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This is a timeline of online file storage and collaboration service [[Dropbox (service)|Dropbox]].
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This is a timeline of online file storage and collaboration service [[wikipedia:Dropbox (service)|Dropbox]].
  
 
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| 2005 || || Competition || [[Box.com]], an online file sharing and content management service for businesses, is launched. It IPOs in March 2014. <ref name="nyt-box">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/25/technology/box-dropbox-and-hightail-pivot-to-new-business-models.html |title=Box, Dropbox and Hightail Pivot to New Business Models |newspaper=The New York Times |date= August 24, 2014 |author= |accessdate= September 11, 2016}}</ref>
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| 2005 || || Competition || [[wikipedia:Box.com|Box.com]], an online file sharing and content management service for businesses, is launched. It IPOs in March 2014. <ref name="nyt-box">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/25/technology/box-dropbox-and-hightail-pivot-to-new-business-models.html |title=Box, Dropbox and Hightail Pivot to New Business Models |newspaper=The New York Times |date= August 24, 2014 |author= |accessdate= September 11, 2016}}</ref>
 
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| 2007 || June 1 || Company || Dropbox is founded by [[MIT]] students [[Drew Houston]] and [[Arash Ferdowsi]], as a [[startup company]] from the American [[seed accelerator]] [[Y Combinator (company)|Y Combinator]].<ref name="about">{{cite web|url=https://www.dropbox.com/about|title=About Dropbox|publisher=Dropbox, Inc.|quote=Dropbox was founded by Drew Houston and Arash Ferdowsi in 2007, and received seed funding from Y Combinator.|accessdate=2013-06-03}}</ref>
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| 2007 || June 1 || Company || Dropbox is founded by [[wikipedia:MIT|MIT]] students [[wikipedia:Drew Houston|Drew Houston]] and [[wikipedia:Arash Ferdowsi|Arash Ferdowsi]], as a [[wikipedia:startup company|startup company]] from the American [[wikipedia:seed accelerator|seed accelerator]] [[wikipedia:Y Combinator (company)|Y Combinator]].<ref name="about">{{cite web|url=https://www.dropbox.com/about|title=About Dropbox|publisher=Dropbox, Inc.|quote=Dropbox was founded by Drew Houston and Arash Ferdowsi in 2007, and received seed funding from Y Combinator.|accessdate=2013-06-03}}</ref>
 
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| 2007 || August || Competition || Microsoft launches Windows Live SkyDrive (later [[OneDrive]]), which also provides users with free storage.<ref name="MyUser_Web.archive.org_April_20_2016c">{{cite web|url=http://skydriveteam.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!977F793E846B3C96!23398.entry |title=Introducing Windows Live SkyDrive! – Windows Live |newspaper=Web.archive.org |date= |author= |accessdate=April 20, 2016 |deadurl=unfit |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091226035927/http://skydriveteam.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!977F793E846B3C96!23398.entry |archivedate=December 26, 2009 }}</ref>
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| 2007 || August || Competition || Microsoft launches Windows Live SkyDrive (later [[wikipedia:OneDrive|OneDrive]]), which also provides users with free storage.<ref name="MyUser_Web.archive.org_April_20_2016c">{{cite web|url=http://skydriveteam.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!977F793E846B3C96!23398.entry |title=Introducing Windows Live SkyDrive! – Windows Live |newspaper=Web.archive.org |date= |author= |accessdate=April 20, 2016 |deadurl=unfit |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091226035927/http://skydriveteam.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!977F793E846B3C96!23398.entry |archivedate=December 26, 2009 }}</ref>
 
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| 2007 || December || Competition ||  [[SpiderOak]] – an online backup and file hosting service that allows users to access, synchronize and share data using a cloud-based server – is launched.
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| 2007 || December || Competition ||  [[wikipedia:SpiderOak|SpiderOak]] – an online backup and file hosting service that allows users to access, synchronize and share data using a cloud-based server – is launched.
 
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| 2008 || March || Product || Dropbox creates a 3-minute video demonstration of its technology as it is meant to work, which is posted to [[Digg]].<ref name="MyUser_Https:_April_20_2016c">{{cite web|url=http://digg.com/software/Google_Drive_killer_coming_from_MIT_Startup |title=Digg – Google Drive killer coming from MIT Startup |newspaper=Digg |date= |author= |accessdate=April 20, 2016 |deadurl=unfit |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080314093228/http://digg.com/software/Google_Drive_killer_coming_from_MIT_Startup |archivedate=March 14, 2008 }}</ref> This helped its beta waiting list expand from 5,000 people to 75,000 people literally overnight.<ref name="TCDropboxMVP">{{cite web |url=http://techcrunch.com/2011/10/19/dropbox-minimal-viable-product/ |title=How DropBox Started As A Minimal Viable Product |newspaper=Techcrunch.com |date=  |author= |accessdate= April 20, 2016}}</ref>
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| 2008 || March || Product || Dropbox creates a 3-minute video demonstration of its technology as it is meant to work, which is posted to [[wikipedia:Digg|Digg]].<ref name="MyUser_Https:_April_20_2016c">{{cite web|url=http://digg.com/software/Google_Drive_killer_coming_from_MIT_Startup |title=Digg – Google Drive killer coming from MIT Startup |newspaper=Digg |date= |author= |accessdate=April 20, 2016 |deadurl=unfit |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080314093228/http://digg.com/software/Google_Drive_killer_coming_from_MIT_Startup |archivedate=March 14, 2008 }}</ref> This helped its beta waiting list expand from 5,000 people to 75,000 people literally overnight.<ref name="TCDropboxMVP">{{cite web |url=http://techcrunch.com/2011/10/19/dropbox-minimal-viable-product/ |title=How DropBox Started As A Minimal Viable Product |newspaper=Techcrunch.com |date=  |author= |accessdate= April 20, 2016}}</ref>
 
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|2008 || September 11 || Product || Dropbox launches to the public, allowing anyone to get 2GB of free storage. It also announces storage pricing tiers, with 50GB Dropbox for $9.99/month, or $99.99/year.<ref name="DropboxPublic">{{cite web |url=https://blogs.dropbox.com/dropbox/2008/09/dropbox-launches-to-the-public/ |title=Dropbox launches to the public! |newspaper= |date=  |author= |accessdate= April 20, 2016}}</ref>
 
|2008 || September 11 || Product || Dropbox launches to the public, allowing anyone to get 2GB of free storage. It also announces storage pricing tiers, with 50GB Dropbox for $9.99/month, or $99.99/year.<ref name="DropboxPublic">{{cite web |url=https://blogs.dropbox.com/dropbox/2008/09/dropbox-launches-to-the-public/ |title=Dropbox launches to the public! |newspaper= |date=  |author= |accessdate= April 20, 2016}}</ref>
 
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| 2008 || November || Funding || Dropbox raises $6 million in [[Series A]] round led by [[Sequoia Capital]].<ref name="DropboxDrunchbase">{{cite web |url=https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/dropbox#/entity |title=Dropbox |newspaper=Crunchbase |date=  |author= |accessdate= April 20, 2016}}</ref>
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| 2008 || November || Funding || Dropbox raises $6 million in [[wikipedia:Series A|Series A]] round led by [[wikipedia:Sequoia Capital|Sequoia Capital]].<ref name="DropboxDrunchbase">{{cite web |url=https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/dropbox#/entity |title=Dropbox |newspaper=Crunchbase |date=  |author= |accessdate= April 20, 2016}}</ref>
 
