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  • Dropbox Gets Google-Like Two-Step Verification

    Dropbox announced today that it is launching a new two-step verification feature to make the service more secure. It requires two levels of authentication to log in: a password, and a security code that will either be texted to the user’s phone or generated by a mobile authenticator app for iOS, Android, Blackberry and Windows 7.

    Many Google users are familiar with this type of system, which it made available to all users in February 2011. It got some attention earlier this month, thanks to the highly publicized hacking of Wired writer Mat Honan, who acknowledged that had he set up the feature, much of his trouble could have possibly been avoided.

    Google’s Matt Cutts blogged about it dispelling some myths.

    “Turning on two-step verification is simple,” Dropbox’s Dan Wheeler says of the new feature. “Go to the new Security tab in your Dropbox account settings and enable two-step verification in the ‘Account sign in’ section.”

    “From there, just follow the steps to set up two-step verification,” he adds. “Detailed setup instructions are also available in our Help Center. On your desktop or mobile devices, you’ll only need the code the first time you sign in to Dropbox. On the web, you can also select the option to “Trust this computer” and you won’t need to re-enter a code again.”

    In addition to two-step verification, Dropbox also now has away to view all active logins to your account through the Security tab. The company says it is also working on automated mechanisms to identify suspicious activity.

  • Dropbox Launches Instant Web Updates

    Dropbox Launches Instant Web Updates

    Dropbox announced today that users can now make changes to files on their computers or their phones, and the Dropbox site instantly updates to reflect said changes.

    “You no longer have to hit refresh as you wait for your friend to share those super-important files or worry about getting out of sync,” Dropbox’s Danny Weinberg said in a blog post. “The latest files just automatically appear on your page. After all, every second counts!”

    Weinberg suggests opening two browser windows and trying to rename, add, or remove files, to see the change happen immediately in the other window.

    Dropbox also recently launched some security updates, such as Google-like two-factor authentication, new mechanisms to help identify suspicious activity, and a new page that lets users examine active logins. Dropbox says it may also require you to change your password in some cases. More on the security updates here.

  • Dropbox Can Now Downloads Torrents Through Boxopus

    Ever since the war on file sharers began in the early 2000s, people have been looking for more and more ways to share files anonymously. The use of encrypted torrents and VPNs have met with success. There has also been a rise among the use of alternative file sharing software that allows users to share anonymously. The problem with these services is that they might be a little intimidating to the average user. A new service puts anonymous torrent use into the hands of the everyman.

    The new service called boxupus combines the power of torrents and Dropbox into one, easy to use service. Users can add torrents to Dropbox and the files will be downloaded to the digital file locker for all who share the account. The creators told TorrentFreak that the service is meant to bring torrents into the future that is the Cloud.

    The main benefit of being part of the cloud is that the downloads are taken care of by the team at boxupus. It means that all torrents downloaded by users will be tied to boxupus making it essentially anonymous for all who use it. The other benefit is that users can start downloads of torrents no matter where they are and have them available via Dropbox at any time.

    The company has had to answer to allegations that they have become a new Megaupload since they added the public folder option. They responded to the allegations by removing the ability to create public folders, but users can share their Dropbox accounts so it’s kind of moot point. It remains to be seen how they will respond to the existence of boxopus.

    If you want to try out boxopus for yourself, just hit up their Web site. It’s free for now while it’s in beta, but the creators told TorrentFreak that they have plans to monetize the service in the future. As for those monetization plans, it will probably be similar to how Dropbox monetizes its storage.

  • Dropbox to Drop Public Folders, Updates iOS App

    Dropbox today updated its app for iOS, adding features and offering users some extra storage. This comes on the same day as reports have surfaced that Dropbox will be eliminating public folders from their service.

