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Facebook Groups Get File Sharing, It's No Dropbox More Like Gmail Attachments

Seeing that social networking isn't really paying the bills, Facebook has gotten into file sharing. Well, not really, but it is making file sharing a core feature of groups. The latest incarnation of Groups enables people to create a community around a common interest. They can share stuff inside the group and d...

11 May 2012
08:50 GMT

Download Dropbox Experimental 1.3.41

Progress on Dropbox Experimental continues, with new revisions popping up with the same frequency the developer has accustomed us with. Today, another forum build, 1.3.41, has been released for the file synchronization application. It is a maintenance release that does away with a very persistent issue that caused D...

24 April 2012
09:39 GMT

Dropbox Single-Handedly Destroys the Cyberlocker Industry

Dropbox made a very interesting announcement today, users can now share any file or folder with anyone, even non-users, via a simple shortlink. What this means is that people will be able to share files with friends and content creators with their fans with just a couple of simple steps. It may not seem like much of...

23 April 2012
17:51 GMT

You Can Now Share Any Dropbox File with Anyone via a Simple Link

Dropbox is introducing a very, very interesting feature, one that should signal the end of the cyberlockers of the world, the sooner the better, the ability to share a link to any of your files or folders with anyone, even people who are not using Dropbox. It's the easiest thing to do, just right-click on the f...

23 April 2012
10:06 GMT

Dropbox Experimental 1.3.39 Released

Work on Dropbox Experimental may seem like it has intensified lately, but build 1.3.39 that has been rolled out recently is the sixth version this month. Considering that the normal number of revisions per month for the application is around eight or nine, nothing is out of the ordinary. The latest build for the app...

23 April 2012
05:51 GMT

Dropbox Experimental 1.3.38 Released

The progress on Dropbox continues with the release of a new Experimental build, 1.3.38. As usual, the important changes are scanty but sufficient to mark a new step in the development of the application. Among the problems solved there is importing media from iPhone. This should no longer occur when using Windows XP...

20 April 2012
05:53 GMT

Facebook Debuts Groups for Schools with File Sharing

Facebook is going back to its roots, in a way, with the recently introduced Groups for Schools. As the name suggests, the feature is designed to make it easier for people that go to the same school to create groups. The way it does this is by only allowing people with the same .edu email address to join these groups...

12 April 2012
08:51 GMT

Dropbox Experimental 1.3.36 Available for Download

Dropbox shipped a new build for the Experimental release of their file sharing and synchronization product. Revision 1.3.36 continues to improve on the functionality and performance of the program. First on the list of changes in the latest release is better handling of photos taken in the same second. Further enhan...

12 April 2012
05:32 GMT

Download Air Sharing 3.0 for iPhone and iPad

Avatron Software has released version 3.0 of its popular file-sharing app for the iOS devices - Air Sharing. The new release is said to be the fastest ever!Air Sharing turns your iPhone, iPod touch or iPad into an external drive, making it dead-easy to view and move files on the go.In version 3.0, Avatron included a ...

10 April 2012
15:51 GMT

Dropbox Experimental 1.3.34 Available for Download

It looks like the Dropbox development team is hard at work, because they rolled out another release for Dropbox Experimental. Today’s build seems to contribute to the creation of a frequent release pattern, since this is the third update of the month. Build 1.3.34 of the application continues the aesthetic imp...

6 April 2012
09:47 GMT

Dropbox 1.3.31 Available for Download

It is not unusual for Dropbox Experimental to be updated twice in a single day. But build 1.3.31 of the application comes a day after the release of its predecessor and it introduces some new elements. The novelty in this revision is represented by two information screens. Both of them are inauspicious, as one is a...

5 April 2012
07:45 GMT

Dropbox Experimental 1.3.30 Available for Download

Dropbox released a new build for the Experimental version (1.3.30). There are very few notable changes available, most of them relating to its aesthetics on Windows. As such, Windows users should notice a splash screen when starting Dropbox and improved looks as far as the progress bar is concerned. The development...

4 April 2012
05:33 GMT

MegaUpload Closure Reigns Havoc on Some Sites, but It's a Heaven-Sent for Others

There are several reasons why the copyright-dependent industries piled on MegaUpload. For one, Kim Dotcom's flashy lifestyle made the company an easy target. It was also one of the biggest file-sharing sites out there and one that's been vilified by the entertainment industry for years, despite not filing a...