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| 2009 || October || Product || Dropbox finally acquires the dropbox.com domain.<ref name="domain">{{cite web |url=http://techcrunch.com/2009/10/13/dropbox-acquires-the-domain-everyone-thought-it-had-dropbox-com/ |title=Dropbox Acquires The Domain Everyone Thought It Had: Dropbox.com |first=Jason |last=Kincaid |date=October 13, 2009 |publisher=[[TechCrunch]] |accessdate=April 25, 2010}}</ref>
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| 2009 || October || Product || Dropbox finally acquires the dropbox.com domain.<ref name="domain">{{cite web |url=http://techcrunch.com/2009/10/13/dropbox-acquires-the-domain-everyone-thought-it-had-dropbox-com/ |title=Dropbox Acquires The Domain Everyone Thought It Had: Dropbox.com |first=Jason |last=Kincaid |date=October 13, 2009 |publisher=[[wikipedia:TechCrunch|TechCrunch]] |accessdate=April 25, 2010}}</ref>
 
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| 2009 || December || Acquisitions || [[Steve Jobs]] approaches [[Drew Houston]] and suggests that Drew Houston sell Dropbox. Drew Houston cuts the pitch short and says that Dropbox is determined to stay independent. <ref name="ForbesJobs">{{cite web |url=http://www.forbes.com/sites/victoriabarret/2011/10/18/dropbox-the-inside-story-of-techs-hottest-startup/print/ |title=Dropbox: The Inside Story Of Tech's Hottest Startup |newspaper=Forbes |date=  October 18, 2011 |author=Victoria Barret |accessdate= June 5, 2016}}</ref><ref name="TCJobs">{{cite web |url=http://techcrunch.com/2011/10/18/dropbox-said-no-to-nine-digits-acquisition-offer-from-apple-steve-jobs/ |title=Dropbox Said No To A “Nine-Digit” Acquisition Offer From Apple, Steve Jobs |newspaper=Techcrunch.com |date=  |author= |accessdate= June 5, 2016}}</ref>
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| 2009 || December || Acquisitions || [[wikipedia:Steve Jobs|Steve Jobs]] approaches [[wikipedia:Drew Houston|Drew Houston]] and suggests that Drew Houston sell Dropbox. Drew Houston cuts the pitch short and says that Dropbox is determined to stay independent. <ref name="ForbesJobs">{{cite web |url=http://www.forbes.com/sites/victoriabarret/2011/10/18/dropbox-the-inside-story-of-techs-hottest-startup/print/ |title=Dropbox: The Inside Story Of Tech's Hottest Startup |newspaper=Forbes |date=  October 18, 2011 |author=Victoria Barret |accessdate= June 5, 2016}}</ref><ref name="TCJobs">{{cite web |url=http://techcrunch.com/2011/10/18/dropbox-said-no-to-nine-digits-acquisition-offer-from-apple-steve-jobs/ |title=Dropbox Said No To A “Nine-Digit” Acquisition Offer From Apple, Steve Jobs |newspaper=Techcrunch.com |date=  |author= |accessdate= June 5, 2016}}</ref>
 
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| 2010 || May || International || Dropbox announces that it has been [[Internet censorship in the People's Republic of China|blocked by the Chinese government]].<ref>
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| 2010 || May || International || Dropbox announces that it has been [[wikipedia:Internet censorship in the People's Republic of China|blocked by the Chinese government]].<ref>
 
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| 2011 || June || Security || [[TechCrunch]] reports that all Dropbox accounts could be accessed without password for four hours. This was later widely reported in the mainstream press and caused some doubt about Dropbox's "cloud" technology model.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://money.cnn.com/2011/06/22/technology/dropbox_passwords/index.htm|title=Dropbox's password nightmare highlights cloud risks|quote=Any trust in the cloud is too much trust in the cloud – it's as simple as that | work=CNN|date=June 22, 2011}}</ref> The error was caused by an authentication code update made at 1:54&nbsp;p.m. Pacific Time;<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-20072755-281/dropbox-confirms-security-glitch-no-password-required/|title=Dropbox confirms security glitch—no password required}}</ref> it was detected at 5:41&nbsp;p.m. and immediately fixed. About 1% of Dropbox's users were logged in at that time; all sessions were immediately terminated. All users with compromised accounts were notified by email.<ref>{{cite news | title=Dropbox Security Bug Made Passwords Optional For Four Hours | author=Jason Kincaid | url=http://techcrunch.com/2011/06/20/dropbox-security-bug-made-passwords-optional-for-four-hours/ | magazine=TechCrunch | date=June 20, 2011 | accessdate=June 20, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.dropbox.com/?p=821 |title=dropbox.com |publisher=Blog.dropbox.com |date=June 20, 2011 |accessdate=December 21, 2011}}</ref>
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| 2011 || June || Security || [[wikipedia:TechCrunch|TechCrunch]] reports that all Dropbox accounts could be accessed without password for four hours. This was later widely reported in the mainstream press and caused some doubt about Dropbox's "cloud" technology model.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://money.cnn.com/2011/06/22/technology/dropbox_passwords/index.htm|title=Dropbox's password nightmare highlights cloud risks|quote=Any trust in the cloud is too much trust in the cloud – it's as simple as that | work=CNN|date=June 22, 2011}}</ref> The error was caused by an authentication code update made at 1:54&nbsp;p.m. Pacific Time;<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-20072755-281/dropbox-confirms-security-glitch-no-password-required/|title=Dropbox confirms security glitch—no password required}}</ref> it was detected at 5:41&nbsp;p.m. and immediately fixed. About 1% of Dropbox's users were logged in at that time; all sessions were immediately terminated. All users with compromised accounts were notified by email.<ref>{{cite news | title=Dropbox Security Bug Made Passwords Optional For Four Hours | author=Jason Kincaid | url=http://techcrunch.com/2011/06/20/dropbox-security-bug-made-passwords-optional-for-four-hours/ | magazine=TechCrunch | date=June 20, 2011 | accessdate=June 20, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.dropbox.com/?p=821 |title=dropbox.com |publisher=Blog.dropbox.com |date=June 20, 2011 |accessdate=December 21, 2011}}</ref>
 
