drop.io

Drop.io's free product provided 100 megabytes of storage. Users could upgrade to 25 gigabytes of storage for an annual fee. Drop.io additionally offered a business and education-oriented service called Manager, which aimed to replace FTP systems for file sharing.

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Drop.io was founded by Sam Lessin and Darshan Somashekar in August 2007. The company's offices were originally located in Manhattan, New York City; it moved to the "DUMBO" neighborhood of Brooklyn in 2008.

Drop.io was nominated for the Technical Achievement Award at the South By Southwest 11th Annual Web Awards in 2007.[http://2008.sxsw.com/interactive/web_awards/finalists SXSW web finalists] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081217055257/http://2008.sxsw.com/interactive/web_awards/finalists |date=December 17, 2008 }}

On June 10, drop.io and Scribd, announced a partnership {{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2008/06/10/dropio-adds-scribds-ipaper-for-smoother-file-browsing|title=Drop.io Adds Scribd's iPaper For Smoother File Browsing - TechCrunch|first=Jason|last=Kincaid|date=June 10, 2008 |publisher=|accessdate=14 July 2017}} to offer rich conversion and viewing within private "drops", in an attempt to make it easier for people to share private information online. As of 2008, users can find drop.io on a number of social networking sites, including: Facebook and Twitter.

Between March 2007 and November 2008, drop.io released a series of feature improvements to their platform including 'inputs' and 'outputs' via various interfaces like phone and fax, a Twitter 'subscription' mode,[http://www.portfolio.com/views/blogs/the-tech-observer/2008/07/31/dropio-twitter-and-scribd-praise-the-open-web-and-harvard Portfolio: praise to the open web and harvard] and a Firefox plugin{{cite web|url=http://static.drop.io/howto/dragdrop/index.html|title=drop.io|website=static.drop.io|accessdate=14 July 2017|archive-date=August 27, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110827225356/http://static.drop.io/howto/dragdrop/index.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://mashable.com/2008/08/13/dropio-firefox/|title=Drop.io Releases Drag-and-Drop Magic for Firefox 3 Users|first=Paul|last=Glazowski|website=Mashable|date=August 13, 2008 |accessdate=14 July 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://lifehacker.com/400356/drag--dropio-makes-sharing-files-dead-simple|title=Drag & Drop.io Makes Sharing Files Dead Simple|first=Adam|last=Pash|date=August 13, 2008 |publisher=|accessdate=14 July 2017}} that allows users to 'drag and drop' files into new or existing 'drops'

In September 2008, drop.io released a very simple API which allows other applications to use drop.io's file sharing ability in their own applications.{{cite web|url=https://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081106-drop-io-adds-api-sample-apps-to-digital-switchboard.html|title=Drop.io adds API, sample apps to "digital switchboard"|date=November 6, 2008 |publisher=|accessdate=14 July 2017}} Several early applications were built, including usend.io (a simple file transfer app like senduit or yousendit).{{cite web|url=http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/11/10/send-files-out-fast-with-usend-io/|title=download squad send files fast with usend.io|publisher=|accessdate=14 July 2017|archive-date=October 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191016153126/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/11/10/send-files-out-fast-with-usend-io/|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://lifehacker.com/5079512/usendio-makes-semi+big-file-sharing-ludicrously-simple|title=uSend.io Makes Semi-Big File Sharing Ludicrously Simple|first=Kevin|last=Purdy|date=November 7, 2008 |publisher=|accessdate=14 July 2017}} Ars Technica appears to have built the first fully operational third party application on the API.{{Citation needed|date=December 2010}}

In November 2008, drop.io announced having moved 100% into 'the cloud' having switched away from all owned and rented physical hardware/servers and claimed to be the largest 100% in the cloud application in the world.{{cite web|url=http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/11/why-take-your-startup-all-cloud-a-founder-explains|title=Tech Insider|website=Business Insider|accessdate=14 July 2017}}

Also in November 2008, drop.io released a major design overhaul which completely changed the front end of the product, but maintained the core service.{{cite web|url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10106353-36.html?tag=mncol;title|title=Dropio gets prettier, easier|publisher=|accessdate=14 July 2017}}

In December 2008, drop.io was one of the first services to release a Facebook Connect integration, which allowed users to publish updates of any sort made to any drop directly to their Facebook feed {{cite web |first=Kristen |last=Nicole |date=December 5, 2008 |url=https://www.adweek.com/performance-marketing/dropio-facebook-connect-turns-feeds-into-file-sharing/ |title=Drop.io Facebook Connect Turns Feeds into File Sharing |work=Adweek |accessdate=November 25, 2021}}

