Salesforce worried more about Dropbox than its direct competitors, says COO

Salesforce may have some huge competitors like Netsuite and Oracle, but it's not the big dogs that keep the customer-relationship manger on its toes.

Dropbox integrates with Facebook groups for super-simple social file sharing

Dropbox just announced a new integration today, and it's a doozy: Facebook. Starting today, Facebook users can share files, pictures, and folders to their friends and contacts in Facebook Groups.

Vimeo integrates with Dropbox for easier video uploads and shares

Video sharing service Vimeo has finally integrated with cloud storage service Dropbox after many requests from the vocal Vimeo community.

Dropbox adds two-step verification to make your account more secure

Just weeks after another security breach, cloud storage company Dropbox has added a two-step verification process to help make user accounts more secure.

Why won’t Microsoft let you store porn in the cloud?

Cloud storage services such as Dropbox and Google Drive are quickly changing how consumers deal with content on a day-to-day basis. But each company has its own set of restrictions, with Microsoft's SkyDrive as the most restrictive player by far. It might shock you how much so.

The 25 most popular online tools for freelancers (infographic)

BestVendor is releasing the result of its 2012 Freelancer Survey tomorrow, revealing the most popular tools and apps for freelancers and entrepreneurs.

But the company gave VentureBeat a sneak peek today.

Dropbox has become “problem child” of cloud security

Dropbox, the fast-growing private company that lets you share documents easily online, continues to experience significant security breaches in its service, announcing this time that some user usernames and passwords were stolen “from other websites,” and their accounts accessed.

It …

We suck at security, study says [infographic]

Secure collaboration firm WatchDox just released the results of a document security study by the Ponemon Institute. And the consensus is that we suck at security.

Surveying more than 600 IT and security pros with an average 11 years of …

Dropbox: yet another security kerfuffle?

Dropbox may be having yet another bad security day.

Dropbox users are complaining on the forums that email addresses they’ve used only for cloud storage and sharing service are getting spam … which leads them to believe that Dropbox has …

How Dropbox continues to win: Pre-loads on devices like the Samsung Galaxy S3

Over 50 million people currently use Dropbox, and users are adding files at a rate of one billion every 48 hours. But it’s not just viral growth, word of mouth growth, smart branding, and effective marketing.

It’s also preloads on …

Dropbox doubles size of Pro accounts for free, intros 500GB plan

In the face of growing competition, cloud storage startup Dropbox has doubled the size of its 50GB and 100GB Pro plans at no additional cost and debuted a new 500GB plan for those who need a ton of space, the …

Cloud CAD upstart Sunglass announces API integration with CAD tools, cloud storage

Continuing its efforts to bring computer-automated design (CAD) to the cloud, Sunglass is today announcing integration with four popular CAD tools, as well as cloud storage services, using its new API.

The company is integrating with SolidWorks, SketchUp, Processing, and …

Dropbox kills torrent startup Boxopus over piracy potential

Just days after its beta launch, torrent-to-Dropbox startup Boxopus has been banned from Dropbox‘s API over concerns that it would encourage copyright abuse, TorrentFreak reports.

Boxopus’ purpose was to use Dropbox’s API to anonymously add torrent downloads to a Dropbox …

Pirate’s dream come true: Boxopus pushes torrents to your Dropbox account

In popular culture, the giant octopus has always been a notorious enemy to pirates. But when it comes to new service Boxopus, Internet pirates might have a new best friend that will help them store illegally obtained media in their …

Microsoft wants leaked Xbox 720 doc erased from existence

Someone should really explain to Microsoft’s legal team that trying to eliminate information once it’s been leaked online is more difficult than eliminating a cockroach infestation from a dilapidated frat house.

Try as you might, you’ll never manage to kill …

Dropbox adds automated photo uploads to iOS app, may be killing public folders

Cloud storage startup Dropbox has upgraded its iOS app with several new features, including automatic photo and video uploads. Rumor has it the service will also be killing its public folders feature.

Dropbox has rolled out several new features ever …

Verizon and AT&T Galaxy S III customers are getting screwed out of 50GB Dropbox promo

If you are planning to preorder a new Samsung Galaxy S III from top two U.S. cellphone carriers, you should know that you won’t be able to take advantage of some third-party promotional opportunities.

Such is the case with Verizon …

Samsung Galaxy S III owners will get 50GB free storage from Dropbox

Cloud storage startup Dropbox will provide a generous 50GB of free storage to new owners of the just-announced Samsung Galaxy S III Android smartphone.

The move mimics Dropbox’s prior decision to team up with HTC to give owners of the …

Dropbox adds automated photo uploading from PCs and Macs, new Photos page

While the week has been dominated by cloud storage news in the wake of Google Drive’s launch, Dropbox has dropped in with its second new feature of the week: automated photo uploading from its PC and Mac clients and a …

Symform raises $11M to store your data on someone else’s hard drive

Alternative cloud storage startup Symform has raised $11 million to store your files in tiny fragments on hard drives all over the world.

“Traditional cloud storage is fundamentally broken,” said Symform co-founder Praerit Garg in an interview with VentureBeat. ”Local