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| 2011 || June 20 || Competition || Microsoft overhauls the user interface for [[Microsoft OneDrive]], built using [[HTML5]] technologies. The updated version featured caching, hardware acceleration, [[HTML5 video]], quick views, cleaner arrangement of photos and infinite scrolling. Microsoft also doubled the file size limit from 50&nbsp;MB to 100&nbsp;MB per file. With this update, Microsoft consolidated the different entry points for SkyDrive, such as ''Windows Live Photos'' and ''Windows Live Office'', into one single interface. Files and folders shared with a user, including those in [[Windows Live Groups]], were also accessible in the new interface.<ref name="intro5">{{cite web |url=http://blogs.windows.com/windows_live/b/windowslive/archive/2011/06/20/introducing-skydrive-for-the-modern-web-built-using-html5.aspx |title = Introducing SkyDrive for the modern web, built using HTML5 |last=Shahine |first=Omar |work=Inside Windows Live |publisher=Microsoft |date=June 20, 2011 |accessdate=2011-06-20 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121230074309/http://blogs.windows.com/windows_live/b/windowslive/archive/2011/06/20/introducing-skydrive-for-the-modern-web-built-using-html5.aspx |archivedate=December 30, 2012}}</ref>
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| 2011 || June 20 || Competition || Microsoft overhauls the user interface for [[wikipedia:Microsoft OneDrive|Microsoft OneDrive]], built using [[wikipedia:HTML5|HTML5]] technologies. The updated version featured caching, hardware acceleration, [[wikipedia:HTML5 video|HTML5 video]], quick views, cleaner arrangement of photos and infinite scrolling. Microsoft also doubled the file size limit from 50&nbsp;MB to 100&nbsp;MB per file. With this update, Microsoft consolidated the different entry points for SkyDrive, such as ''Windows Live Photos'' and ''Windows Live Office'', into one single interface. Files and folders shared with a user, including those in [[wikipedia:Windows Live Groups|Windows Live Groups]], were also accessible in the new interface.<ref name="intro5">{{cite web |url=http://blogs.windows.com/windows_live/b/windowslive/archive/2011/06/20/introducing-skydrive-for-the-modern-web-built-using-html5.aspx |title = Introducing SkyDrive for the modern web, built using HTML5 |last=Shahine |first=Omar |work=Inside Windows Live |publisher=Microsoft |date=June 20, 2011 |accessdate=2011-06-20 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121230074309/http://blogs.windows.com/windows_live/b/windowslive/archive/2011/06/20/introducing-skydrive-for-the-modern-web-built-using-html5.aspx |archivedate=December 30, 2012}}</ref>
 
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| 2011 || October 18 || Funding || With 45 million users, Dropbox raises $250M In Funding in a [[Series B]] round.<ref name="DropboxTC">{{cite web |url=http://techcrunch.com/2011/10/18/dropbox-raises-250m-in-funding-boasts-45-million-users/ |title=Dropbox Raises $250M In Funding, Boasts 45 Million Users |newspaper=Techcrunch.com |date=  |author= |accessdate= April 20, 2016}}</ref>
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| 2011 || October 18 || Funding || With 45 million users, Dropbox raises $250M In Funding in a [[wikipedia:Series B|Series B]] round.<ref name="DropboxTC">{{cite web |url=http://techcrunch.com/2011/10/18/dropbox-raises-250m-in-funding-boasts-45-million-users/ |title=Dropbox Raises $250M In Funding, Boasts 45 Million Users |newspaper=Techcrunch.com |date=  |author= |accessdate= April 20, 2016}}</ref>
 
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| 2012 || February || Acquisitions || Dropbox acquires stealth startup Cove, bringing [[Ruchi Sanghvi]] and [[Aditya Agarwal]] onto the team. <ref name="TCCove">{{cite web |url=http://techcrunch.com/2012/02/27/dropbox-buys-cove-to-bring-former-facebookers-ruchi-sanghvi-and-aditya-agarwal-to-the-team/ |title=Dropbox Buys Cove To Bring Former Facebookers Ruchi Sanghvi And Aditya Agarwal To The Team |newspaper=Techcrunch.com |date=  |author= |accessdate= June 5, 2016}}</ref><ref name="BI_Cove">{{cite web |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/dropbox-may-have-just-acqui-hired-a-new-cto-2012-2 |title=Dropbox May Have Just Acqui-Hired A New CTO – Business Insider |newspaper=Businessinsider.com |date=  |author= |accessdate= June 5, 2016}}</ref>
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| 2012 || February || Acquisitions || Dropbox acquires stealth startup Cove, bringing [[wikipedia:Ruchi Sanghvi|Ruchi Sanghvi]] and [[wikipedia:Aditya Agarwal|Aditya Agarwal]] onto the team. <ref name="TCCove">{{cite web |url=http://techcrunch.com/2012/02/27/dropbox-buys-cove-to-bring-former-facebookers-ruchi-sanghvi-and-aditya-agarwal-to-the-team/ |title=Dropbox Buys Cove To Bring Former Facebookers Ruchi Sanghvi And Aditya Agarwal To The Team |newspaper=Techcrunch.com |date=  |author= |accessdate= June 5, 2016}}</ref><ref name="BI_Cove">{{cite web |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/dropbox-may-have-just-acqui-hired-a-new-cto-2012-2 |title=Dropbox May Have Just Acqui-Hired A New CTO – Business Insider |newspaper=Businessinsider.com |date=  |author= |accessdate= June 5, 2016}}</ref>
 
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| 2012 || April || Product || Dropbox announces a new feature allowing users to automatically upload photographs or videos from camera, tablet, SD card, or smartphone. Users will be given up to 3 GB (initially 5 GB) extra space to accommodate the photographs and videos uploaded in this fashion, but the space is permanently added to the user's allowance and is not restricted to pictures. It is viewed as a move against Google's recently launched [[Google Drive]] and Microsoft's [[OneDrive]].<ref>{{cite news | url = http://techland.time.com/2012/04/27/dropbox-gets-automatic-photo-uploads-offers-3-gb-incentive/ | title = Dropbox Gets Automatic Photo Uploads, Offers 3 GB Incentive | work= TIME | accessdate = April 30, 2012 | date = April 27, 2012}}</ref>
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| 2012 || April || Product || Dropbox announces a new feature allowing users to automatically upload photographs or videos from camera, tablet, SD card, or smartphone. Users will be given up to 3 GB (initially 5 GB) extra space to accommodate the photographs and videos uploaded in this fashion, but the space is permanently added to the user's allowance and is not restricted to pictures. It is viewed as a move against Google's recently launched [[wikipedia:Google Drive|Google Drive]] and Microsoft's [[wikipedia:OneDrive|OneDrive]].<ref>{{cite news | url = http://techland.time.com/2012/04/27/dropbox-gets-automatic-photo-uploads-offers-3-gb-incentive/ | title = Dropbox Gets Automatic Photo Uploads, Offers 3 GB Incentive | work= TIME | accessdate = April 30, 2012 | date = April 27, 2012}}</ref>
 
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| 2012 || November 12 || Userbase || Dropbox announces it reaches 100 million users.<ref>By Victoria Barret, Forbes. "[http://www.forbes.com/sites/victoriabarret/2012/11/13/dropbox-hits-100-million-users-says-drew-houston/ Dropbox Hits 100 Million Users Says Drew Houston]." November 11, 2013. December 2, 2013.</ref>
 
| 2012 || November 12 || Userbase || Dropbox announces it reaches 100 million users.<ref>By Victoria Barret, Forbes. "[http://www.forbes.com/sites/victoriabarret/2012/11/13/dropbox-hits-100-million-users-says-drew-houston/ Dropbox Hits 100 Million Users Says Drew Houston]." November 11, 2013. December 2, 2013.</ref>
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| 2012 || December || International || Dropbox announces plans to establish its first international office in Dublin, Ireland.<ref name="MyUser_Allthingsd.com_April_20_2016c">{{cite web |url=http://allthingsd.com/20121203/dropbox-picks-dublin-for-its-second-office/ |title=Dropbox Picks Dublin for Its Second Office – Liz Gannes – News – AllThingsD |newspaper=Allthingsd.com |date=  |author= |accessdate= April 20, 2016}}</ref>
 
| 2012 || December || International || Dropbox announces plans to establish its first international office in Dublin, Ireland.<ref name="MyUser_Allthingsd.com_April_20_2016c">{{cite web |url=http://allthingsd.com/20121203/dropbox-picks-dublin-for-its-second-office/ |title=Dropbox Picks Dublin for Its Second Office – Liz Gannes – News – AllThingsD |newspaper=Allthingsd.com |date=  |author= |accessdate= April 20, 2016}}</ref>
 