    The iOS update includes the ability for iPhone and iPad users to automatically upload photos and video over either Wi-Fi or data. To encourage Apple fans to use this new capability, Dropbox is offering, in 500 MB increments, 3 GB of extra storage space to users to activate the automatic uploading feature. To take better advantage of the new feature, users are now able to upload files of any size, and can now move and delete sets of files. The gallery view in Dropbox now allows users to see all of the pictures and videos they have uploaded, regardless or whether they were uploaded automatically. The app is available for free in the Apple App Store.

    As for the public folders news, it was first reported by German site Mobi Flip that Dropbox developers were receiving an email from the company stating that new Dropbox accounts will not be able to create public folders after July 31. It is stated in the email that currently existing public folders will be left alone, and will continue to function. This email was sent to developers because many apps that use Dropbox make API calls to a user’s public folder, which obviously won’t exist for new users in a couple of months.

    Dropbox is dropping public folders in favor of a new public link feature it announced in April. Mobi Flip speculated that public folders used for hosting copyrighted or malicious content may have been part of the reason for the change. What is clear is that, even with bandwidth limits, non-dropbox users who download from public folders are costing Dropbox money. The new link feature directs those who click on a link to a Dropbox page, where the linked content can be securely displayed by Dropbox.

    (via Mobi Flip)

  • Cloud Storage For Free For Dropbox Dropquest Participants

    A few days ago, Dropbox began its annual contest Dropquest. It’s an online scavenger hunt that leads to participants getting free cloud storage. DropBox describes the contest:

    Dropquest is a multi-step scavenger hunt that has you solve a series of puzzles (inspired by the likes of MIT’s mystery hunt or notpron [though not nearly as time/effort-consuming]). Everyone who completes Dropquest will get at least 1 GB of space (even if you participated last year). Also, everyone starts at the same time, but the questers who finish the soonest get amazing prizes!

    The prizes are listed as follows:

    1st place (1): Dropbox employee hoodie, LIMITED EDITION Dropbox Hack Week t-shirt, Dropbox drawing signed by the entire Dropbox team, invitation to help write the next Dropquest, 100 GB for life!

    2nd place (10): Dropbox employee hoodie, Dropbox t-shirt, 20 GB for life!

    3rd place (15): Dropbox t-shirt, 5 GB for life!

    4th place (50): 2 GB for life!

    5th place (100): 1 GB for life!

    Dropquest started on Saturday, and they quickly had a winner, but according to Dropbox’s last update on Twitter, there were still plenty more prizes to give out. If you go to the Dropquest site, it appears to still be open.

    @Dropbox
    Dropbox    And we have a winner for Dropquest 2012!!! Hundreds of prizes are still left though — keep questing! 2 days ago via web ·  Reply ·  Retweet ·  Favorite · powered by @socialditto

    According to Dropbox, everyone who completes Dropquest will get at least 1GB of extra free space.

  • Droplr Undercuts Cloud Storage Competition

    For a limited time, cloud storage service Droplr is offering a Pro upgrade of 100 GB of storage for $3 a month, or $30 a year, in a bid to compete with the host of other pay cloud services that have emerged.

    droplr pro

    Droplr offers a free service of 1 GB with a 25 MB upload limit, which is alright, even though Gmail itself now offers 10 GB for free, and mail attachments can be 25 MB. For users who need more, the Pro plan supports 1 GB files uploads. Three bucks a month for 100 GB is hard to beat – Google Drive pay plans are as follows:

    25 GB for $2.49 per month
    100 GB for $4.99 per month
    1 TB for $49.99 per month

    Dropbox on the other hand charges $199.00 per year for 100GB. Still, Dropbox offers folder and device synching features that Droplr does not. Though, $30 isn’t bad for a standard, ad-free, searchable and secure online locker. Droplr also offers custom domains, customized drop views and download statistics. The platform also has an iPhone app.

  • Apple Rejects Apps That Use Dropbox

    Apple’s App Store has quite a storied history when it comes to which apps get rejected and which get accepted. For the first few years of the App Store’s existence, there often appeared to be no apparent rhyme or reason to which apps were allowed and which weren’t. Things got a bit better when Apple finally got around to publishing guidelines that were publicly available to developers in September of 2010, but some problems remain. Even with the guidelines in place the app review and approval process can seem a bit arbitrary at times.

