Thursday, April 10, 2014

New Dropbox ‘Carousel’ App Moves Company Beyond Storage - Digits - WSJ

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"The app may put Dropbox into closer competition with Facebook, one of the most popular photo-sharing sites along with Instagram and Yahoo’s Flickr. In an interview, Houston said Carousel fills a need that Facebook doesn’t: storing photos privately and sharing them with select groups of friends.

“There’s always been some overlap with our services,” Houston said about Facebook. “But when you look at what we’re doing, we feel like Carousel is doing something completely new.”

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, a longtime friend of Houston’s, attended the Dropbox event but did not speak on stage or conduct interviews."
New Dropbox ‘Carousel’ App Moves Company Beyond Storage - Digits - WSJ

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