Dropbox users that haven’t updated their passwords prior to mid-2012 will prompted to change it when they next sign in. The company…
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Apple services are growing, hardware slowing
Apple posted quarterly results, and received a standing ovation: the stock rose 7% at the opening this morning. What’s intriguing is that…
Read MoreZenefits makes more cuts; Twitter Selfies; Dropbox profitable*
Zenefits, the online HR platform that ousted its founding CEO recently as a part of a regulatory investigation regarding insurance sales (where the…
Read More‘Work Processing’ and the decline of the (Wordish) Document
I’ve been exploring a growing list of web-based tools for the creation and management of what most would call ‘documents’ — assemblages…
Read MoreFor tech companies, tis the season for cleaning house & killing apps
Now is the winter of tech companies’ discontent. By that I mean December is fast becoming the time of the year for tech…
Read MoreUnsurprisingly, Dropbox to shutter Mailbox and Carousel, focus on businesses
Dropbox has abandoned its efforts to take over your smartphone. The company announced today that it will shutter two applications, Mailbox and…
Read MoreDropbox beta tests Paper, a collaborative writing tool
Dropbox has revealed a new collaborative writing tool. It’s called Paper — not to be confused with Facebook’s news reader app, FiftyThree’s drawing…
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Dropbox and Adobe partner to make PDF editing less annoying
The PDF is the cockroach of file formats. Long after civilization has ended, an evolved form of one of the planet’s hardiest…
Read MoreIt’s time to revisit Apple buying Dropbox
Dropbox once told Apple’s Steve Jobs that it wasn’t for sale, but now might be a good time to change its tune.…
Read MoreDo you use Gmail and Dropbox? Get this free, new extension
Even though I’m a Chromebook user with 1 TB of free Google Drive storage, I have multiple cloud storage accounts. That’s mainly…
Read MoreSorry, Box, but free is not a business model
Free is not a sustainable business model. Everyone knows this, especially those who lived through the dot-com bubble 15 years ago. Everyone,…
Read MoreDropbox snaps up CloudOn, gets engineers and Israeli presence
Dropbox has bought CloudOn, a vendor that focused on easing the creation and editing of documents on mobile devices. Cloudon’s co-editing tools…
Read MorePeerio is a chat and storage service with big security claims
A Canadian outfit called Peerio has put its eponymous secure messaging and cloud storage app into public beta, promising a much more…
Read MorePro tip: If you use cloud storage, bring your own security
If you weren’t already worried about the security of your company’s internal memos and other documents, the recent Sony hack probably fixed that (and…
Read MoreTwo charts that show why Uber’s valuation isn’t ridiculous
Uber’s latest funding brings the company into the stratosphere of private company valuations. At $40 billion, Uber is believed to be four…
Read MoreOne reason Apple’s cloud stinks: it’s an organizational orphan
It is striking that Apple, for all the rave reviews it gets on its gadgetry and OS, is still a laggard when it comes to cloud and related services.…
Read MoreAmazon wants you to tie your apps into Cloud Drive and now there’s an API for that
Amazon.com pushes for Cloud Drive adoption for consumer digital files with a new REST API so third-parties can tie their applications into this cloud repository.…
Read More“Coopetition” reigns supreme in Microsoft-Dropbox alliance
iPad for Office users will be able to select a Dropbox option from their screen, and Dropbox users will be prompted to use Office applications. Win-win?…
Read MoreDropbox on Android can now save files to an SD card
The latest Dropbox app update for Android gives users the ability to save files onto an SD card. Previously, users had to download…
Read MoreThe race for your files continues, as Amazon Zocalo comes online
The week in cloud: Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Dropbox and Amazon all want your business and personal files in their respective clouds so they can then sell you more stuff. Storage price cuts are flying -- but make sure you watch pricing of other services.…
Read MoreAt last: Dropbox shows vulnerability to rivals’ price cuts, offers 1 TB for $9.99/month
Under fire? Dropbox, which had held steady while competitors sliced and diced prices, now shows willingness to boost storage limits.…
Read MoreAWS in fight of its life as customers like Dropbox ponder hybrid clouds and Google pricing
AWS doesn't have the public cloud to itself anymore. It faces two gigantic competitors trying to poach reference customers and growing adoption of hybrid cloud.…
Read MoreAmazon Web Services enters the wild-and-wooly world of applications
Coming soon from Amazon Web Services: ERP? CRM? E-mail ? I'm betting yes, well, because, why not? The week in cloud.…
Read MoreDon’t cry for Box and Dropbox: Amazon’s real targets are Google and Microsoft
Amazon Web Services' new file-sharing service might be bad news for for companies like Box and Dropbox, but if they're hurt they'll only be collateral damage. The real targets are cloud platform competitors Google and Microsoft.…
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