    That’s the way it probably seems to the developers of several apps with Dropbox integration. It seems that since the release of Dropbox’s latest software development kit (SDK), the App Store’s reviewers have been hitting apps that use Dropbox with a ban-hammer as fast as devs can submit them. The problem first came to light over the weekend when developers started posting to a thread on Dropbox’s developer forums, saying that Apple was rejecting apps that used the new SDK. Multiple devs chimed in, saying that Apple was issuing rejection notices for both new apps and updates to old apps.

    So, why is Apple rejecting these apps? Are they somehow using Dropbox’s SDK to bring porn into the App Store (something Apple has always rejected)? Are they using it for some sort of scam? Nope. It turns out that the new Dropbox SDK is guilty of the grievous sin of sending users who don’t have Dropbox installed on their phones to a page on Dropbox’s website that includes a link they can click to pay for more storage space. That’s it.

    You see, there’s a section in Apple’s app submission guidelines that prohibits apps from providing “access to external mechanisms for purchases or subscriptions to be used in the app.” You see, Apple wants all purchases made for apps in the App Store to go through Apple, so they can have their 30% cut of the sales price. You may recall that Amazon and Barnes & Noble ran afoul of this particular rule last year. Their Kindle and NOOK apps provided links that sent the user to each company’s e-book store in Safari. That way users could purchase Kindle and NOOK books from their iPhone or iPad without requiring Amazon or Barnes & Noble to fork over 30% of the price of every book purchased.

    According to Apple’s reviewers, Dropbox’s new SDK violates this rule. As with many services – e.g., Twitter, Facebook, etc. – when you download an app with Dropbox integration, you have to authorize it to access your Dropbox account. Of course, not everyone who downloads such an app has a Dropbox account, and not everyone who has a Dropbox account has the Dropbox app on their phones. For those people, the SDK now directs users to Dropbox’s website in Safari, where they can either authorize the app to use their Dropbox account, or create an account if they don’t have one. On Dropbox’s account creation page, there’s a conveniently located link that you can click to pay for more than the 2GB of storage you get with a free Dropbox account. That link, it seems, counts as an “external mechanism for purchases or subscriptions.”

    In response to the problem, Dropbox posted an updated SDK that removed the link to the desktop version of the Dropbox site. The updated SDK, though, is intended to be a temporary workaround while a better solution can be found. In a statement to The Verge, Dropbox representatives said that “Apple is rejecting apps that use the Dropbox SDK because we allow users to create accounts,” and that Dropbox is “working with Apple to come up with a solution that still provides an elegant user experience.”

    It’s not clear whether apps using the upgraded SDK are starting to get into the App Store yet, nor what kind of solution Apple will find acceptable.

    What do you think? Is Apple’s rule reasonable, or is it ridiculous? Let us know in the comments.

  • Dropbox Responds to Megaupload Comparisons

    Yesterday, stories covering Dropbox’s new sharing feature pointed out how the feature made the Dropbox service similar to other cloud storage services, such as Megaupload, that have been accused of harboring piracy. Today, Dropbox is in damage control mode and is responding to critics. They are detailing how the Dropbox service differs from other cloud sharing services and what features they have implemented to combat piracy.

    Public Relations firm Allison & Partners, on Dropbox’s behalf, has released a definitive statement about Dropbox’s commitment to making sure the sharing feature is not used for copyright infringement:

    “Dropbox explicitly prohibits copyright abuse. We’ve put in place a number of measures to ensure that our sharing feature is not misused. For example, there’s a copyright flag on every page allowing for easy reporting, we place bandwidth limits on downloads, and we prohibit users from creating links to files that have been subject to a DMCA notice. We want to offer an easy way for people to share their life’s work while respecting the rights of others.”