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| 2012 || December 19 || Acquisitions || Dropbox acquires Snapjoy, which provides a service for aggregating, archiving and viewing all digital photographs taken with cameras, phones, or popular photo [[Application (software)|applications]]. Financial terms were not released at the time of the acquisition.<ref>{{cite web |date=December 19, 2012 |last=Lunden |first=Ingrid |title=Dropbox Acquires Snapjoy And Puts Photos Into Its Focus |url=http://techcrunch.com/2012/12/19/dropbox-acquires-snapjoy-and-puts-photos-into-its-focus/ |publisher=Techcrunch.com}}</ref>  
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| 2012 || December 19 || Acquisitions || Dropbox acquires Snapjoy, which provides a service for aggregating, archiving and viewing all digital photographs taken with cameras, phones, or popular photo [[wikipedia:Application (software)|applications]]. Financial terms were not released at the time of the acquisition.<ref>{{cite web |date=December 19, 2012 |last=Lunden |first=Ingrid |title=Dropbox Acquires Snapjoy And Puts Photos Into Its Focus |url=http://techcrunch.com/2012/12/19/dropbox-acquires-snapjoy-and-puts-photos-into-its-focus/ |publisher=Techcrunch.com}}</ref>  
 
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| 2013 || March || Acquisitions || Dropbox acquires [[Mailbox (application)|Mailbox]], a sleek email platform specifically for mobile users.<ref name="MyUser_Upstart.bizjournals.com_April_27_2016c">{{cite web |url=http://upstart.bizjournals.com/news/technology/2014/04/18/9-dropbox-acquisitions-in-a-year.html |title=Dropbox has acquired Mailbox, TapEngage, Endorse, Foundry Hiring, Sold, Zulip, Readmill, HackPad, Loom |newspaper=Upstart.bizjournals.com |date=  |author= |accessdate= April 27, 2016}}</ref>
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| 2013 || March || Acquisitions || Dropbox acquires [[wikipedia:Mailbox (application)|Mailbox]], a sleek email platform specifically for mobile users.<ref name="MyUser_Upstart.bizjournals.com_April_27_2016c">{{cite web |url=http://upstart.bizjournals.com/news/technology/2014/04/18/9-dropbox-acquisitions-in-a-year.html |title=Dropbox has acquired Mailbox, TapEngage, Endorse, Foundry Hiring, Sold, Zulip, Readmill, HackPad, Loom |newspaper=Upstart.bizjournals.com |date=  |author= |accessdate= April 27, 2016}}</ref>
 
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| 2013 || June 6 || Security || ''[[The Guardian]]'' and ''[[The Washington Post]]'' publicize confidential documents suggesting Dropbox was being considered for inclusion in the [[National Security Agency]]'s classified [[PRISM (surveillance program)|PRISM]] program of Internet surveillance.<ref>{{cite news|last=Greenwald|first=Glenn|title=NSA taps in to internet giants' systems to mine user data, secret files reveal|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/06/us-tech-giants-nsa-data|accessdate=7 June 2013|newspaper=The Guardian|date=6 June 2013|location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Gellman|first=Barton|title=Documents: U.S. mining data from 9 leading Internet firms; companies deny knowledge|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/us-intelligence-mining-data-from-nine-us-internet-companies-in-broad-secret-program/2013/06/06/3a0c0da8-cebf-11e2-8845-d970ccb04497_story.html|accessdate=7 June 2013|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=6 June 2013}}</ref>
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| 2013 || June 6 || Security || ''[[wikipedia:The Guardian|The Guardian]]'' and ''[[wikipedia:The Washington Post|The Washington Post]]'' publicize confidential documents suggesting Dropbox was being considered for inclusion in the [[wikipedia:National Security Agency|National Security Agency]]'s classified [[wikipedia:PRISM (surveillance program)|PRISM]] program of Internet surveillance.<ref>{{cite news|last=Greenwald|first=Glenn|title=NSA taps in to internet giants' systems to mine user data, secret files reveal|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/06/us-tech-giants-nsa-data|accessdate=7 June 2013|newspaper=The Guardian|date=6 June 2013|location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Gellman|first=Barton|title=Documents: U.S. mining data from 9 leading Internet firms; companies deny knowledge|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/us-intelligence-mining-data-from-nine-us-internet-companies-in-broad-secret-program/2013/06/06/3a0c0da8-cebf-11e2-8845-d970ccb04497_story.html|accessdate=7 June 2013|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=6 June 2013}}</ref>
 
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| 2013 || November 13 || Userbase || Dropbox announces it reaches 200 million users.<ref name=dropbox200>{{cite web|last=Constine |first=Josh |title=Dropbox Hits 200M Users, Unveils New For Business Client Combining Work And Personal Files|url=http://techcrunch.com/2013/11/13/dropbox-hits-200-million-users-and-announces-new-products-for-businesses/|publisher=[[TechCrunch]]|accessdate=13 November 2013}}</ref>  
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| 2013 || November 13 || Userbase || Dropbox announces it reaches 200 million users.<ref name=dropbox200>{{cite web|last=Constine |first=Josh |title=Dropbox Hits 200M Users, Unveils New For Business Client Combining Work And Personal Files|url=http://techcrunch.com/2013/11/13/dropbox-hits-200-million-users-and-announces-new-products-for-businesses/|publisher=[[wikipedia:TechCrunch|TechCrunch]]|accessdate=13 November 2013}}</ref>  
 
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| 2013 || November 13 || Product || Dropbox announces it will unveil Dropbox for businesses. <ref name="nyt-business">{{cite web |url=http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/11/13/dropbox-aims-at-business/ |title=Dropbox Aims at Business |newspaper=The New York Times |date=2013-11-13 |accessdate= August 27, 2016}}</ref>
 
| 2013 || November 13 || Product || Dropbox announces it will unveil Dropbox for businesses. <ref name="nyt-business">{{cite web |url=http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/11/13/dropbox-aims-at-business/ |title=Dropbox Aims at Business |newspaper=The New York Times |date=2013-11-13 |accessdate= August 27, 2016}}</ref>
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| 2014 || January || Funding || Dropbox raises $250 million funding round, valuing the company at $10 billion.<ref name="DropboxTC2014">{{cite web |url=http://techcrunch.com/2014/01/17/dropbox-closes-250m-round-at-10b-valuation-wsj-says/ |title=Dropbox Closes Roughly $250M Round At $10B Valuation, WSJ Says |newspaper=Techcrunch.com |date=  |author= |accessdate= April 20, 2016}}</ref>
 
| 2014 || January || Funding || Dropbox raises $250 million funding round, valuing the company at $10 billion.<ref name="DropboxTC2014">{{cite web |url=http://techcrunch.com/2014/01/17/dropbox-closes-250m-round-at-10b-valuation-wsj-says/ |title=Dropbox Closes Roughly $250M Round At $10B Valuation, WSJ Says |newspaper=Techcrunch.com |date=  |author= |accessdate= April 20, 2016}}</ref>
 
