Dropbox to shut down Mailbox and Carousel apps in early 2016

Dropbox has announced that it will pull the plug on Mailbox email client and the Carousel photo app. The former app will be shutdown in February 2016 while the latter will go off air in March 2016.

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iOS users can now edit PDFs stored on Dropbox

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Adobe and Dropbox had announced a partnership last month to make PDFs more simpler to use and make it more accessible to the user. Today, the fruit of the said partnership has now been announced as iOS users can now edit PDFs on their devices that are stored on Dropbox.

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Dropbox introduces new team feature for easier collaboration

Dropbox has unveiled a new feature dubbed as team that is aimed for both Basic and Pro users. The team feature is designed to encourage project collaboration and management for work-related files on the Dropbox platform.

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Dropbox gets support for iOS 9, 3D Touch and more in latest update

Dropbox has updated its iOS app with a number of new features that helps getting to your files simpler and quicker. The app that is bumped to version 4.0 takes advantage of the latest features on iOS 9.

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Latest Dropbox update lets you drag and drop URLs, check them later on web and apps

Dropbox has received an update that lets users drag and drop URLs. This essentially means that you can now save links in Dropbox on the web, desktop, and mobile and catch them later as webpages on any device where you use Dropbox.

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Dropbox gets USB key for two factor authentication

With an aim to further strengthen account security, Dropbox has added support for Universal 2nd Factor (U2F) security keys as for two-factor login. Security keys provide stronger defense against credential theft attacks like phishing.

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Dropbox v3.0 brings along Material Design for Android app

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Dropbox has been adapting Google’s Material Design UI elements into its application over the last few releases. The beta releases since v2.6 have progressively introduced the design language. Today, the company has bumped up the application to version 3.0 and is rolling out the updated design to all users. Continue reading “Dropbox v3.0 brings along Material Design for Android app”

CloudPlayer for Android lets you stream music from Google Drive, Dropbox and OneDrive

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The developers at doubletwist have come up with a new app called CloudPlay that lets you stream music from your Google Drive, Dropbox and OneDrive accounts. It is aimed at freeing users from the various limitations that come with other cloud based music players.

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Dropbox for iOS gets file comments, document creation and more

Dropbox has added a couple of new important features for its iOS app that includes file commenting, recent tabs and more. The file storage company has been strengthening its integration with Microsoft even further in this update.

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Dropbox update adds ability to open shared links on Android and iOS

Dropbox has updated is mobile apps on Android and iOS that allows users to open shared links directly in the mobile app. When you open a shared link on your mobile device while running the latest version of Dropbox, you will be able to open the file or folder directly inside the app, giving you a full view of documents and photos.

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Dropbox ropes in former Motorola Mobility Exec Vanessa Wittman as CFO

Dropbox has appointed Vanessa Wittman as new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Vanessa joins Dropbox from Motorola Mobility, where she served as SVP and CFO following its acquisition by Google.

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