    As a commenter to the previous article pointed out, the Dropbox bandwidth limits for public links will certainly help to curb widespread piracy through dropbox. Dropbox help pages state that the bandwidth limit for publicly linked files is 20 GB per day for free accounts and 200 GB per day for premium accounts. Links that hit these limits are automatically suspended. This will handily curb the amount of copyrighted video and music that can be shared through Dropbox, but other material with smaller file sizes, such as ebooks, could be still be shared widely before hitting that limit.

    The other anti-piracy implementations mentioned in the statement, copyright flags and responding quickly to DMCA notices, are things that other cloud storage services already practice. In fact, responding to DMCA notices is required by law and was also practiced by Megaupload, which was shut down earlier this year by the U.S. Justice Department.

    The fact is, Dropbox is doing everything right – but it’s still not enough to stamp out pirates. Any method of sharing files on the web will be used to transfer copyrighted material, and cloud storage services will have to constantly respond to copyright violations. Making services such as Megaupload, or potentially Dropbox, responsible for their users actions is the real problem. Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom also thought the DMCA gave sufficient safe-harbor protections to storage services.

    Even Google, which will soon launch its Google Drive service, will have to contend with the same issues and has already dealt with some of them because of YouTube. That’s probably the reason it weighed in on the court case against Hotfile last month.

    What do you think? Is Dropbox doing enough to curb piracy or are they in danger of copyright lawsuits? Let me know in the comment section below.

  • Dropbox Becomes Megaupload With New Link Feature

    [UPDATE] Dropbox has gone on the PR offensive today, answering these allegations. As the commenter below pointed out, the bandwidth limits Dropbox imposes on public links may help to curb copyright violations. See the full story here.

    [ORIGINAL STORY]
    Jon Ying, a Dropbox designer, announced on The Dropbox Blog today that Dropbox will now allow users to share links to their files and folders. Anyone with a link to a file or folder can access the content through a web browser. Dropbox will present files in-browser for those who click on links, without letting them edit the files. Photos will be presented in a gallery, video in an in-browser player, or documents and presentations in similar displays. Here’s the kicker, though, from the blog post:

    But just in case a friend wants to save that picture or PDF for later, they can choose to either download it or save it straight to their Dropbox.

    This effectively turns Dropbox into exactly what the now-defunct Megaupload was: cloud storage to which users could give out links. Megaupload is the cloud storage site shut down earlier this year by the U.S. Justice Department. It was claimed that the site functioned as “an international organized criminal enterprise,” and was a haven for piracy and copyright violation. Just as Megaupload was and other cloud storage services still are, Dropbox will be used for pirated content. Will Dropbox be shut down as a criminal conspiracy overnight due to copyright concerns, leaving millions of users without access to their files? Looking at the way the Megaupload case was botched, it’s certainly possible.

    The confidence with which Dropbox has announced the new feature makes me wonder what sort of safeguards, if any, Dropbox has set up that differentiate it from other cloud storage and sharing options, such as the aforementioned Megaupload. With so many users, it won’t be long before Dropbox is being used to pass around copyrighted content. The 2GB limit on a basic Dropbox account is large enough to store a full-length, high-definition version of an hour-long TV show.

    What do you think? Is there some fundamental difference between Dropbox and Megaupload that I am missing? Let me know in the comments section below.

    (via techdirt)

  • Dropbox Adds Linking Feature

    Dropbox Adds Linking Feature

    Dropbox has just announced on its blog a new linking feature that bypasses the actual downloading of files from a Dropbox folder, when a user seeks to share their content. The update is simple – a link can now be added to share a file, instead of downloading or having to attach to an email. The link will afford access to the owner’s Dropbox gallery page, where the files can be viewed, but not edited (unless files are placed in a shared folder). This gallery page allows pictures, videos and documents to be viewed. And of course, the option to download the content is still available.

    Potential new uses include:

    Families can send vacation photos and videos just moments after getting home.
    Companies with Dropbox for Teams can send presentations to clients who might not use Dropbox, and share materials with employees on their first day.
    Teachers can quickly distribute problem sets and exams through links, and students can save them to their own Dropbox with a click.