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| 2014 || February || Team || Dropbox hires [[Dennis Woodside]], who ran Motorola Mobility for Google, as its chief operating officer. <ref name="MyUser_Fortune.com_June_5_2016c">{{cite web |url=http://fortune.com/2014/02/13/dropbox-hires-first-coo-amid-google-divestiture/ |title=Dropbox hires first COO amid Google divestiture – Fortune |newspaper=Fortune.com |date=  |author= |accessdate= June 5, 2016}}</ref><ref name="MyUser_Businessinsider.com_June_5_2016c">{{cite web |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/dropbox-coo-dennis-woodside-profile-2015-6 |title=Dropbox COO Dennis Woodside profile – Business Insider |newspaper=Businessinsider.com |date=  |author= |accessdate= June 5, 2016}}</ref>
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| 2014 || February || Team || Dropbox hires [[wikipedia:Dennis Woodside|Dennis Woodside]], who ran Motorola Mobility for Google, as its chief operating officer. <ref name="MyUser_Fortune.com_June_5_2016c">{{cite web |url=http://fortune.com/2014/02/13/dropbox-hires-first-coo-amid-google-divestiture/ |title=Dropbox hires first COO amid Google divestiture – Fortune |newspaper=Fortune.com |date=  |author= |accessdate= June 5, 2016}}</ref><ref name="MyUser_Businessinsider.com_June_5_2016c">{{cite web |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/dropbox-coo-dennis-woodside-profile-2015-6 |title=Dropbox COO Dennis Woodside profile – Business Insider |newspaper=Businessinsider.com |date=  |author= |accessdate= June 5, 2016}}</ref>
 
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| 2014 || April || Team || Dropbox adds former Secretary of State [[Condoleezza Rice]] to its board. <ref name="wsj-rice">{{cite web |url=http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/04/10/dropbox-rankles-valley-orthodoxy-with-rice-board-appointment/ |title=Dropbox Adds Condoleezza Rice to Board, Rankles Valley Orthodoxy - Digits |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal |date=  |author= |accessdate= August 27, 2016}}</ref>
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| 2014 || April || Team || Dropbox adds former Secretary of State [[wikipedia:Condoleezza Rice|Condoleezza Rice]] to its board. <ref name="wsj-rice">{{cite web |url=http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/04/10/dropbox-rankles-valley-orthodoxy-with-rice-board-appointment/ |title=Dropbox Adds Condoleezza Rice to Board, Rankles Valley Orthodoxy - Digits |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal |date=  |author= |accessdate= August 27, 2016}}</ref>
 
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| 2014 || April 17 || Acquisitions || Dropbox acquires [[Hackpad]], a real-time collaborative text editor.<ref name="wsj-hackpad">{{cite news|url=http://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2014/04/17/dropbox-acquires-startups-loom-hackpad-in-push-to-expand-services/|title=Dropbox Acquires Startups Loom, Hackpad in Push to Expand Services|author=Mike Billings|work=WSJ|date=April 17, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://hackpad.com/Hackpad-is-teaming-up-with-Dropbox-m1Fne5A6Lzn|title=Hackpad is teaming up with Dropbox!|work=hackpad.com|accessdate=2017-02-19}}</ref>
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| 2014 || April 17 || Acquisitions || Dropbox acquires [[wikipedia:Hackpad|Hackpad]], a real-time collaborative text editor.<ref name="wsj-hackpad">{{cite news|url=http://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2014/04/17/dropbox-acquires-startups-loom-hackpad-in-push-to-expand-services/|title=Dropbox Acquires Startups Loom, Hackpad in Push to Expand Services|author=Mike Billings|work=WSJ|date=April 17, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://hackpad.com/Hackpad-is-teaming-up-with-Dropbox-m1Fne5A6Lzn|title=Hackpad is teaming up with Dropbox!|work=hackpad.com|accessdate=2017-02-19}}</ref>
 
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| 2014 || November 4 || Competition || Dropbox announces a partnership with [[Microsoft]] to integrate Dropbox and [[Microsoft Office]] applications on iOS, Android and the Office 365 applications on the web.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://blog.dropbox.com/2014/11/dropbox-microsoft-office-partnership/|title=We’re partnering with Microsoft|publisher=Dropbox|date=4 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.theverge.com/2014/11/4/7153975/dropbox-microsoft-partnership-microsoft-office
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| 2014 || November 4 || Competition || Dropbox announces a partnership with [[wikipedia:Microsoft|Microsoft]] to integrate Dropbox and [[wikipedia:Microsoft Office|Microsoft Office]] applications on iOS, Android and the Office 365 applications on the web.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://blog.dropbox.com/2014/11/dropbox-microsoft-office-partnership/|title=We’re partnering with Microsoft|publisher=Dropbox|date=4 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.theverge.com/2014/11/4/7153975/dropbox-microsoft-partnership-microsoft-office
 
|title=Dropbox and Microsoft form surprise partnership for Office integration |publisher=theverge.com|date=4 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-11-04/microsoft-teams-up-with-dropbox-to-target-mobile-business-users.html
 
|title=Dropbox and Microsoft form surprise partnership for Office integration |publisher=theverge.com|date=4 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-11-04/microsoft-teams-up-with-dropbox-to-target-mobile-business-users.html
 
|title=Microsoft Teams Up With Dropbox to Target Mobile, Business Users |publisher=bloomberg.com|date=4 November 2014|first=Dina|last=Bass}}</ref>  
 
|title=Microsoft Teams Up With Dropbox to Target Mobile, Business Users |publisher=bloomberg.com|date=4 November 2014|first=Dina|last=Bass}}</ref>  
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| 2014 || December || Product || Dropbox announces that it will open up its API to business software developers - offering a new set of tools to help integrate Dropbox’s file storage and security features with other business software. <ref name="wsj-business">{{cite web |url=http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/12/02/dropbox-opens-up-to-business-software-developers/ |title=Dropbox Opens Up to Business Software Developers - Digits |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal |date=  |author= |accessdate= August 27, 2016}}</ref>
 
| 2014 || December || Product || Dropbox announces that it will open up its API to business software developers - offering a new set of tools to help integrate Dropbox’s file storage and security features with other business software. <ref name="wsj-business">{{cite web |url=http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/12/02/dropbox-opens-up-to-business-software-developers/ |title=Dropbox Opens Up to Business Software Developers - Digits |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal |date=  |author= |accessdate= August 27, 2016}}</ref>
 
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| 2015 || February || Partnerships || Dropbox partners with [[Vodafone]], a British multinational telecommunications company, to offer file storage to Vodafone's 400 million wireless customers. <ref name="wsj">{{cite web |url=http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2015/02/27/dropbox-taps-vodafone-for-international-growth/ |title=Dropbox Taps Vodafone for International Growth - Digits |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal |date=  |author= |accessdate= August 27, 2016}}</ref>
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| 2015 || February || Partnerships || Dropbox partners with [[wikipedia:Vodafone|Vodafone]], a British multinational telecommunications company, to offer file storage to Vodafone's 400 million wireless customers. <ref name="wsj">{{cite web |url=http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2015/02/27/dropbox-taps-vodafone-for-international-growth/ |title=Dropbox Taps Vodafone for International Growth - Digits |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal |date=  |author= |accessdate= August 27, 2016}}</ref>
 
