Cloud Storage Buzz

Category: Dropbox

  • Dropbox’s Roadmap Sounds Like Bitcasa

    When you think about Dropbox your first thought is probably that special folder on your computer where you save things that you want to have access too on all your devices. While this might be a great advancement for many of us it is actually a pretty limited feature. You only get access to the…

  • Review Dropbox

    I get a lot, and I do mean A LOT of people leaving comments here on the Dropbox Review looking to increase their free Dropbox space by leaving their Dropbox Referral code. It got so bad at one point that I considered closing comments down on the Dropbox review to stop it.   I was…

  • Dropbox Funding, API and Forbes

    Dropbox Funding, API and Forbes

    Dropbox is in the news again this last week with several new announcements. From raising more funding, a new API for mobile and web apps and a front page cover article on the upcoming Forbes magazine.   While I don’t think most readers here care to much about how much money a company has raised,…

  • How to Backup Your WordPress Blog to Dropbox

    Backing up your desktop is one thing but for many of us that use WordPress we need to keep regular backups of our WordPress database and files in the unfortunate case our WordPress website is hacked, our web host crashes or we somehow delete everything. One tool that many of us use everyday is Dropbox…

  • Dropbox vs. GDrive

    Dropbox with 25 million plus users could soon have another serious contender in the online storage industry and what a competitor, Google. It appears that the mysterious Google GDrive could soon be a reality and it will be offering many of the same functions as Dropbox.   Dropbox GDrive * Operating System Windows, Mac& Linux…

  • Personal Cloud Servers

    Dropbox has had a few problems lately with upsetting users with a couple terms of service changes and then they had that problem with allowing people access without a password. These problems have made a lot of Dropbox users to start looking at alternatives to using Dropbox. Another option that many people are looking at…

  • Dropbox Authentication Bug

    TechCrunch has an interesting post about a recent Dropbox security issue that made it possible for people to login to any Dropbox account with only an email address and no password! This issue existed for roughly four hours, from 1:54 PM PDT and was fixed at 5:46 PM PDT. The Dropbox blog has a short,…

  • Dropbox Blackberry App

    Good news for Blackberry smartphone lovers and Dropbox users, Dropbox now has a Blackberry Dropbox app available! Users will be able to do the typical things that the mobile Dropbox apps do, mainly: Bring your files with you when you’re on the go Easily upload your photos and videos to Dropbox Share freely with family…

  • Dropbox Hits 25 Millions Users, 200 Million Files Per Day

    Dropbox continues to grow at an amazing rate. They recently announced that they have 25 million users worldwide and, according to TechCrunch, saves over 200 million files a day.   Dropbox is a great application that I recommend to people. I use it to sync files between my laptop and desktop everyday. I also use…

  • Dropbox Alternatives

    There is no doubt that Dropbox is a leader in online storage and files sync between computers. What makes Dropbox so good is that it is simple. Install the application on the computers you want to sync files between, login and it just works. As good as Dropbox is there are some excellent altenatives available…