    Again, if files need to be edited by multiple users, a shared folder is the way to go, but to plainly allow users to view content, the new linking feature is an easier, faster way to share.

    In related news, Dropbox acquired online collaboration and communication tool Cove and its engineers in February – perhaps the new functionality is one of many new features in the works.

  • Google Drive Seen During a Developer Google+ Hangout

    Google has certainly been pushing their Google+ Hangouts recently. Hosting everything from conference panel discussions to an interview with the Secretary General of the UN, Google is hoping Hangout becomes the go-to place for videoconferencing. Anything, however, can happen during a live broadcast, and when you are dealing with cutting-edge technology that may still be somewhat secret, live can mean leaks.

    During a Google Android developer Hangout last Friday the Google Drive icon was able to be seen for a split-second. Google Drive is Google’s forthcoming attempt at a cloud storage service for the public. It will function similar to Dropbox by allowing users a certain amount of space to save files onto, though the base storage amount for Google Drive is 5GB – slightly more than Dropbox’s 3GB.

    This isn’t the first time the Google Drive logo has been leaked prematurely, though it has changed colors since February. This time the icon showed up in a list of options to which a PDF document could be sent. Right alongside the Drive icon is the Dropbox icon, confirming that Google has a working version of Drive and that they are testing its capabilities against Dropbox. This sighting could lend credence to the rumors that Google Drive will be launching soon, maybe even this week.

    What do you think? Will Google Drive be launching sooner rather than later? How does this affect Dropbox and other cloud storage options? Leave a comment below and let me know, right after you take a look at the video in which the leak occurred:

    (via The Verge)

  • Google Drive Going Live Next Week

    Google Drive Going Live Next Week

    Back in February we brought you news that Google was working on their own cloud storage service to compete with services like Dropbox. Subsequent rumors have consistently placed the service’s launch in April, though the initial target date of the first week of April appears to have been off.

    Instead, it looks now like the fourth week of April will be the actual release date. According to a report from The Next Web, Google Drive is scheduled to go live next week, probably on Tuesday the 24th. Their source, apparently, is a draft release from one of Google’s partners.

    Much like Dropbox, the current king of cloud storage, Google Drive will have its own app for Windows, Mac, iOS, and Android, as well as a web interface that looks an awful lot like Google Docs. Also, as previous rumors predicted, Google Drive will come with 5GB of storage free (which beats Dropbox’s free plan by 3GB).

    Additionally, it looks like TechCrunch has actually managed to get hold of the app itself, which they successfully installed on a Mac, though of course it wouldn’t connect to the service.

    Google Drive OS X App

    Google Drive OS X App

    You’ll be able to sign up at drive.google.com. Currently the URL returns a 404 error. Assuming The Next Web’s timeline is accurate, though, the site will go live sometime next week, probably Tuesday, when Google officially launches Google Drive.

    What do you think? Will you use Google Drive? Could Google tempt you away from Dropbox? Let us know in the comments.

  • Facebook, Dropbox Apps Store Personal Info In Unsecured Plain Text Files

    A somewhat troubling security flaw has been found in the mobile apps for Facebook and Dropbox. It seems that both apps (and others, presumably) store access tokens in an unsecured plain text .plist file that can be easily accessed with certain free file management tools. Also, the flaw is found in both the iOS and Android versions of Facebook, though Dropbox’s Android version stores the file more securely.

    The problem was first discovered by Gareth Wright, who was exploring the practice of modifying .plist files as a means of cheating on certain iOS games. When digging through OMGPOP’s popular Draw Something app, Wright found an access token for Facebook stored in plain text within the app.

    This led him to begin poking around the Facebook app itself, where he discovered that the app stored an oAuth key in plain text as well, completely unencrypted. This key allowed complete access to Wright’s Facebook account when he transferred it to a friend’s phone. When Wright contacted Facebook about the problem they replied that they were aware of it and working on a fix.