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| 2015 || July || Team || Dropbox hires its first head of sales, [[Thomas Hansen (executive)|Thomas Hansen]], who was previously senior VP of small and medium business products at [[Microsoft]]. <ref name="MyUser_Recode.net_June_5_2016c">{{cite web |url=http://www.recode.net/2015/7/21/11614890/dropbox-hires-its-first-head-of-sales-longtime-microsoft-exec-thomas |title=Dropbox Hires Its First Head of Sales, Longtime Microsoft Executive Thomas Hansen – Recode |newspaper=Recode.net |date=  |author= |accessdate= June 5, 2016}}</ref>
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| 2015 || July || Team || Dropbox hires its first head of sales, [[wikipedia:Thomas Hansen (executive)|Thomas Hansen]], who was previously senior VP of small and medium business products at [[wikipedia:Microsoft|Microsoft]]. <ref name="MyUser_Recode.net_June_5_2016c">{{cite web |url=http://www.recode.net/2015/7/21/11614890/dropbox-hires-its-first-head-of-sales-longtime-microsoft-exec-thomas |title=Dropbox Hires Its First Head of Sales, Longtime Microsoft Executive Thomas Hansen – Recode |newspaper=Recode.net |date=  |author= |accessdate= June 5, 2016}}</ref>
 
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| 2015 || August 12 || Product || Dropbox announces availability of its USB security key which provides two-factor authentication to its services.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://geekinspector.com/671/news/dropbox-adds-usb-security-key-two-factor-protection|title=DropBox Adds USB Security Key Protection|publisher=Geek Inspector|accessdate=2017-02-19}}</ref>
 
| 2015 || August 12 || Product || Dropbox announces availability of its USB security key which provides two-factor authentication to its services.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://geekinspector.com/671/news/dropbox-adds-usb-security-key-two-factor-protection|title=DropBox Adds USB Security Key Protection|publisher=Geek Inspector|accessdate=2017-02-19}}</ref>
 
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| 2015 || October 15 || Product || Dropbox rebrands its six-month-old product invite-only beta product Notes as Dropbox Paper, and expands the beta significantly. The product, that facilitates collaborative document editing, is available only on the web at this time.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.engadget.com/2015/10/15/dropbox-paper-team-collaboration-tools/|title = Paper is Dropbox's new vision for how teams can work together|date = October 15, 2015|accessdate = December 9, 2016|publisher = ''Engadget''}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.theverge.com/2015/10/15/9545587/dropbox-paper-hands-on|title = Hands on with Paper, Dropbox's answer to Google Docs. Slick editing and rich media, but is it enough?|last = Newton|first = Casey|date = October 15, 2015|accessdate = December 9, 2016|publisher = ''[[The Verge]]''}}</ref>
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| 2015 || October 15 || Product || Dropbox rebrands its six-month-old product invite-only beta product Notes as Dropbox Paper, and expands the beta significantly. The product, that facilitates collaborative document editing, is available only on the web at this time.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.engadget.com/2015/10/15/dropbox-paper-team-collaboration-tools/|title = Paper is Dropbox's new vision for how teams can work together|date = October 15, 2015|accessdate = December 9, 2016|publisher = ''Engadget''}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.theverge.com/2015/10/15/9545587/dropbox-paper-hands-on|title = Hands on with Paper, Dropbox's answer to Google Docs. Slick editing and rich media, but is it enough?|last = Newton|first = Casey|date = October 15, 2015|accessdate = December 9, 2016|publisher = ''[[wikipedia:The Verge|The Verge]]''}}</ref>
 
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| 2015 || December || Product || Dropbox announces it will shutter its free mobile apps [[Mailbox (app)|Mailbox]] and [[Carousel]] as it focuses more on paid file storage by businesses. <ref name="wsj-mailbox">{{cite web |url=http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2015/12/07/dropbox-is-pulling-mailbox-and-carousel-apps/ |title=Dropbox Is Pulling ‘Mailbox' and ‘Carousel' Apps - Digits |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal |date=  |author= |accessdate= August 27, 2016}}</ref>
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| 2015 || December || Product || Dropbox announces it will shutter its free mobile apps [[wikipedia:Mailbox (app)|Mailbox]] and [[wikipedia:Carousel|Carousel]] as it focuses more on paid file storage by businesses. <ref name="wsj-mailbox">{{cite web |url=http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2015/12/07/dropbox-is-pulling-mailbox-and-carousel-apps/ |title=Dropbox Is Pulling ‘Mailbox' and ‘Carousel' Apps - Digits |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal |date=  |author= |accessdate= August 27, 2016}}</ref>
 
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| 2016 || March || Product, Competition || Dropbox announces that it now stores over 90% of its user data on its own infrastructure stack as it continues to wean itself off of its influence from [[Amazon S3]].<ref name="DropboxBlog">{{cite web |url=https://blogs.dropbox.com/tech/2016/03/magic-pocket-infrastructure/ |title=Scaling to exabytes and beyond |newspaper= |date=  |author= |accessdate= April 27, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.informationweek.com/cloud/cloud-storage/how-dropbox-moved-500pb-of-customer-files-off-aws/d/d-id/1325721|title = How Dropbox Moved 500PB Of Customer Files Off AWS. With 500 petabytes of customer files to manage, Dropbox decided to become a post-cloud company. That meant moving a core operation off AWS. Here's how it was done.|last = Babcock|first = Charles|date = June 1, 2016|accessdate = December 9, 2016|publisher = InformationWeek}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.wired.com/2016/03/epic-story-dropboxs-exodus-amazon-cloud-empire/|title =  The Epic Story of Dropbox’s Exodus From the Amazon Cloud Empire|last = Metz|first = Cade|date = March 14, 2016|accessdate = December 9, 2016|publisher = ''[[Wired Magazine]]''}}</ref>
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| 2016 || March || Product, Competition || Dropbox announces that it now stores over 90% of its user data on its own infrastructure stack as it continues to wean itself off of its influence from [[wikipedia:Amazon S3|Amazon S3]].<ref name="DropboxBlog">{{cite web |url=https://blogs.dropbox.com/tech/2016/03/magic-pocket-infrastructure/ |title=Scaling to exabytes and beyond |newspaper= |date=  |author= |accessdate= April 27, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.informationweek.com/cloud/cloud-storage/how-dropbox-moved-500pb-of-customer-files-off-aws/d/d-id/1325721|title = How Dropbox Moved 500PB Of Customer Files Off AWS. With 500 petabytes of customer files to manage, Dropbox decided to become a post-cloud company. That meant moving a core operation off AWS. Here's how it was done.|last = Babcock|first = Charles|date = June 1, 2016|accessdate = December 9, 2016|publisher = InformationWeek}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.wired.com/2016/03/epic-story-dropboxs-exodus-amazon-cloud-empire/|title =  The Epic Story of Dropbox’s Exodus From the Amazon Cloud Empire|last = Metz|first = Cade|date = March 14, 2016|accessdate = December 9, 2016|publisher = ''[[wikipedia:Wired Magazine|Wired Magazine]]''}}</ref>
 
