Dropbox Photo Upgrade Threatens Facebook’s Idea of Social

The CEO of Dropbox, Drew Houston, has told Technology Review more than once that he is building the “file system for the Internet” (see here and here). But news from the company yesterday suggests they may actually be enabling something more – decentralized social networking that doesn’t rely on everyone’s content being entrusted to one [...]

Hands On With Kim Dotcom’s New Mega: This Service Could Dismantle Copyright Forever

Kim Dotcom’s Mega officially launches tomorrow, but we’re already in. From the membership plans we showed you this morning, the service might look like it’s just another online storage locker like Dropbox or Google Drive. But it’s way more than that. Mega is a weapon aimed straight at copyright rights holders. It’s maybe the most [...]

SoundGecko : Why Read When You Can Listen ?

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“What’s the most precious thing ? Money ? No, it’s Time. The more time you can save, the better your life gets. If you run out of time, things start to go out of control. Well, maybe I am going too serious with this but I can ensure you that this particular web application that [...]

:: 20+ Tools To Supercharge Your Dropbox ::

See on Scoop.it – Information Economy Dropbox is a powerful cloud service but it is more than just a website for online storage. Dropbox has many apps that work together with it to enhance your Dropbox experience. See on www.hongkiat.com

Sell Digital Products Straight From Your Folders: Sellbox Turns Dropbox Into an Ecommerce Platform

See on Scoop.it – Positive Curating “Several startups tackling one-click online selling, letting users sell content with a link rather than a storefront. Based in Poznań, Poland, Sellbox is giving people a way to monetize the content in their Dropbox folder.   The company lets users set a price for Dropbox files, share a link to [...]

Dropbox Security Breach: Who’s Guarding Your Secrets In The Cloud?

See on Scoop.it – 21st Century Learning and Teaching Drew Houston of Dropbox speaks during the Digital Life Design conference (DLD) at HVB Forum on January 23, 2012 in Munich, Germany. Dropbox is investigating whether its security was breached, leading to spam messages to users.   Cloud services are the ballyhooed future of software, information [...]

6 Online Instant File Sharing Sites You’ve Never Heard Of

Send large files to your friends without any hassle. There are a wide variety of file sharing sites that make it possible for you to send any file to anyone else without having to create a user account. If you’ve got a file to share, and email simply isn’t cutting it, you’ve found the right [...]

Google Drive extends to Google+ to allow easy sharing of cloud-based photos

See on Scoop.it – internetbillboards Backing-up photos is one of the most popular uses of cloud storage services and, with that in mind, it is no surprise to see that Google has made it easy for Google+ users to share images from its new Google Drive service. Google has integrated the two services to allow [...]

Google joins cloud race with ‘Drive’

See on Scoop.it – Social Media Tips and News We had been expecting it for a long time. And now, it is a reality. Google announced on Tuesday the launch of its new cloud storage and collaboration service called “Google Drive”.   See on www.examiner.com

:: Google Drive to Launch Tuesday? ::

See on Scoop.it – Information Economy Google’s service is expected to offer 5GB of free online storage and up to a maximum 100GB for premium users. See on www.pcworld.com

10 Collaborative Brainstorming Web Apps When You Work As A Group | Free and Useful Online Resources for Designers and Developers

Via Scoop.it – Enterprise Social Media “The internet has recently seen a lot of progress in the field of online collaboration. When we are working on a project as a group and group members have to work remotely, online collaboration becomes a wonderful way to bridge the physical gap.”   I hadn’t heard of a [...]

Congratulations Crunchies Winners! Dropbox Is The Best Overall Startup

Via Scoop.it – internetbillboards This year’s fifth annual Crunchies Awards has just finished up at the classy Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco, and it was a smashing success. We poked fun #humblebraggers, got cussed at by Siri, honored former TechCrunch CEO Heather Harde, and gave wild monkey trophies to tech’s greatest innovators. If you [...]