Dropbox

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About

Dropbox is a free service that lets you bring your photos, docs, and videos anywhere and share them easily. Drop box 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 [1].

How Dropbox Works

Once a user has installed Dropbox, they're allowed to share files, photos, and other thing easily. Users create folders, then they can invite others to share that folder. When a user edits, or add a file, that particular file's change is reflected across everyone who has access to the folder.

Files are saved on Dropbox's servers; and with more capacity you have, you're allowed to save more files. Dropbox is intended for multiple users to have access to it, and to have a common place for all of their files.

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