14 DAY TRIAL // Dropbox is on a roll these day and has made plenty of announcements to last the company for a while.
On one hand, the company has launched a brand new mobile app and service called Carousel, which was built to help you sync the photographs on your devices to your Dropbox account. Then, the company has finally introduced the ability to connect Dropbox for Business accounts to personal ones, something that’s been in the works for months.
The company’s Mailbox has already gotten some attention as the company said it would introduce new Android and OS X desktop versions. Lastly, Dropbox has added Condoleezza Rice as a board member, which is quite a controversial naming, considering her view on wiretaps.
Carousel is basically Dropbox taking one of its features and turning it into an app – one that will automatically synchronize photos taken from your phone to the account. They instantly become available on all platforms, which made things a bit difficult for regular Dropbox users.
With the help of this brand new app, you’ll be able to view photos and videos separately, although they’ll still be accessible through the Dropbox account, just as they’ve been up until now.
As mentioned, the much-awaited feature that enables users of Business accounts on Dropbox to link in their personal accounts is finally here. The service has been in beta for a few months, but the company has decided that the time has come to let it loose into the wild. From now on, those who use Dropbox at their workplace on specific accounts will be able to link them to their personal ones so they can have access to the content there from the same apps.
Mailbox is also getting some cool new apps for Android and OS X. Up until now, the service had only been available on iOS, but the email app is now spreading its wings and heading over to more platforms. Mailbox isn’t exactly a project born and bred over at Dropbox, but rather an acquisition that the company made last year. Even so, the company has given it enough attention to make sure it grows and becomes useful to all types of users.
Lastly, as mentioned, Dropbox has reportedly added Condoleezza Rice as a board member. She is former United States secretary of state and national security advisor and in her roles, she’s made quite a few statements that don’t necessarily show she’s a good match for Dropbox, including some about wiretapping. On the other hand, Rice will provide some much-needed guidance to enter international markets given her vast experience with diplomacy.
Rice’s firm RiceHadleyGates had already been an active advisor to Dropbox so, in the end, her naming as board member isn’t exactly a shocker.
Dropbox has also made some more executive changes by naming Sujay Jaswa as the new chief financial officer and Google’s Dennis Woodside as the new COO.