Dropbox

Dropbox drops 16% of staff, points finger at hard-up customers and AI

We've progressed from blaming this kinda thing on millennials, immigrants, China, woke libs, etc

AI + ML27 Apr 2023 | 34

Microsoft mucks with PrtScr key for first time in decades

In Windows 11 it'll soon default to the Snipping Tool. And that's just fine with users, right?

OSes13 Apr 2023 | 64

Dropbox admits 130 of its private GitHub repos were copied after phishing attack

Personal info and data safe, stolen code not critical, apparently

Cyber-crime01 Nov 2022 | 2

Indian government issues confidential infosec guidance to staff – who leak it

Bans VPNs, Dropbox, and more

Security20 Jun 2022 | 13

Dropbox unplugged its own datacenter – and things went better than expected

Two years of disaster planning massively reduced recovery time objective, company says

On-Prem27 Apr 2022 | 15

Dropbox absorbs DocSend to add analytics, secure links to document sharing

Cloud biz pays $165m to create full file workflow system

SaaS09 Mar 2021 | 3

Dropbox basically decimates workforce, COO logs off: Cloud biz promises to be 'more efficient and nimble'

CEO says he is 'truly sorry for painful but necessary' cuts

SaaS13 Jan 2021 | 65

Cloudflare, Dropbox, Reddit and friends launch Section 230 compromise coalition as change seems inevitable

De-FAAMG'd tech outfits fear being steamrolled

Personal Tech15 Dec 2020 | 1

Don't forget to brush your teeth, WFH staff told as Dropbox drops the office, declares itself 'virtual first'

But is remote working less productive?

On-Prem14 Oct 2020 | 19

Guilty: Russian miscreant who hacked LinkedIn, Dropbox, Formspring, stole 200-million-plus account records

Yevgeniy Nikulin faces up to 10 years in a US cooler

Security14 Jul 2020 | 10

Dropbox attempts to muscle into password manager market with passphrase wrangler, document vault

Another set of ideas from storage firm – but can it pull it off this time?

SaaS16 Jun 2020 | 16

San Francisco trial of Russian bloke extradited and accused of hacking LinkedIn, Dropbox, Formspring stalls again amid pandemic lockdown

Case that has rumbled on since 2016 may have to be started again from scratch

Security28 Apr 2020 | 4

Dropbox Paper: Handy for collaborating... oh and harvesting email addresses, too

'We understand the concerns' says Dropbox (not enough to change how it works, though)

SaaS26 Sep 2019 | 15

Dropbox CEO: I will make your worklife a calmer experience

Analysis By hiding most of the emails you get

SaaS26 Sep 2019 | 34

Dropbox reinvents itself as a collaborative workspace – no, not the WeWork kind (phew)

File storage company launches new Spaces service

SaaS25 Sep 2019 | 14

Dropbox would rather write code twice than try to make C++ work on both iOS and Android

Write once, run anywhere? You must be joking

Software16 Aug 2019 | 125

Palo Alto gateway security alert, FSB hack, scourge of data-stealing web plugins, and more

Roundup A summary of computer security news for you, delivered rapid-fire-style

Security21 Jul 2019 | 12

Meet the new Dropbox: It's like the old Dropbox, but more expensive, and not everyone's thrilled

Collaboration toys, ransomware protection and a 20% price hike

Storage13 Jun 2019 | 53

This move by Dropbox will reduce users' files to tiers: Rarely, regularly accessed data now kept separate

Not all documents are created, er, stored equal

SaaS07 May 2019 | 23

Dropbox plans to drop encrypted Linux filesystems in November

Updated Penguinistas mobilise against decision to support only EXT4

OSes14 Aug 2018 | 65

What ends with X and won't sue security researchers?

Netflix lures bounty-hunters, Dropbox offers vulnerability research safe harbour

Security22 Mar 2018 | 3

Will the stock market drop Dropbox like it's hot? Numbers say no

Analysis Profits likely this year, unlike some competitors

Storage08 Mar 2018 | 11

Dropbox to let Google reach inside it and rummage about

Create and store GDocs in Dropbox, with admin policies preserved

SaaS02 Mar 2018 | 11

DropEverything! DropBox DropsDocs to DropStocks

Cloud file system upstart files for IPO

SaaS23 Feb 2018 | 8

Users clutch refilled Box boxen after 'empty' folder panic

Customers couldn't see sync 'n' share files

Storage15 Jan 2018 | 25

Shhh! DropBox 'quietly files' for IPO

Are you getting that syncing feeling?