    Following up on Wright’s work, The Next Web managed to get a fuller statement out of Facebook. They claim that the exploit only works if a user’s phone is jailbroken. This, however, is false, as the tool Wright was using, iExplorer, works perfectly well on non-jailbroken devices. Moreover, Wright says that it also works on passcode protected devices.

    The Next Web was also able to duplicate Wright’s work with the Dropbox iOS app. Using iExplorer, they copied a plain text .plist file from one device to another, and used it to gain access to the first user’s Dropbox account on the second phone. When asked for comment, Dropbox told them that it was aware of the issue and was currently preparing an iOS update that would fix the problem.

    Now, before you get too freaked out about this flaw, it’s worth noting one important fact: tools like iExplorer have to be physically connected to your device in order to gain access. That means that for someone to access these plain text files on your phone, they have to actually have possession of it. Which means that only someone to whom you give your phone, or who finds it when you lose it, or who steals it could possibly be able to use this exploit to get at your personal data. That means that while this is a pretty serious oversight, it’s not much of a direct threat to the average user, as long as they retain physical control of their device.

  • Dropbox Acquires Cove

    Dropbox just bought online collaboration and communication tool Cove, for an undisclosed amount, according to Forbes. Also acquired in the deal were the engineering team that manages Cove, former Facebook executives Aditya Agarwal and TechFellow winner Ruchi Sanghvi, who will join Dropbox immediately. Akhil Wable and Joshua Jenkins will also move over to Dropbox, both being former engineers at Facebook as well.

    “Building a world-class engineering organization is a top priority for us,” says Drew Houston, Dropbox co-founder and CEO. “The team at Cove represents some of the best talent in the Valley and we look forward to the technology, skills and perspective they will bring to Dropbox.” This is the first acquisition for Dropbox, which is estimated to be worth $4 billion, but the buy was mostly for the talent coming with Cove, as it has been said that Agarwal will become Dropbox CTO.

    Dropbox didn’t explain too much about what the team from Cove would be working on, but Aditya vaguely stated that the “product vision for Cove and Dropbox is very much aligned and the infrastructure we’ve built at Cove can be utilized at Dropbox.” The San Francisco-based Dropbox has over 45 million users, and logs 1 billion files every three days. Microsoft might hope to compete with Dropbox at the launch of it’s revamped version of Skydrive which is said to coincide with the release of Windows 8.

  • Google Preps To Launch Cloud Storage Service, But Is It Necessary?

    Google Preps To Launch Cloud Storage Service, But Is It Necessary?

    It would be remiss of Google if they left one corner of technology unexplored, so in order to ensure they aren’t vulnerable to such an oversight the search engine company is working on launching yet another service so as to further their complete monopoly on your online presence: cloud storage.

    According to the Wall Street Journal, Google will soon be launching such a service, called Drive, in order to likely compete with existing services like Dropbox, Microsoft Cloud, and Apple’s iCloud. As you can expect, users will be able to upload files to the cloud service and then access them from any Internet-enabled device.

    That Google would just now be launching a cloud service after several of its competitors have already entered the market is peculiar and yet the decision seems ceremonial rather than functional. For years now, Google has been in the business of cloud storage by allowing users to upload and access files through several of their services. Since 2007, Google Docs has been allowing users to upload documents that can later be accessed, edited, and download from any Internet-enabled device. Additionally, Picasa has been Google’s online image hosting site since 2004 and last year Google launched an online music-streaming service, Google Music.

    So… what is there really to gain from a Google-brand cloud storage service?

    This may not be widely known, but Google already has a cloud storage service simply titled Google Cloud Storage. The service, however, is only for developers who want “direct access to Google’s scalable storage and networking infrastructure as well as powerful authentication and data sharing mechanisms.” However, users have to access the service through REST API, Google Storage Manager, or GSUtil. In other words, users need some hefty computer skills to use this service, and even then it’s not for casual users.