31 March 2012
08:51 GMT

Think Pirate Bay Flying Drones Are Sci-Fi? Think Again, They Already Exist

A couple of days ago, The Pirate Bay made a very interesting "announcement," it's thinking about a network of flying drones to act as servers for the site, making it even more resilient to attacks than it is now. The technology to do this already exists, but it's expensive and it doesn't scale. It won...

21 March 2012
12:24 GMT

UK ISPs Lose Appeal over Draconian File-Sharing Law

Media corporations have been trying to sneak past draconian copyright infringement laws in plenty of places around the world. Unfortunately, their attempts have actually been successful more often than not. One such law is the UK Digital Economy Act, which was rushed through Parliament with little discussion while t...

6 March 2012
11:33 GMT

MegaUpload Shutdown Had No Significant Impact on File Sharing, Surprising No One

MegaUpload was one of the world's largest websites, at least in terms of traffic. It was used by at least several tens of millions of people each month. Having it wiped out from the face of the web should have had a noticeable impact, traffic numbers across the web and the world should have dropped now that all ...

9 February 2012
08:31 GMT

Ukrainian File-Sharing Site Ex.ua Back Online

When most people believed that the popular Ukrainian file-sharing website ex.ua had the same fate as Megaupload after being closed down by local authorities with its domain name and servers seized, it turns out that the site’s administrators managed to unlock the domain and resumed work. According to Kyiv Post...

3 February 2012
03:21 GMT

Ukrainian Ex.ua File Hosting Site Closed by Police, 200 Servers Seized

Following the Megaupload closure, law enforcement agencies worldwide have begun following on the footsteps of US agencies, shutting down websites that were considered to store or share copyrighted materials. According to Kyiv Post, on January 31, Ukrainian police terminated the activity of a popular file hosting ser...

2 February 2012
10:02 GMT

MegaUpload Data Safe for Two More Weeks

MegaUpload users can breathe easy, for a while, their data is safe, though still inaccessible, for at least two more weeks. MegaUpload's attorney announced that the two companies that currently host MegaUpload data have agreed to store it for another two weeks giving the site time to fight the government and may...

31 January 2012
05:11 GMT

All MegaUpload Files May Be Permanently Deleted

The MegaUpload arrests are still making waves in the file-sharing world. Cyberlockers around the world are rethinking their business, sites that depended on them are left high and dry, while their users aren't sure about the future of their files. No one has it worse than MegaUpload users though, as the site ha...

30 January 2012
06:21 GMT

Anonymous Official Channels Say Anonyupload Is Fake

Since Megaupload was shut down, Anonymous hackers and their supporters began launching all sorts of attacks and protests against the US government and authorities. In the past few days, rumors started circulating about a file-sharing site run by Anonymous, raising controversy, but also the curiosity of many. The sit...

24 January 2012
04:26 GMT

Upload.To and FileSonic Take Measures Following Megaupload Closure

The owners of file-sharing websites are taking drastic measures to make sure they don’t end up just like Megaupload and its owners, blocking their sites to certain countries and even limiting their functionality. After the world and other file-sharing websites witnessed the power of US law enforcement agencies...

23 January 2012
05:20 GMT

Dropbox Experimental 1.3.6 Is Out

Dropbox has just released a new build for their test version of the synchronization client. The modifications in Dropbox Experimental 1.3.6 are generally focused on the photo import feature. Two of the changes are aimed at Mac users, as the current release of the application fixes the up/down arrow regression on Mac...

13 January 2012
03:34 GMT

Online Storage and File Hosting Site FileDEN Hacked, Users Exposed

A hacker, whose online moniker is xdev@b4lc4nh4ck, managed to breach FileDEN (fileden.com), a website that offers free online storage and file hosting services. More than 4,500 account details were published on Pastebin by the hacker who claims that this is not everything he managed to obtain as a result of the brea...

12 January 2012
05:37 GMT

Surreal Video Has Kanye West, Snoop Dogg and Kim Kardashian Singing About MegaUpload

In what has to be one of the most surreal videos to hit YouTube recently, and that's saying something, a bunch of well known, major music label-signed artists got together for a worthy cause.The cause in this case being MegaUpload, the very popular file sharing and cyber locker site. The same site that's be...

