{"id":249,"date":"2010-06-11T07:26:20","date_gmt":"2010-06-11T15:26:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/11\/backblaze-is-giving-away-2-apple-ipads\/"},"modified":"2025-12-14T13:29:20","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T21:29:20","slug":"backblaze-is-giving-away-2-apple-ipads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/backblaze-is-giving-away-2-apple-ipads\/","title":{"rendered":"Backblaze Is Giving Away Two Apple iPads"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/blog_post_ipadfree.jpg\" alt=\"Free iPad\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Losing all of your photos forever.<br \/>\nPaying iTunes a second time to buy all your music again.<br \/>\nPulling your hair out when your computer won&#8217;t boot.<\/em><br \/>\n&#8230;If these reasons aren&#8217;t enough to backup your computer, we&#8217;re giving you one more:<br \/>\n<strong>A free Apple iPad.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Every computer that starts backing up in June will be entered to win an iPad.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Already backed up your desktop? What about your laptop?<\/li>\n<li>Already backed up your PC? What about your Mac?<\/li>\n<li>Already backed up your home computer? What about your work computer?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/cloud-backup\/personal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Start backing up<\/a> any of them and you will be entered to win!<\/p>\n<p>But you say, I care about my data and already back up all my computers with Backblaze!<br \/>\nNo problem.<\/p>\n<p>Refer a friend, family member, or co-worker to start backing up and BOTH of you will be entered to <a href=\"\/blog\/sing-and-win-an-ipad\/\">win an iPad<\/a>. They will be entered to win an iPad as the one who started backing up. You will win an iPad if they win an iPad.<\/p>\n<h3>Want to Increase Your Chances?<\/h3>\n<p>Recommend users backup with Backblaze on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/backblaze\/\">Facebook&gt;<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/backblaze\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Some more details:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Backblaze must be installed initially on the computer between June 1-30, 2010.<\/li>\n<li>Installing multiple times on one computer does not increase your chances of winning.<\/li>\n<li>Apple iPads being awarded are 16GB versions ($499 value each.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230;Oh, and aside from an iPad, you&#8217;re really going to be happy that your data is backed up!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Losing all of your photos forever. Paying iTunes a second time to buy all your music again. Pulling your hair out when your computer won&#8217;t boot. &#8230;If these reasons aren&#8217;t enough to backup your computer, we&#8217;re giving you one more: A free Apple iPad. Every computer that starts backing up in June will be entered&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/backblaze-is-giving-away-2-apple-ipads\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Backblaze Is Giving Away Two Apple iPads<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":250,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[131,10,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-backblaze-bits","category-backblaze-fun","category-backup-awareness-month","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Backblaze Is Giving Away Two Apple iPads<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Losing all of your photos forever. 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