    A cloud storage service more readily decipherable and usable for the general public would be a good idea… if Google didn’t already offer several services that probably accomodate users’ general needs. Maybe Drive will look to consolidate the storage needs of users and will thus act solely as a space to store files as opposed to services like Docs and Picasa that promote the sharing of files. Then again, a cloud storage service that seemingly duplicates the purposes of existing Google Apps could prematurely cause Drive to join Buzz and Wave in Google’s been of rejected apps.

    And then – you knew it would come to this – there’s the whole issue of Google’s new Privacy Policy. How willing are people going to be to use Google Drive knowing that users’ information would be shared across Google platforms, not to mention with third party Google partners as well? People are already unhappy with the change and it’s uncertain whether their ready to trust Google with even more personal information.

    Given all of this, any of you readers have some first impressions you’d like to share? Would you give Google Drive a try or are you reluctant to use more of their services given the impending change to the Privacy Policy? Or, is this destined to be Google’s next Buzz or Wave? Give us your thoughts below.

  • HTC and Dropbox Partnership Offers Extra Storage

    If you have an Android-powered HTC phone, you are eligible for an extra 5 gigabytes worth of offline storage, thanks to the a recently-tweeted-about partnership between the two companies.

    In fact, all Android HTC phone owners are eligible for the upgrade, even though there’s some ambiguity about accessing the additional gigabytes. The storage upgrade was announced on HTC’s Twitter account with the following post:

    @htc
    HTC    @popthis All Android phones will receive the 5GB free. Just download the Dropbox app on the Android market and enjoy! 21 hours ago via CoTweet · powered by @socialditto

    Initially, the partnership called for new owners to receive the extra storage, but now, as HTC’s tweet reveals, the additional storage is available for all Android-powered HTC devices. The problem is, however, accessing the extra cloud space. There aren’t any steps to guide HTC owners, although, the company did try to address these questions on their Twitter stream:

    @htc
    HTC    @HolyAvarice It will be made available soon as long as you have it downloaded from the Android Market. 20 hours ago via CoTweet · powered by @socialditto

    @htc
    HTC    @aleden82 It will be available shortly from Dropbox via the Android Market. 21 hours ago via CoTweet · powered by @socialditto

    Apparently, the upgrade is still on the upcoming list, because a quick trip to the Android Market page for the Dropbox app reveals it hasn’t been updated since August of 2011, which sounds like the updated app and the additional storage amount it offers isn’t quite ready for prime time. Unfortunately, the Twitter account for Dropbox doesn’t address the partnership or the upgrade, nor does the company blog, so that’s no help.

    That being said, if the announcement has been publicly broadcast, it’s safe to say it’s on the way. It would be nice, however, if the upgrade being tweeted about was, you know, available the same time the tweets start flying.

  • DropBox User-base up to 25 Million

    DropBox announced some impressive numbers today. The service is claiming over 25 million users and 200 million files saved per day.

    If you’re unfamiliar wtih Dropbox, it’s a srevice that ltes you upload documents, photos, and videos, and share them from your computer, smartphone or iPad.

    “Dropbox transforms the way people create and share their life’s work,” said Drew Houston, CEO and co-founder of Dropbox. “Whether that’s designing buildings, writing music or raising a family, we’re focused on making it effortless to have your files wherever you need them, on any computer or phone. With this first step, we’re excited to reach new people around the world and delight them with all the ways Dropbox can simplify their lives.”

    Meanwhile, the service has expanded into more languages:

    @Dropbox
    Dropbox    Woohoo! ¡Hurra! やったー! Hourra! Dropbox is now available in French, German, Japanese, and Spanish: http://blog.dropbox.com/?p=709 6 hours ago via web · powered by @socialditto

    “Computers should make your life easier, not harder,” said CTO Arash Ferdowsi. “We’ve spent hours sweating every tiny detail of Dropbox so you never have to think about it – it just works. Flawlessly synchronizing thousands of files per second across every operating system and mobile phone platform is an enormous technical challenge. We’ve built an incredible team to do this at a global scale.”

    Dropbox gives users 2GB of free space. This amount can be upgraded for a fee. People are using it all over the world, in 175 countries.