9 December 2011
16:41 GMT

Law Student Detained for Running File-Sharing Blog

Last week, the police detained a 19-year-old law student after the anti-piracy group RettighedsAlliancen informed them that he was running a blog in which he allegedly educated users on how to break copyright laws. Furthermore, according to TorrentFreak, they also suspected him of being the mastermind behind a mass...

22 November 2011
04:35 GMT

Dropbox Officially Unveils 'Dropbox for Teams'

A couple of weeks ago, Dropbox debuted the Dropbox for Teams tier intended for small companies and businesses which may want some additional features and guarantees from the cloud sync app.Dropbox for Teams comes with a minimum of 1TB of storage, to be shared between five users, for $795 or €497 a year. That...

8 November 2011
10:20 GMT

Experimental Dropbox 1.3.2 Available for Download

The latest experimental build for Dropbox shows nothing new, as it has been released only to fix tha xattr bug noticed in the previous version.Dropbox Experimental 1.3.2 mends a problem with extended file attributes (xattr) syncing when unlinking or relinking a computer. This is the only reason for pushing out this v...

2 November 2011
12:36 GMT

58-Year-Old Woman Sentenced for Sharing 45,000 Songs

A 58-year old woman from Sweden tried to convince judges that she didn't fully understand the concept of file sharing but they didn't buy it and sentenced her on probation, forcing her to pay a fine of $2,500 (1750 EUR). According to TorrentFreak, this is the largest personal file sharing case ever, the wo...

1 November 2011
14:21 GMT

Dropbox Drops New API for Mobile and Web, Adds Fine-Grained Access for Apps

Dropbox has made mobile developers, developers in general in fact a lot happier with the release of a brand new API. The new API is the first major update since it launched and there are plenty of highly requested things in there."We’re really excited to announce the launch of the Dropbox API for mobile and web...

22 October 2011
10:31 GMT

French 'Three-Strike' Piracy Law Used in Spam Campaign

French internauts are targeted in the latest spam campaign that roams the country, being falsely accused of copyright infringement. Because they could lose their internet connection, many might be tempted to quickly click the link contained in the message. Torrent Freak reveals an interesting scheme that's ba...

14 October 2011
13:11 GMT

RapidShare Hires Lobbyists to Fight Against PROTECT IP Act

RapidShare is no different from other file sharing services that are currently threatened by all sorts of agreements and bills adopted all over the world. Because they couldn't just let Washington stomp on their business, they hired lobbyists to fight for their rights. According to TorrentFreak, the PROTECT I...

7 October 2011
10:20 GMT

Batch Uploading to Over 20 Free Online Hosts

Sharing files online is no longer a problem given the increased bandwidth we benefit from today but, most importantly, the service that stores the bits in the cloud. With Neembuu Uploader, this becomes an even easier task, since the application is bent to send your data to multiple online storage services at once, wi...

30 September 2011
05:48 GMT

Pirate Bay Founders Launch File-Sharing 'Cyberlocker' Site Bayfiles (Screenshot Tour)

There's no shortage of cyberlocker sites out there. Most provide a terrible experience, cluttered with poor quality or deceitful ads and long wait times, but they've proven popular nonetheless. So much so that eight out of the top 10 file sharing sites on the web are cyberlockers. Now, two of the founders ...

30 August 2011
04:30 GMT

Cyberlockers Far More Popular than BitTorrent for File-Sharing (Top 10 Sites)

When most people think about file sharing, with a negative connotation, they think of BitTorrent. The protocol, used for sharing large files via a peer-2-peer network, has gotten a lot of bad reputation over the years. People using it have sued countless times and big BitTorrent related sites have come under fire as ...

29 August 2011
05:31 GMT

uTorrent Has 100 Million Users

In the world of file sharing BitTorrent is king and in the world of BitTorrent uTorrent is king. No surprise then that the BitTorrent client now has 100 million active users. It's the most popular client out there, by a fair margin, but the milestone also underlines that there is a huge market potential that Bit...

18 August 2011
12:06 GMT

Your Mac May Support Lion, but Not AirDrop

Using the Support area of its website, Apple is informing customers that one OS X Lion feature - AirDrop - will be supported only on relatively new hardware. “AirDrop is one of the great new features of Lion that provides a really easy way to share files between supported, Wi-Fi enabled Macs, without having...

