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Tag: file sharing

30Mar By PriyankaNo Comments
ACQUISITION

Dropbox to Acquire DocSend for $165 Million

SAN FRANCISCO, 03/30/2021-- Dropbox, Inc. (NASDAQ: DBX) to acquire DocSend, a secure document sharing, and analytics company with more than 17,000 customers for $165 Million. “Given the dramatic rise in remote work, there’s increased demand for digital tools that help people organize their content and seamlessly collaborate with each other,” said Dropbox Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Drew Houston. “DocSend is a perfect complement to our product roadmap and we’re thrilled to welcome them to our team. By bringing Dropbox, HelloSign, and DocSend together, we’ll be able to offer a full suite of secure, self-serve products to help them manage critical document workflows from start to finish.” As work becomes more distributed, effective collaboration with external parties feels ...
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Indian Govt blocks file sharing website WeTransfer
1Jun By PriyankaNo Comments
INDIA

Indian Govt blocks file sharing website WeTransfer

New Delhi, May 30: The Indian government has ordered internet service providers to block the computer file-sharing website WeTransfer due to security reasons. However, the security reason has not been disclosed but as per our analysis, the situation could be connected with the Pakistan agency spying case in India. The order issued by the Department of Telecom on May 18 directed all ISP to block two download links on the Dutch website WeTransfer and also the entire website. 'Delhi Police had requested the IT ministry to block two download links and the entire We Transfer website immediately. Following which orders were issued to the website and links suggested by the Delhi Police,' an official source said. Meity asked the DoT to direct internet service providers to block the web...
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Mozilla Launches Free & Encrypted File sharing service Firefox Send
13Mar By NitishNo Comments
Tech

Mozilla Launches Free & Encrypted File sharing service Firefox Send

One of the leading browser community Mozilla launched free and encrypted file sharing service Firefox Send. The service will accessible in all browsers at send.firefox.com. Mozilla starts working on Firefox Send in 2017. Send is a free encrypted file transfer service that allows users to safely and simply share files from any browser. Additionally, Send will also be available as an Android app in beta later this week.  All files uploaded to Mozilla's servers are encrypted, said mozilla team. Send uses end-to-end encryption to keep your data secure from the moment you share to the moment your file is opened. It also offers security controls that you can set. You can choose when your file link expires, the number of downloads, and whether to add an optional password for an ext...
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SHAREit Becomes Model Case of a Company’s Rise in India
27Jun By AnkitaNo Comments
News

SHAREit Becomes Model Case of a Company’s Rise in India

Investors and entrepreneurs are always looking for opportunities in a booming market regardless of what stage of development that market is in. From China more than a decade ago to India nowadays, industry leaders have always kept an eye on the Asian market, while India has replaced China as the market with the most potential and become a new driver of global economic growth. Entrepreneurs from across the world are competing in India's internet market. As a result, companies that deliver quality products to India's immense number of consumers are building and consolidating a leading position in the global market. SHAREit is one such case. From gaining 1 billion users worldwide within five years, to appearing on Google Play's homepage over 700 times and claiming the number one spot on...
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SHAREit’s Global Users Surpass One Billion
30Mar By AnkitaNo Comments
News

SHAREit’s Global Users Surpass One Billion

On March 16, 2017, SHAREit announced that its global user number surpassed one billion, including over 300 million internet users contributed by India, and more than 60% were Indian netizens. Up to now, SHAREit has already covered over 200 nations with monthly active users of nearly 400 million. Consistently ranking No.1 in the GooglePlay Popular Tool List among 33 nations and No.1 in the AppStore Productivity Rating among 62 nations. More than 700 million documents are distributed through SHAREit every day. It has a huge potential of crunching big data. Along with the technological development from Internet to mobile Internet, the world is even more interconnected. But in the current stage, India is facing a lot of obstacles. Among them, the comprehensive construction of internet in...
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Aditya Agarwal Promoted as a CTO of Dropbox
23Oct By NitishNo Comments
News

Aditya Agarwal Promoted as a CTO of Dropbox

Aditya Agarwal, Dropbox current VP of Engineering, will be taking on the role of CTO, the file sharing company said in a press release. In this new position, Aditya will lead Dropbox, a file hosting service, innovation efforts while continuing to manage our world-class product engineering team. Arash Ferdowsi, the co-founder of the company, who’s served as CTO to date, will continue to focus his day-to-day activities on helping Dropbox scale as a company and business. Aditya Agarwal has played an instrumental role in building products like Dropbox Business, Dropbox Enterprise, Dropbox Paper, and Dropbox Infinite. He’s also scaled our engineering team from 20 to hundreds of people across multiple locations. Aditya joined Dropbox through the acquisition of Cove, a company focused on build...
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