Dropbox snares HelloSign for $230M, gets workflow and eSignature

Dropbox announced today that it has purchased HelloSign, a company that provides lightweight document workflow and eSignature services. The company paid a hefty $230 million for the privilege. Dropbox’s SVP of engineering, Quentin Clark, sees this as more than simply bolting on electronic signature functionality to the Dropbox solution. For him, the workflow capabilities that […] Continue reading Dropbox snares HelloSign for $230M, gets workflow and eSignature

How to secure your cloud file storage with 5 simple tricks

File hosting / cloud storage services today are a dime a dozen. Players in this vertical constantly top each other with free storage offerings, business features, and custom plans, all designed to cater to every possible audience. But they all have one… Continue reading How to secure your cloud file storage with 5 simple tricks

Facebook denies sharing private messages without user knowledge

Facebook hit back at press reports this week that highlighted a deep network of privileged data-sharing partnerships between the social media company and other large organisations. Continue reading Facebook denies sharing private messages without user knowledge

How Just Opening A Site In Safari Could Have Hacked Your Apple macOS

Earlier this week Dropbox team unveiled details of three critical vulnerabilities in Apple macOS operating system, which altogether could allow a remote attacker to execute malicious code on a targeted Mac computer just by convincing a victim into visi… Continue reading How Just Opening A Site In Safari Could Have Hacked Your Apple macOS

Dropbox strengthens security ecosystem with Google Cloud Identity and expanded partnerships

Dropbox strengthened its global collaboration platform by announcing partnerships and integrations that will give Dropbox Business customers access to security features they’ve been asking for. Business collaboration today happens everywhere, in and ou… Continue reading Dropbox strengthens security ecosystem with Google Cloud Identity and expanded partnerships

Dropbox expands Paper into planning tool with timelines

Dropbox has been building out Paper, its document-driven collaboration tool since it was first announced in 2015, slowly but surely layering on more functionality. Today, it added a timeline feature, pushing beyond collaboration into a light-weight project planning tool. Dropbox has been hearing that customers really need a way to plan with Paper that was lacking. […] Continue reading Dropbox expands Paper into planning tool with timelines