1 August 2011
04:28 GMT

Download uTorrent 3.0 with Instant Streaming, Remote Web Control

After many months of waiting, or testing as the case may be, uTorrent 3.0 is finally here. The popular BitTorrent client comes with plenty of new features for power and casual users alike. Among the most touted new features are media streaming before finishing the download, a simple web interface for remote control a...

23 June 2011
12:05 GMT

Windows Phone Mango Comes with SkyDrive Integration

Windows Phone Mango, the next version of Microsoft's mobile operating system, is set to arrive on the market with a great deal of impressive features, some of which are related to SkyDrive, the Redmond-based software giant unveiled last month. Last week, the company unveiled additional details on this featu...

14 June 2011
14:21 GMT

Dropbox Partners with Softbank and Sony Ericsson to Bundle App

Dropbox has been doing great so far, the file-sharing, backup and sync app has been installed by 25 million people and their number is growing each day. It's the best known of the bunch of similar services, but the company is not stopping here, it partnered with Softbank and Sony Ericsson to promote the app with...

31 May 2011
10:21 GMT

Drag & Drop to Upload to Box.net

It is getting easier by the day to upload date into an online storage account. With SimpleShare from Box.net this procedure reaches the utmost simplicity level as dragging and dropping the data into its interface is all it takes to get them into your upload folder of your Box account. The application is not exactly...

27 May 2011
03:21 GMT

Dropbox Now Stores 100 Billion Files

Dropbox has its fair share of competitors, the cloud backup/sync space is rather crowded, but the company and its product have emerged as a clear winner, at least in terms of mind share. The key is focus and a simple product that does what it's supposed to without much fuss.The approach has been the right one, j...

24 May 2011
08:01 GMT

Drop It to Send It

Sending data over the Internet is no challenge at all these days, with all the file sharing and hosting services lined up to help you. imollo is one of them, and it aims to prove that it’s not all about the “who”, but also about the “how”, by considerably minimizing your effort to drag ...

24 April 2011
12:01 GMT

Download uTorrent 3.0 Beta - Video Streaming, Drag and Drop Sharing and More

The first beta of the highly anticipated uTorrent 3.0 has been released. Many of the new features have been in testing for quite some time now, but this is the first time uTorrent 3.0 has reached a state where it's mostly complete and ready for wide testing.uTorrent is the most popular BitTorrent client in the w...

20 April 2011
05:45 GMT

Dropbox Could End Up Making $100 Million in 2011

Dropbox is a great file-sharing service that anyone who's ever been in need of one has stumbled upon and likely loved. Not for lack of competition, Dropbox has continued to add plenty of new users in the four years it's been around and is now said to be on track to be making $100 million in revenue in 2011....

22 March 2011
08:30 GMT

Let a Genie Send Your Files

File sharing is not exactly a new idea and it is not like there aren’t already service you can appeal to in order to send data to a friend. SendGenie adds to the file sharing services and allows you to initiate the process by simply dragging your data to its interface. Currently the application is in beta stag...

9 March 2011
03:41 GMT

The Music Bay to Strike Fear at the Heart of the Recording Industry

The recording industry and The Pirate Bay don't really see eye to eye, to put it mildly. The industry's various rights groups have been trying to take down the site, with little success, for years. So the upcoming Music Bay, from the same people running The Pirate Bay, is probably going to get a few reactio...

24 January 2011
07:00 GMT

Dropbox 1.0 Lands with Selective Sync and Significantly Improved Performance

There are plenty of ways to share files with friends on the web and there are several to keep files across computers in sync. But Dropbox stands out, above all, thanks to its ease of use.And it's about to get even better with the launch of the Dropbox 1.0 client, a major release which brings a couple of new feat...

17 December 2010
06:20 GMT

Tribler 5.3 Removes the Need for a BitTorrent Search Engine

BitTorrent is labeled as one of the greatest peer-to-peer technology, and is certainly the most popular, yet the file-sharing protocol still relies on several centralized points for the users to either find the files they are looking for or each other. There have been several attempts at making BitTorrent less depend...

9 December 2010
06:17 GMT

Send up to 500MB Worth of Attachments to Multiple Recipients

Sending files to multiple recipients is no new concept. You can do this via email with no problem. But Zeta Uploader goes past the regular attachment size limitations and offers the advantage of delivering data of up to 500MB to more than one receiver, which is far more than what webmail currently offers. Sharing is...

8 December 2010
15:11 GMT


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