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| 2016 || April 26 || Product || Dropbox announces Project Infinite – a service with the goal of giving business customers local access to files no matter where they live. This means that they no longer need to store all their files on their local drives.<ref name="ProjInfinite">{{cite web |url=http://techcrunch.com/2016/04/26/dropboxs-project-infinite-could-change-the-way-you-think-of-cloud-storage/ |title=Dropbox's latest idea could change the way you think about cloud storage |newspaper=Techcrunch.com |date=  |author= |accessdate= April 27, 2016}}</ref>
 
| 2016 || April 26 || Product || Dropbox announces Project Infinite – a service with the goal of giving business customers local access to files no matter where they live. This means that they no longer need to store all their files on their local drives.<ref name="ProjInfinite">{{cite web |url=http://techcrunch.com/2016/04/26/dropboxs-project-infinite-could-change-the-way-you-think-of-cloud-storage/ |title=Dropbox's latest idea could change the way you think about cloud storage |newspaper=Techcrunch.com |date=  |author= |accessdate= April 27, 2016}}</ref>
 
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| 2016 || June 14 || Financial || Dropbox CEO Drew Houston announces that the company is free cash flow positive, but is not in a rush to IPO. Commentators note that this does not imply that the company is profitable, since free cash flow does not include a number of expenses.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.businessinsider.com/dropbox-is-free-cash-flow-positive-2016-6|title = Dropbox CEO Drew Houston just shared something Wall Street is really going to like|last = Kim|first = Eugene|date = June 14, 2016|accessdate = December 9, 2016|publisher = ''[[Business Insider]]''}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = https://techcrunch.com/2016/06/14/dropbox-says-it-is-cash-flow-positive-in-no-rush-to-ipo/|title = Dropbox says it is cash flow positive, in no rush to IPO|last = Roof|first = Katie|date =  June 14, 2016|accessdate = December 9, 2016|publisher = ''[[TechCrunch]]''}}</ref>
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| 2016 || June 14 || Financial || Dropbox CEO Drew Houston announces that the company is free cash flow positive, but is not in a rush to IPO. Commentators note that this does not imply that the company is profitable, since free cash flow does not include a number of expenses.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.businessinsider.com/dropbox-is-free-cash-flow-positive-2016-6|title = Dropbox CEO Drew Houston just shared something Wall Street is really going to like|last = Kim|first = Eugene|date = June 14, 2016|accessdate = December 9, 2016|publisher = ''[[wikipedia:Business Insider|Business Insider]]''}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = https://techcrunch.com/2016/06/14/dropbox-says-it-is-cash-flow-positive-in-no-rush-to-ipo/|title = Dropbox says it is cash flow positive, in no rush to IPO|last = Roof|first = Katie|date =  June 14, 2016|accessdate = December 9, 2016|publisher = ''[[wikipedia:TechCrunch|TechCrunch]]''}}</ref>
 
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| 2016 || August 3 || Product || Dropbox launches an iPhone and Android version of its document-editing app, Paper, and upgrades it from invite-only beta to open beta.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://techcrunch.com/2016/08/03/dropbox-launches-an-iphone-and-android-version-of-its-document-editing-app-paper/ |title=Dropbox launches an iPhone and Android version of its document-editing app Paper |publisher = ''[[TechCrunch]]'' |date=August 3, 2016|last = Lynley|first = Matthew|accessdate= August 3, 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.engadget.com/2016/08/03/dropbox-paper-open-beta-ios-android-apps/|title = Paper, Dropbox's answer to Google Docs, now has apps for iOS and Android. The service is now in open beta, too, so give it a shot.|last = Ingraham|first = Nathan|date = August 3, 2016|accessdate = December 9, 2016|publisher = Engadget}}</ref>
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| 2016 || August 3 || Product || Dropbox launches an iPhone and Android version of its document-editing app, Paper, and upgrades it from invite-only beta to open beta.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://techcrunch.com/2016/08/03/dropbox-launches-an-iphone-and-android-version-of-its-document-editing-app-paper/ |title=Dropbox launches an iPhone and Android version of its document-editing app Paper |publisher = ''[[wikipedia:TechCrunch|TechCrunch]]'' |date=August 3, 2016|last = Lynley|first = Matthew|accessdate= August 3, 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.engadget.com/2016/08/03/dropbox-paper-open-beta-ios-android-apps/|title = Paper, Dropbox's answer to Google Docs, now has apps for iOS and Android. The service is now in open beta, too, so give it a shot.|last = Ingraham|first = Nathan|date = August 3, 2016|accessdate = December 9, 2016|publisher = Engadget}}</ref>
 
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| 2016 || November 16 || Product || As part of its AdminX initiative for Dropbox Business users, Dropbox launches additional features to improve security of business documents and prevent people from accessing them through personal accounts. Admin controls are extended to Dropbox Paper. Also, Dropbox announces an infrastructure expansion in Europe and Asia, to cater to its large non-US audience. As of this date, Dropbox has more than 30 security partnerships across areas such as data loss prevention, enterprise mobility management, identity and access management, data migration, eDiscovery, and analytics.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://blogs.dropbox.com/business/2016/11/adminx-paper-infrastructure-enhancements/|title = Introducing enhancements to AdminX, Paper, and our infrastructure|last = Baesman|first = Rob|date = November 16, 2016|accessdate = December 9, 2016|publisher = [[Dropbox (service)|Dropbox]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = https://techcrunch.com/2016/11/16/dropboxs-latest-announcement-about-building-enterprise-security-credibility/|title = Dropbox Business updates focus on increasing enterprise security credibility|last = Miller|first = Ron|date = November 16, 2016|accessdate = December 9, 2016|publisher = ''[[TechCrunch]]''}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://siliconangle.com/blog/2016/11/16/dropbox-business-gets-additional-enterprise-security-admin-controls-more/|title = Dropbox Business gets additional enterprise security, admin controls, more|last = Kriel|first = Collen|date = November 24, 2016|accessdate = December 9, 2016|publisher = Silicon Angle}}</ref>
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| 2016 || November 16 || Product || As part of its AdminX initiative for Dropbox Business users, Dropbox launches additional features to improve security of business documents and prevent people from accessing them through personal accounts. Admin controls are extended to Dropbox Paper. Also, Dropbox announces an infrastructure expansion in Europe and Asia, to cater to its large non-US audience. As of this date, Dropbox has more than 30 security partnerships across areas such as data loss prevention, enterprise mobility management, identity and access management, data migration, eDiscovery, and analytics.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://blogs.dropbox.com/business/2016/11/adminx-paper-infrastructure-enhancements/|title = Introducing enhancements to AdminX, Paper, and our infrastructure|last = Baesman|first = Rob|date = November 16, 2016|accessdate = December 9, 2016|publisher = [[wikipedia:Dropbox (service)|Dropbox]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = https://techcrunch.com/2016/11/16/dropboxs-latest-announcement-about-building-enterprise-security-credibility/|title = Dropbox Business updates focus on increasing enterprise security credibility|last = Miller|first = Ron|date = November 16, 2016|accessdate = December 9, 2016|publisher = ''[[wikipedia:TechCrunch|TechCrunch]]''}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://siliconangle.com/blog/2016/11/16/dropbox-business-gets-additional-enterprise-security-admin-controls-more/|title = Dropbox Business gets additional enterprise security, admin controls, more|last = Kriel|first = Collen|date = November 24, 2016|accessdate = December 9, 2016|publisher = Silicon Angle}}</ref>
 
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The content on this page is forked from the English Wikipedia page entitled "Timeline of Dropbox". The original page still exists at Timeline of Dropbox. The original content was released under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License (CC-BY-SA), so this page inherits this license.

