DropBox
Dropbox is a Web-based file hosting service that uses cloud computing to enable users to store and share files and folders with others across the Internet using file synchronization. There are both free and paid services, each with varying options. In comparison to similar services, Dropbox offers a relatively large number of user clients across a variety of desktop and mobile operating systems.
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2015. Dropbox now lets co-edit MS Office documents
A few years ago, when everyone thought the future of documents was online only, Dropbox came along and invented the idea of syncing a document across multiple devices. Now that everyone has come to terms with the fact that collaborative document editing requires an online editor like Google Docs, Dropbox offers a solution that takes the stress out of using familiar Word, Excel, and PowerPoint by simply installing a small collaboration plugin. This plugin, Dropbox badge, allows you to sync copies of the same document across your team's computers in real time. You can see who is currently working on a given document, determine whether you have the latest version, update to the latest version, and quickly send a link to the document to a colleague. This new feature will first be available in the business version of Dropbox for Business.
2014. Dropbox integrates with Microsoft Office
Microsoft and Dropbox announced a partnership that will see Dropbox better support Microsoft’s Office suite. The deal has four main parts: Quickly editing Office docs from the Dropbox mobile app; accessing Dropbox docs from Office apps; sharing Dropbox links of Office apps; and the creation of first-party Dropbox apps for Microsoft’s mobile offerings. No you can add your Dropbox account to Microsoft Word, Excel or PowerPoint mobile apps, navigate folders and files on Dropbox to view and edit in the native Office apps. In return, Dropbox will encourage its users to turn to Microsoft Office applications to edit and create their documents in the first place. Microsoft has another alliance with Box to ease co-existence of Office 365 and Box cloud storage and file sync software.
2014. Dropbox increased storage size for paid accounts to 1 TB
Dropbox can't yet completely lift cloud storage limits (as Google Drive and Box have done), but it's getting close. Dropbox has increased the maximum storage for Pro subscribers (costing $9.99) to 1 TB. Along with the plan update, the developers added password-based sharing controls, the ability to create shared links with expiration dates, and the ability to grant read-only access. Dropbox has also added additional security tools in case of loss of a device containing data. If a smartphone, tablet, or computer is stolen, the service's files can be remotely erased.
2012. Google launched Google Drive
After (just) six years after the first rumors appeared Google has launched the legendary file storage service Google Drive. And the first question is: why they created Google Drive as a separate service, when Google Docs is de-facto Google's online storage that can store any files? There is a couple of reasons. First, such file storage and sharing services (Dropbox and clones) is a very hot topic either in consumer or enterprise space. And the attention that Google can attract with the new app in this space is not a bad thing for the search giant. Second, Google Drive will serve as a file system not only for Google Docs, but also for other Google's services that operate files (GMail, Google +, Google Sites, Picasa ...). ***