Storage12 Jan 2018 | 15

Dropbox thinks outside the … we can't go there, not when a box becomes a 'collection of surfaces'

Logowatch 'Pairing colours, type and imagery' is the new creativity, apparently

On-Prem04 Oct 2017 | 34

Box labelled best collaborator ... of content – Gartner mages

That's biz file sync and share, but rebranded, natch

Storage28 Jul 2017 |

File sharers Dropbox latest US tech startup to stick toe in IPO waters

Stock market launches can be hazardous to your value

Storage03 Jul 2017 | 5

Can sync-n-sharer Egnyte's foray into datagov fuel growth?

Analysis Firm seeks workaround to more VC cash

SaaS11 Apr 2017 |

Controversial opinion alert: Privacy and the public cloud – not just possible, but easy

My files belong to me – and it's getting easier to protect them

SaaS01 Mar 2017 | 16

Dropbox: Oops, yeah, we didn't actually delete all your files – this bug kept them in the cloud

Biz apologizes after years-old data mysteriously reappears

SaaS24 Jan 2017 | 45

How do file store-and-share firms avoid that sinking syncing feeling?

Interview Oh EFSS, they'd better spread sideways. That's the impression we got from one

Storage11 Jan 2017 |

Yep. Bitcasa's called it quits

Analysis Underfunded biz knocked out

Storage06 Jan 2017 | 10

Dropbox upgrade adds nice bits for sysadmins

POPs dropped into DCs for better performance and local peering

SaaS17 Nov 2016 | 3

Naughty UK Google cloud users can now be sued by Chocolate Factory in England

CMA beams: Look what we've done for consumer rights!

Channel04 Nov 2016 | 4

LinkedIn, Dropbox hack suspect named as Yevgeniy Nikulin by US prosecutors

Russia hoping to block accused miscreant's extradition

Security24 Oct 2016 | 13

Google, Dropbox the latest US tech giants to sign up to the Privacy Shield

Queued up to self-certify

Channel28 Sep 2016 | 7

Data-updater CTERA handed $25m: Overheated sector could get NASty

Cloud storage gateway and NAS? Getting crowded in there

Storage19 Sep 2016 | 1

Dropbox apologies for clunky administrator account access on Macs

Users kind of, almost told just how deep Dropbox goes into their accounts

Security13 Sep 2016 | 11

Dropbox: Leaked DB of 68 million account passwords is real

Login details are strongly hashed and date back to 2012

Security31 Aug 2016 | 28

If you haven't changed your Dropbox password for 4 years, do so now

Firm says mandatory reset is linked to 2012 LinkedIn mega-breach

SaaS26 Aug 2016 | 25

Microsoft's kinder, gentler collaboration war: Evernote, you're first

It's all fun and games till a little wizard appears

Software22 Aug 2016 | 47

Keep on trucking: Dropbox's Magic Pocket and the curse of the loading bay

Want to build a storage cloud? How many trucks can you unload in a day?

On-Prem17 Jun 2016 | 4

Google Ventures-backed sync-'n'-share firm changes direction. Got your attention?

Tires of that syncing feeling, hatches new plan

Storage09 Jun 2016 | 1

Dropbox gets all up in your kernel with Project Infinite. Cue uproar

What do you people want? You said we weren't fast enough!

Channel26 May 2016 | 75

Box and Dropbox seek expansion via IBM, AWS – and Facebook

Integration and geo-specific file location at your fingertips

On-Prem12 Apr 2016 | 3

Cloudera's valuation slashed by Fidelity amid IPO fail fears

Gobble down your bubble and peak, unicorns

Channel31 Mar 2016 | 2

Speaking in Tech: Dropbox says buh-bye to AWS, goes private

Podcast Plus: Obama crashed SXSW. As you do

SaaS16 Mar 2016 |

Dropbox slips 500PB into its Magic Pocket, not spread over AWS

Shifts 90% of your files from Amazon to in-house systems

SaaS14 Mar 2016 | 22

Sight for sore eyes: Dropbox lands on Win 10 with iris recognition

File sharing app arrives on Microsoft's tricky new OS

Storage22 Jan 2016 | 21

Storage in 2016: Could abandonware claims come to the fore?

Storagebod blog Object storage ready to make it big

Storage01 Jan 2016 | 7

Dropbox tells Mailbox and Carousel users to get their affairs in order

Both services set for shutdown in first quarter 2016

SaaS07 Dec 2015 | 18

Dropbox DROPS BOX as service GOES TITSUP worldwide

Finger trouble? Firm blames routine maintenance on downtime cockup

SaaS30 Aug 2015 | 30

Dropbox adds USB two factor authentication for paranoid Chrome users

Advanced phishers leave with still baited hooks.

Security13 Aug 2015 | 7

Imperva demos cloudy man-in-the-middle attack

Put down the club, you don't need to get a password

Channel07 Aug 2015 | 3