Now Open to Public

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Kim Dotcom's Mega Begins Early Rollout