In January 2009, drop.io launched a professional product extension called drop.io manager {{cite web|url=http://manager.drop.io/|title=drop.io|website=manager.drop.io|accessdate=14 July 2017|archive-date=March 24, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170324065531/http://manager.drop.io/|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2339106,00.asp/|title=Hands On with the New Drop.io Manager|publisher=|accessdate=14 July 2017}} which allowed users to create templates to pre-customize and brand drops, as well as get detailed reporting about how their drops are being used.

In March 2009, drop.io launched playlist.io{{cite web|url=http://playlist.io/|title=playlist.io|publisher=|accessdate=14 July 2017}} one in a series of 'applets' which allow for feature customization of drop.io around various use cases {{cite web |first=Kristen |last=Nicole |date=March 4, 2009 |url=https://www.adweek.com/performance-marketing/dropio-playlist-applet/ |title=Drop.io Launches Playlist Applet for Easy Listening |work=Adweek |accessdate=November 25, 2021}}

Between February 2009 and May 2009, drop.io started integrating real-time features into its file sharing backbone using XMPP. This initially included chat functionality and real-time streaming of files, but expanded in May to include a web-presentation mode.{{cite web|author=Erick Schonfeld May 14, 2009 |url=https://techcrunch.com/2009/05/14/dropio-adds-seamless-screen-sharing-app-with-presentio/ |title=Drop.io Adds Seamless Screen-Sharing App With Present.io |publisher=Techcrunch.com |date=2009-05-14 |accessdate=2010-10-14}}{{cite web |last=McCarthy |first=Caroline |url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10192249-36.html |title=Dropio jumps into 'the stream,' goes real-time | The Social - CNET News |publisher=News.cnet.com |date=2009-03-10 |accessdate=2010-10-14 |archive-date=August 7, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090807153228/http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10192249-36.html |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|author=Jennifer Van Grove |url=http://mashable.com/2009/05/14/presentio/ |title=Present.io: Dead Simple Web-Based Presentations |publisher=Mashable.com |date=2009-05-14 |accessdate=2010-10-14}}

On September 10, 2009, drop.io released Attach Large Files,{{cite web |author=AndrewM |url=http://www.ymailblog.com/blog/2009/09/attach-up-to-100mb-or-rich-media-files-to-your-emails/ |title=Attach up to 100MB or rich media files to your emails |publisher=Ymailblog.com |date=2009-09-10 |accessdate=2010-10-14 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101123031739/http://www.ymailblog.com/blog/2009/09/attach-up-to-100mb-or-rich-media-files-to-your-emails |archivedate=2010-11-23 }} a pre-installed application for all Yahoo! Mail users. The app allows users to attach an unlimited amount of files up to 100 Mb and was developed entirely on [http://api.drop.io drop.io's API] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090907033142/http://api.drop.io/ |date=September 7, 2009 }} with their custom-built JavaScript library.

In November 2007, drop.io completed a $1.2 million Series A round of financing led by RRE Ventures to support the company's development efforts and infrastructure growth. In March 2008, the company closed $2.7 million in series A-1 financing led by New York venture capital firms DFJ Gotham and RRE Ventures.

• Sam Lessin, CEO
• Christine Hunsicker, COO
• Steven Greenwood, VP of business development
• Jacob Robbins, head of development
• Lee Azzarello, systems architect

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• [http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=20029 With drop.io, real-time collaboration in the cloud] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090629230505/http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=20029 |date=June 29, 2009 }}, ZDNet
• [https://techcrunch.com/2009/03/10/dropio-speeds-up-its-file-sharing-and-adds-chat/ Drop.io Speeds Up Its File-Sharing And Adds Chat], TechCrunch
• [http://mashable.com/2009/05/14/presentio/ Present.io: Dead Simple Web-Based Presentations], Mashable
• [https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB121124707865805855?mod=googlenews_wsj Facebook Ignites Entrepreneurial Spirit at Harvard], The Wall Street Journal
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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20110714041732/http://blog.drop.io/ Drop.io Blog]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20101123031739/http://www.ymailblog.com/blog/2009/09/attach-up-to-100mb-or-rich-media-files-to-your-emails Attach Large Files Yahoo! Mail Application]

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