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Category: Dropbox

  • Dropbox vs. Bitcasa

    Dropbox vs. Bitcasa

    Overview   Feature Bitcasa Dropbox Tied Operating System and Desktop Client Free Account and Storage Paid Storage API Access Sharing Number of Computers Encryption File Sync Backing Up Mobile Apps Web Access Totals 2 6 3 Winner Dropbox Sign Up forBitcasa Sign Up forDropbox Update #1: This post was written before Bitcasa announced new pricing…

  • Carbonite vs. Dropbox

    At one time comparing Carbonite and Dropbox would have been pointless since they both solved different problems. Carbonite solved the backup problem and Dropbox solved a storage and sync problem. Previously if you needed a backup solution Carbonite would have been a clear winner between the two and if you needed a storage or sync…

  • Dump Dropbox for Dump Truck

    I was reading through my RSS feeds today, yes I still use and like RSS feeds despite what Google thinks, and I noticed an interesting story from TorrentFreak. It seems the founders of Golden Frog, who also run a cloud storage service called Dump Truck, have created a website called Dump Dropbox.   The Dump…

  • 10 Free Cloud Storage Options More Secure than Dropbox

    10 Free Cloud Storage Options More Secure than Dropbox

    People love Dropbox, it is easy to use to sync, share and keep your data in the cloud. The fact that it offers 2GB of free storage space is great, but Dropbox does some of its magic at the expense of encryption. You can use other products on top of Dropbox to encrypt and secure…

  • Dropbox Updates Desktop Client

    Dropbox Updates Desktop Client

    I opened my feed reader this afternoon and every other post was about the fact that Dropbox has updated their desktop client. First there was the post from the official Dropbox blog, then The Verge post, then TechCrunch and last was Lifehacker. Now I am going to add to the Dropbox list. The major change…

  • Dropbox Security Update

    I realize I am roughly two weeks behind in following up on this story but wanted to make sure people know the latest on the Dropbox spam problem. The last I wrote was that Dropbox had not found any evidence of security breach. On July 31st though Dropbox finally wrote a post on their blog…

  • Dropbox Reports No Security Breach Found Yet

    Dropbox has been investigating the spam being sent to Dropbox users but has so far found no evidence of a security breach in their systems. The information was posted on the Dropbox forum yesterday.   We wanted to give everyone another update on our investigation into the reports of spam. – As of today, we‚Äôve…

  • Possible Dropbox Security Breach

    Dropbox users have been reporting getting spam sent to the email address that they use only for their Dropbox account. Dropbox is officially looking into the incident but has still not stated if they have officially had a data breach or not. This is not the first problem for Dropbox and being the most popular…

  • Dropbox Announces New Storage Plans

    One of the consistent critizisms I have of Dropbox is the pricing plans they simply were to expensive for the amount of space you got. Considering there are less expensive alternatives out there like SugarSync, Google Drive and SpiderOak paying for Dropbox storage seemed like a bad idea. Well today Dropbox has announced new storage…

  • Dropbox Referral Space Doubled!

    Dropbox Referral Space Doubled!

    Yesterday Dropbox announced on their blog that the free referral space that you could earn from sending new people to sign up with Dropbox has been doubled. Not only will you and the person you refer now earn 500MB for free space instead of the previous 250MB of free space, but the total amount of…