ĭropbox acquires Mailbox, a sleek email platform specifically for mobile users. ĭropbox acquires Snapjoy, which provides a service for aggregating, archiving and viewing all digital photographs taken with cameras, phones, or popular photo applications. ĭropbox announces plans to establish its first international office in Dublin, Ireland. ĭropbox announces it reaches 100 million users. It is viewed as a move against Google's recently launched Google Drive and Microsoft's OneDrive. Users will be given up to 3 GB (initially 5 GB) extra space to accommodate the photographs and videos uploaded in this fashion, but the space is permanently added to the user's allowance and is not restricted to pictures. ĭropbox announces a new feature allowing users to automatically upload photographs or videos from camera, tablet, SD card, or smartphone. The error was caused by an authentication code update. This was later widely reported in the mainstream press and caused some doubt about Dropbox's 'cloud' technology model. TechCrunch reports that all Dropbox accounts could be accessed without password for four hours. ĭropbox announces that it has been blocked by the Chinese government. Drew Houston cuts the pitch short and says that Dropbox is determined to stay independent. Steve Jobs approaches Drew Houston and suggests that Drew Houston sell Dropbox. ĭropbox acquires the domain for $300,000 in cash. It also announces storage pricing tiers, with 50 GB Dropbox for $9.99/month, or $99.99/year. ĭropbox launches to the public, allowing anyone to get 2 GB of free storage. This helped its beta waiting list expand from 5,000 people to 75,000 people literally overnight. SpiderOak – an online backup and file hosting service that allows users to access, synchronize and share data using a cloud-based server – is launched.ĭropbox creates a 3-minute video demonstration of its technology as it is meant to work, which is posted to Digg. Microsoft launches Windows Live SkyDrive (later OneDrive), which also provides users with free storage.

ĭropbox is founded by MIT students Drew Houston and Arash Ferdowsi, as a startup company from the American seed accelerator Y Combinator.

This is a timeline of online file storage and collaboration service Dropbox.īox.com, an online file sharing and content management service for businesses, is launched.

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