This is a timeline of online file storage and collaboration service Dropbox.

Big picture

Time period Key developments at Dropbox
2007–2010 Dropbox launches. It goes from 100,000 registered users in September 2008 to over 4 million in January 2010.
2011–2016 Dropbox reaches 50 million registered users in October 2011, and then 400 million registered users in June 2015.

Full timeline

Year Month and date Event type Details
2005 Competition Box.com, an online file sharing and content management service for businesses, is launched. It IPOs in March 2014. [1]
2007 June 1 Company Dropbox is founded by MIT students Drew Houston and Arash Ferdowsi, as a startup company from the American seed accelerator Y Combinator.[2]
2007 August Competition Microsoft launches Windows Live SkyDrive (later OneDrive), which also provides users with free storage.[3]
2007 December Competition SpiderOak – an online backup and file hosting service that allows users to access, synchronize and share data using a cloud-based server – is launched.
2008 March Product Dropbox creates a 3-minute video demonstration of its technology as it is meant to work, which is posted to Digg.[4] This helped its beta waiting list expand from 5,000 people to 75,000 people literally overnight.[5]
2008 September 11 Product Dropbox launches to the public, allowing anyone to get 2GB of free storage. It also announces storage pricing tiers, with 50GB Dropbox for $9.99/month, or $99.99/year.[6]
2008 November Funding Dropbox raises $6 million in Series A round led by Sequoia Capital.[7]
2009 October Product Dropbox finally acquires the dropbox.com domain.[8]
2009 December Acquisitions Steve Jobs approaches Drew Houston and suggests that Drew Houston sell Dropbox. Drew Houston cuts the pitch short and says that Dropbox is determined to stay independent. [9][10]
2010 May International Dropbox announces that it has been blocked by the Chinese government.[11][12][13][14][15]
2011 June Security TechCrunch reports that all Dropbox accounts could be accessed without password for four hours. This was later widely reported in the mainstream press and caused some doubt about Dropbox's "cloud" technology model.[16] The error was caused by an authentication code update made at 1:54 p.m. Pacific Time;[17] it was detected at 5:41 p.m. and immediately fixed. About 1% of Dropbox's users were logged in at that time; all sessions were immediately terminated. All users with compromised accounts were notified by email.[18][19]
2011 June 20 Competition Microsoft overhauls the user interface for Microsoft OneDrive, built using HTML5 technologies. The updated version featured caching, hardware acceleration, HTML5 video, quick views, cleaner arrangement of photos and infinite scrolling. Microsoft also doubled the file size limit from 50 MB to 100 MB per file. With this update, Microsoft consolidated the different entry points for SkyDrive, such as Windows Live Photos and Windows Live Office, into one single interface. Files and folders shared with a user, including those in Windows Live Groups, were also accessible in the new interface.[20]
2011 October 18 Funding With 45 million users, Dropbox raises $250M In Funding in a Series B round.[21]
2012 February Acquisitions Dropbox acquires stealth startup Cove, bringing Ruchi Sanghvi and Aditya Agarwal onto the team. [22][23]
2012 April Product Dropbox announces a new feature allowing users to automatically upload photographs or videos from camera, tablet, SD card, or smartphone. Users will be given up to 3 GB (initially 5 GB) extra space to accommodate the photographs and videos uploaded in this fashion, but the space is permanently added to the user's allowance and is not restricted to pictures. It is viewed as a move against Google's recently launched Google Drive and Microsoft's OneDrive.[24]
2012 November 12 Userbase Dropbox announces it reaches 100 million users.[25]
2012 December International Dropbox announces plans to establish its first international office in Dublin, Ireland.[26]
2012 December 19 Acquisitions Dropbox acquires Snapjoy, which provides a service for aggregating, archiving and viewing all digital photographs taken with cameras, phones, or popular photo applications. Financial terms were not released at the time of the acquisition.[27]
2013 March Acquisitions Dropbox acquires Mailbox, a sleek email platform specifically for mobile users.[28]
2013 June 6 Security The Guardian and The Washington Post publicize confidential documents suggesting Dropbox was being considered for inclusion in the National Security Agency's classified PRISM program of Internet surveillance.[29][30]
2013 November 13 Userbase Dropbox announces it reaches 200 million users.[31]
2013 November 13 Product Dropbox announces it will unveil Dropbox for businesses. [32]
2014 January Funding Dropbox raises $250 million funding round, valuing the company at $10 billion.[33]
2014 February Team Dropbox hires Dennis Woodside, who ran Motorola Mobility for Google, as its chief operating officer. [34][35]
2014 April Team Dropbox adds former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to its board. [36]
2014 April 17 Acquisitions Dropbox acquires Hackpad, a real-time collaborative text editor.[37][38]
2014 November 4 Competition Dropbox announces a partnership with Microsoft to integrate Dropbox and Microsoft Office applications on iOS, Android and the Office 365 applications on the web.[39][40][41]
2014 December Product Dropbox announces that it will open up its API to business software developers - offering a new set of tools to help integrate Dropbox’s file storage and security features with other business software. [42]
2015 February Partnerships Dropbox partners with Vodafone, a British multinational telecommunications company, to offer file storage to Vodafone's 400 million wireless customers. [43]
2015 July Team Dropbox hires its first head of sales, Thomas Hansen, who was previously senior VP of small and medium business products at Microsoft. [44]
2015 August 12 Product Dropbox announces availability of its USB security key which provides two-factor authentication to its services.[45]
2015 October 15 Product Dropbox rebrands its six-month-old product invite-only beta product Notes as Dropbox Paper, and expands the beta significantly. The product, that facilitates collaborative document editing, is available only on the web at this time.[46][47]
2015 December Product Dropbox announces it will shutter its free mobile apps Mailbox and Carousel as it focuses more on paid file storage by businesses. [48]
2016 March Product, Competition Dropbox announces that it now stores over 90% of its user data on its own infrastructure stack as it continues to wean itself off of its influence from Amazon S3.[49][50][51]
2016 April 26 Product Dropbox announces Project Infinite – a service with the goal of giving business customers local access to files no matter where they live. This means that they no longer need to store all their files on their local drives.[52]
2016 June 14 Financial Dropbox CEO Drew Houston announces that the company is free cash flow positive, but is not in a rush to IPO. Commentators note that this does not imply that the company is profitable, since free cash flow does not include a number of expenses.[53][54]
2016 August 3 Product Dropbox launches an iPhone and Android version of its document-editing app, Paper, and upgrades it from invite-only beta to open beta.[55][56]
2016 November 16 Product As part of its AdminX initiative for Dropbox Business users, Dropbox launches additional features to improve security of business documents and prevent people from accessing them through personal accounts. Admin controls are extended to Dropbox Paper. Also, Dropbox announces an infrastructure expansion in Europe and Asia, to cater to its large non-US audience. As of this date, Dropbox has more than 30 security partnerships across areas such as data loss prevention, enterprise mobility management, identity and access management, data migration, eDiscovery, and analytics.[57][58][59]

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