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Many Dropbox users are reporting that they’re being bombarded by spam e-mails. This led users to believe that Dropbox was once again hacked, like last year when hundreds of users were receiving spam emails to email accounts only used for their Dropbox account. A spokesman from Dropbox has stated that it’s not the same this time around, and assured users that its service wasn’t hacked.

Many users took to Dropbox’s support forums and stated that many of their Dropbox-exclusive e-mail accounts were compromised. They are receiving phishing e-mails from fake LinkedIn and PayPal e-mail addresses, as well as “offers” from casinos and gambling sites. The PayPal phishing e-mails are more frightening because they appear very similar to real PayPal transaction e-mails, and to the unaware user, could result in their computers being infected by malware.

Dropbox states that this attack may have been a long, postponed effect from its previous security compromise last July. The attacks doesn’t seem as widespread as they were last year, but then again, more affected users can come forward and post their own reports soon.

If you believe you’re one of the affected users, Dropbox encourages you to forward the spam emails to their support e-mail address. A spokesperson for Dropbox stated, “If you’ve received spam to an email account you only use for Dropbox, please send the message (including full headers) to support-security@dropbox.com to help our ongoing investigation.” It is also suggested that you change your e-mail password as well as your Dropbox password.

[via Dropbox]

Dropbox users bombarded by spam e-mails is written by Brian Sin & originally posted on SlashGear.
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[MWC 2013] We know many of you, like us, use Dropbox on a regular basis in order to share files either with yourselves or with others and today, the company is announcing its users upload 1 billion files on a daily basis.

Today’s news came from Dropbox Chief Executive Drew Houston himself during Mobile World Congress where not only did he drop that bombshell of a statistic, but he also announced 100 million users access Dropbox with 500 million devices. Considering the service debuted only six years ago, those are very impressive numbers and shows just how dominant Dropbox is in their space. (more…)

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Dropbox for iOS has just been updated to version 2.1, and with it comes a few updates that should make your Dropbox experience much more pleasant. In order to take advantage of this new Dropbox update, your mobile device has to be on iOS 5 or higher. The update is only about 13.8MB, so you won’t have to worry about the update taking up all of your space on your iPhone/iPad (if you do, you should probably move some files on over to Dropbox).

One of the major updates in Dropbox v2.1 is the ability to view your PDF files straight from the app itself. Now you can avoid the hassle of having to download your PDFs to your phone and viewing it with a separate app. Dropbox is basically trying to cut out the middle man. While this is a major update, and a huge convenience boost for the app, a few users have been reporting a bug in the PDF reader that causes it to malfunction from time to time. Dropbox should be fixing the issue with a smaller update sometime in the near future.

There are also two minor updates included in V2.1. You now get a push notification whenever someone shares a folder with you, which is a feature that has been requested on and off by users.  Also, the “files by date” sort function has been modified. Both are just convenient factors in order to improve user experience.

For those of you who don’t have Dropbox yet, you should definitely take advantage of it. It offers you 2GB of cloud storage for free when you sign up, and increases the storage space to 3GB if you sign up for its “Camera Upload” feature. The Camera Upload feature is a very convenient feature that backs up all of your photos/videos to your Dropbox as soon as you take them. Other features that Dropbox offers is the ability to easily transfer files between multiple devices, and also the ability to share your files with other people. It’s a great app if you’re looking into joining the new cloud storage phenomenon.

[via iTunes]

Dropbox for iOS offers new notifications and a pdf reader is written by Brian Sin & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Earlier today, Dropbox rolled out version 2.1 of its iOS app with a trio of enhancements in tow. The update, which requires iOS 5.0 or higher introduces a new PDF viewer, file sorting by date modified, and push notifications for when someone shares a folder with you (which were also recently added to the Android client). Whether you’re a Dropbox power user or the casual type, this new software bump should definitely come in handy. If you’re a stickler for keeping your apps current and you’ve got 13.8MB to spare, the update’s waiting for you at the source link below.

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Dropbox has been all about the everyday consumer, but if you’re needing a little more power out of your cloud storage, the company has what’s called Dropbox for Teams, in which small businesses can share a pool of cloud storage in order to collaborate on projects and such. However, Dropbox has introduced a new admin console that takes things to a whole new level.

The new admin console is ultimately centered around two ideas: visibility and control. The new features offer improvements in both of these categories. For visibility, you can view recent activity, web sessions, linked devices, and third party apps for each member on the team. You can also get an overall activity chart for everyone on the team, and even download and print out handy reports of usage.

As for control, Dropbox now lets admins set sharing controls at the account level, meaning that you can determine which files are to be kept within the company, or let users decided what gets shared. You can also require that everyone enable two-step verification, just in case you want added security to your work, and there are options to remove users from the group in case they leave the company, and even send out password reset emails to users.

Essentially, Dropbox is making it easier for IT admins to manage the team and the company’s files in an easy-to-use control panel. Plus, Dropbox never has any confusing settings, and always strives for user-friendliness, so while it’s always good to have a knowledgable IT admin on staff, pretty anyone could run the admin console if need be.

Dropbox focusing more on IT with new admin console is written by Craig Lloyd & originally posted on SlashGear.
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