The Days of emailing files and pictures to yourself are over now, because of dropbox.
Dropbox, a free service that lets people bring their documents,
photos, and videos anywhere and share them easily, today announced an
even easier way for people to instantly share the things that matter
most, with just a link. Now documents, photos, and videos can be shared
simply by creating and sending a link to friends, family, or colleagues,
whether they are Dropbox users or not.
"We're always looking for ways to make life easier and solve the
basic problems people face everyday," said Drew Houston, CEO and
co-founder of Dropbox. "Sending files has always been a painful process,
but now with Dropbox, sharing with friends, family, and colleagues is
effortless."
Dropbox links allow people to easily view documents, photos, and
videos in a beautiful full-browser display without any setup. Business
presentations, home movies, and even entire folders can be opened and
viewed instantly without having to sign in, download anything, or open
files separately.
How it works
From the Dropbox desktop, web, and mobile applications, the "Get
link" button generates a unique link to a file or folder. The link can
then be quickly sent to another person. For Dropbox users, opening a
link will provide the option to instantly save the file to their
Dropbox.
"Today we're excited to add instant sharing to Dropbox," said
Jeff Bartelma, Director of Products. "We've simplified the process of
sending files to just a few seconds and eliminated the need for email
attachments."
Dropbox was founded in 2007 by
Drew Houston and Arash Ferdowsi, two MIT students tired of emailing
files to themselves to work from more than one computer.
Today, more than 50 million people across every continent use
Dropbox to always have their stuff at hand, share with family and
friends, and work on team projects.
For more information, please visit www.dropbox.com/links/features.
Sounds like quite the idea, will surely have to check it out as it could make things easier.
ReplyDeleteyeah, the most appealing thing about it is that you can use it on your smartphone too
ReplyDeleteThis is a great resource, I remember one time I had to use a power point for class and I sent it to my email but when I opened my email, it was displayed on the overhead projector and there was some personal stuff in there I didn't want everyone reading. Kind of embarrassing, so this is great.
ReplyDeleteI use Dropbox for sharing photos. It's such an easy way to share files. I highly recommend it! Plus, it's free! :)
ReplyDeleteDropbox is a really good service but it still doesn't do in image text search the way Evernote has been doing for years
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