List: More than 50 companies set up engineering centers in Seattle region One of the biggest Seattle stories we’ve tracked at GeekWire recently is the arrival of the Silicon Valley tech giants.… Read More
Unicorn envy: Where is Seattle’s next billion-dollar idea? View image | gettyimages.com Once upon a time, there was an exclusive club that only allowed technology companies worth $1 billion… Read More
Facebook helps companies share security threat info with new platform Facebook launched a new platform today for companies to share information about security threats and work together to solve them.… Read More
Cloud powerhouse Dropbox reveals plans for Seattle engineering office [Update: Here’s the official announcement from Dropbox.] Dropbox, the San Francisco-based cloud storage and file sharing company, is planning to open… Read More
Microsoft, Apple and 7 other tech giants call for NSA reform before year’s end The year may be winding to a close, but a coalition of 9 tech companies want lawmakers in Washington, D.C.… Read More
Microsoft partners with cloud rival Dropbox on Office integration Microsoft and Dropbox announced a key partnership today that will allow Dropbox users to access their cloud-based files while using… Read More
News Brief Here’s how to deal with yesterday’s Dropbox password mess Yesterday, a cache claiming to hold Dropbox passwords was dumped onto the net, leading many people to speculate that the… Read More
Dropbox Pro picks up new features, lower prices Dropbox has updated its Dropbox Pro premium online storage product today in order to make large amounts of storage more… Read More
ClipCard raising $10M for service that helps users access cloud files across different apps A Seattle-based startup wants to make it easier for you to access your cloud files — no matter which app… Read More
Microsoft ups cloud storage to 1TB of space for OneDrive for Business users Microsoft announced today that it’s offering 1 TB of storage to every person who subscribes to its OneDrive for Business… Read More
App of the Week: Carousel takes Dropbox photos for a spin Dropbox is one of the leading providers of consumer cloud storage, but the company’s bread and butter has been offering… Read More
Dropbox CEO Drew Houston: We’re like ‘Microsoft in the 90s’ SAN FRANCISCO – Dropbox CEO Drew Houston is sitting pretty. Most recently, the cloud storage company raised $250 million on… Read More
Dropbox strengthens ties to third-party apps with new API, developer tools SAN FRANCISCO — Your Dropbox just got more useful. The cloud storage company held its first DBX developer conference today… Read More
Dropbox expands into email business with Mailbox deal Here’s a new bar for startups: Mailbox, the trendy iPhone email app, has been acquired even before clearing its wait-list… Read More
Dropbox is ‘a fine little startup’ and other gems from Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer Steve Ballmer has made a habit of publicly downplaying competitors right before they eat Microsoft’s lunch. His comments about the… Read More
Dropbox ‘acqui-hires’ Seattle music service Audiogalaxy Audiogalaxy, a music streaming service that was initially created more than a decade ago by developer Michael Merhej, has been… Read More
Dropbox, Microsoft SkyDrive add new storage features as Google Drive looms The Storage Wars are heating up, but this has nothing to do with television or storage units. Microsoft this morning… Read More
Google Drive in the wild? Screenshot and possible logo Google appears to be getting closer to the launch of its online storage service: A GeekWire reader says Google Drive… Read More
Infographic: Amazon versus Apple, PayPal, Dropbox and the rest of the tech world We’ve been watching in amazement over the past 18 months or so as Amazon.com has risen to prominence as one… Read More
GlobalScape buys file sharing startup TappIn for up to $17 million In the past few months, file sharing and cloud storage startups Box and Dropbox have raised massive amounts of cash… Read More
11 productivity tools that your startup ought to use If you’ve ever been part of a startup, then you know how much hard work it involves. And you usually… Read More
Technology Law: The Dropbox Doth Protest Too Much Dropbox updated its terms of service last week and a firestorm of controversy ensued. Many thought Dropbox was setting itself up… Read More
