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Samsung Galaxy S III Coming This Summer With 50GB Of Free Dropbox Storage
Samsung has officially announced the Galaxy S III at an event in London today. The Galaxy S III uses the new quad-core 1.4GHz Exynos processor. Other specs include a 4.8-inch display, HD Super AMOLED screen, 133g weight, and measures 8.6mm. The phone has the same physical home button that the Galaxy series is known for.
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Dropbox Focusing On Resolving App Rejection Issues With Apple
Online storage service company Dropbox is working with Apple Inc. on fixing an issue that is causing a number of developers using the Dropbox SDK from getting their apps rejected from the Apple App Store. The apps are being rejected because of links to an external purchase option. Developers have been discussing the rejection issues on the Dropbox forums. Apple was not happy with a new version of the Dropbox SDK that included a link to the “desktop version” of its website with a page for creating accounts that allowed users to buy additional space outside of the app.
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Security Hole Discovered In Dropbox and Facebook iOS/Android Apps
Security researcher Gareth Wright has discovered a hole in the Facebook app on iOS and Android devices. The hack allowed people to use anyone to copy a plain text file off of the device on to another one. This would give another user access to your Facebook account. Dropbox also has the same vulnerability.
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Dropbox To Block People Trying To Game HTC Promo
Dropbox announced a promotion that would allow HTC phone owners that have devices working with HTC Sense 4.0 to have access to 23GB of online storage free for two years. However some people found a work around that would let anybody receive the free storage even if they don’t have an HTC phone. Dropbox warned people that use that method will be blocked.
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Dropbox Now Has A Photo Viewer, Indexed Search, and Keyboard Shortcuts
Dropbox has just announced that they now have an indexed search box that finds results as you type. The file-sharing service also added picture thumbnails, drag-and-drop, and keyboard shortcuts for selecting files. Dropbox revamped their website to include right-click functionality for downloading, renaming, and moving files.
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Why Bill Gurley Believes Dropbox Is Disruptive
Benchmark Capital venture capitalist Bill Gurley recently wrote a blog post about why he thinks that Dropbox, a company that he invested in is disruptive. We all know that Dropbox has tons of customers and that they make file synchronization very simple. Nothing really disruptive there. So why is Dropbox being valued at $4 billion?
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Dropbox Can Now Sync Android Phones Automatically
Starting today Dropbox for Android is able to automatically upload your photos and videos to Dropbox using WiFi or your data plan. This faeture will also soon be available for iOS. They files are all uploaded at original size and full quality. The photos are saved to a private folder in your Dropbox called Camera Uploads. The new version of the Windows and Mac desktop apps can automatically upload from about any camera, smartphone, tablet, or SD card that is connected to your computer. Once the photos are automatically uploaded to Dropbox, you will be able to use a sneak peek of their new website. [TechCrunch]
Categories Android, Dropbox, Google Android
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Dropbox Automator Combines Time Saving Tasks With The Cloud Storage Service
Dropbox Automator is a new service that allows you to save time while using Dropbox. Dropbox Automator monitors designated folders for uploads. When a new file is added, then an action is triggered. The service will ask you if you want to convert documents, resize images, tweet links, etc. Any file can be e-mailed, zipped, sent to FTP, encrypted/decrypted, saved to another Dropbox, or set a Facebook status. [TechCrunch]
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Why Dropbox Turned Down An Apple Offer [VIDEO]
Forbes has put together an article about how Dropbox co-founders Arash Ferdowsi and Drew Houston turned down an offer from the late Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) CEO Steve Jobs. Jobs was impressed by how Dropbox was able to reverse-engineer Apple’s file system so that his startup’s logo appeared elegantly inside.
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Dropbox Now Valued At About $4 Billion [RUMOR]
Cloud storage company Dropbox is now valued at about $4 billion according to a rumor. This is based on an investment round led by Index Ventures. Supposedly some venture capital firms even considered giving Dropbox an $8 billion valuation. Dropbox was founded by MIT graduates Drew Houston and Arash Ferdowsi as a Y Combinator startup. Dropbox’s 2010 revenue was estimated to be around $100 million. [TechCrunch]
Categories Dropbox, Index Ventures
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