Qualcomm's Paul Jacobs joins Dropbox board
The file-sharing company has faced declining valuation amid a fast-changing market and needs help navigating the tougher times.
Mossberg: The Cloud Loophole
Your iPhone may be nearly impermeable, but its online backup isn’t.
Startup DirectShare Aims to Shake Up Enterprise File-Sharing
When the file you want to share is really big, why bother with the cloud?
Re/wind: Washington's War on Encryption, Yahoo's Uncertain Future and More
Hillary Clinton, President Obama and others turn up the heat on tech.
The Challenge of Being a One-Trick Pony
I'm talking to you, GoPro, Fitbit and Dropbox.
In Retrenchment, Dropbox Closes Down Mailbox and Carousel Photo Services
To break it down more simply, not enough people were using either offering.
One of Snapchat's Latest Investors Just Downgraded Its Valuation by 25 Percent
It's not the only one to have its valuation questioned in recent months.
Danny Rimer, Early Dropbox Backer and 'Board Observer,' Leaves Board
It may be a sign of internal turmoil in the leadership.
Dropbox Announces Dropbox Enterprise and New Sales Partnerships
Today's announcements were all about wooing more business customers.
Dropbox Lands Arizona State as Enterprise Customer, Hires Education Unit Head
A new focus on higher education in the cloud.
Iranian-American Tech Execs, Investors Support Nuclear Deal
"Solving problems through communication is better for the world than conflict," they write in an open letter.
Dropbox Hires Head of Product, Todd Jackson From Twitter
Jackson has the tech equivalent of an Ivy League degree, having done tours of duty at Google and Facebook.
Dropbox Hires Its First Head of Sales, Longtime Microsoft Executive Thomas Hansen
Thomas Hansen's international experience made him a choice candidate for Dropbox.
Google Talent Departs for Unicorn Herd
For over-comfortable execs nostalgic for those startup days, the thrill is too much to resist.
Google's Neal Mohan Expected to Move to Dropbox to Head Product
Another top exec departs the search giant.
Dropbox Pro Will Come Bundled With the OnePlus One Phone
In a bid to hook more customers into using its paid version, Dropbox has teamed up with Chinese phone maker OnePlus. Starting June 10 in North America and Europe, the 64 gigabyte OnePlus One phone will temporarily sell for $349, with a one-year...
Digging Into My Digital Past Using Timehop and Facebook
Want to look back at your digital past each day? Timehop and Facebook's On This Day make this simple. Just keep in mind that some memories may be better off forgotten.
The New Google Photos: Free at Last, and Very Smart
I’ve been testing the new Google Photos for about a week, and despite a few drawbacks, I consider it the best photo backup-and-sync cloud service I’ve tested.
Dropbox iOS App Will Soon Let You Create and Edit Word Documents
Cloud storage company Dropbox released version 3.9 of its iOS app today and previewed a few upcoming features. Starting today, the home screen of the app will show users their most recently opened or uploaded files. In a few weeks’ time, people...
To Make Breast and Ovarian Cancer Tests More Affordable, Color Genomics Raises $15 Million
Ever heard of BRCA1 and BRCA2? You should.
Re/code Welcomes Carmel DeAmicis to Demystify the 'Unicorns' of Tech
She's here to tame those mythical beasts and give you the real story behind them.
Dropbox Replaces Insider CFO With Former Motorola Executive
The big question now: When is the IPO for the storage phenom?
Native Ad Startup Sharethrough Adds Dropbox General Counsel to Board
Ramsey Homsany, the general counsel at online storage company Dropbox, has joined the board of directors at Sharethrough, a startup that’s trying to build a network for “native advertisers” — marketing made to look like a site’s regular content....
Yahoo Was the GE of the Internet
The first great Internet company served as the breeding ground for the Web's first wave of leading executives.
What's the Matter With Boston Tech?
Why does Greater Boston keep losing its consumer tech startups? And does it really matter?
Boston Is an Innovation Hotbed and Doesn't Care Whether You Know It
Greater Boston doesn’t always get to take a bow, but its engineers built much of the modern tech world -- and its scientists are saving lives.
Dropbox Hires Head of People Ops From Google, Arden Hoffman
She arrives at Dropbox at a time when it has 1,000 employees, having doubled in both of the past two years.
Microsoft Office Gets New Storage and Sharing Features in Dropbox Deal
Thirty-five billion Office files stored in the Dropbox cloud creates an opportunity.
Dropbox Names a Few Enterprise Customers in the Media Biz
A not-so-subtle shot at rival Box.
The People Who Make the Internet Safe for Use, Dropbox vs. San Francisco and More #Mustreads
The lives of social media content moderators, the story of gentrification in San Francisco as told by a soccer field and more.
Code/red: Google Chairman Would Like to Direct European Union’s Attention to Amazon
Plus, poor Mark Zuckerberg, what happened to Windows 9 and the iOS Autocomplete Song.
Dropbox Says No Hacking Involved in Leak of Passwords
The credentials are real, but harvested from other services and outdated, Dropbox says.