Writebox Is a Minimalistic Notepad That Syncs With Dropbox

Web/Chrome/iOS/Android: Looking for a plain text editor that works in your browser and on your phone, while syncing with Dropbox or Google Drive? Meet Writebox!

We talked about Writebox briefly in the best Chrome apps you probably aren't using but since then, it's been upgraded to also include iOS and Android apps. And any text file you make syncs with a Dropbox or a Google Drive account, working across all devices so you can keep your notes in sync.

As a text editor, it is bare bones with a minimalistic interface. It's just you and a blank sheet as the menu bar disappears after a few seconds. There are no formatting tools in Writebox but you can set the font and size to your liking in the settings. And whenever you want, you can download it as a text or HTML file, or sync it with your cloud accounts.

Writebox is free for the web and Chrome, so try it out there. And if you like it, it's worth the $1.99 it asks for on iOS or Android to get you a synced notepad across your devices.

Writebox

Writebox ($1.99) | iTunes App Store

Writebox ($1.99) | Google Play Store

Writebox | Chrome Web Store

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New Update Writebox Is a Minimalistic Notepad That Syncs With Dropbox 2014

New Update Writebox Is a Minimalistic Notepad That Syncs With Dropbox 2014

Net/Chrome/iOS/Android: On the lookout for a plain textual content editor that works in your browser and on your cellphone, whereas syncing with Dropbox or Google Drive? Meet Writebox!

We talked about Writebox briefly in the best Chrome apps you probably aren't using but since then, it's been upgraded to also include iOS and Android apps. And any text file you make syncs with a Dropbox or a Google Drive account, working across all devices so you can keep your notes in sync.

As a text editor, it is bare bones with a minimalistic interface. It's just you and a blank sheet as the menu bar disappears after a few seconds. There are no formatting tools in Writebox but you can set the font and size to your liking in the settings. And whenever you want, you can download it as a text or HTML file, or sync it with your cloud accounts.

Writebox is free for the web and Chrome, so try it out there. And if you like it, it's worth the $1.99 it asks for on iOS or Android to get you a synced notepad across your devices.

Writebox

Writebox ($1.99) | iTunes App Store

Writebox ($1.99) | Google Play Store

Writebox | Chrome Web Store

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B1 File Manager Accesses Multiple Dropbox Accounts on Android

Android: The default Dropbox app on Android forces you to use only one account at a time. If you have multiple Dropbox accounts and need access, then B1 File Manager is a good solution—although it doesn't offer local sync.

By itself, B1 File Manager is a pretty capable app to browse through your Android's files. You can already use multiple Dropbox accounts on a PC. B1 File Manager brings that to Android with the "Add Network" option, where one of the networks is Dropbox. Tap it and you are prompted to sign into a Dropbox account. Once that's set up, you can tap it again to sign into another account.

Since this is all part of a file manager app, it's also much easier to transfer or delete files on any Dropbox accounts you set up.

B1 File Manager (Free) | Google Play Store via Instructables

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Dropbox Promises Adding Condoleezza Rice To Its Board Won’t Change Its Privacy Views

After Dropbox announced the hiring of former U.S. Secretary of State and National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice, the Internet roiled with unrest: Could a former government official who defended warrantless wiretapping during the Bush administration properly advise a cloud storage company at the epicenter of the discussion of data privacy, especially in the current context of the NSA and its surveillance programs?

Many inside the technology community were angered by the choice. Dropbox, a company that was listed as “coming soon” on the first PRISM slides, has joined with other technology companies in calling for reformation of surveillance.

The least we can say is that the announcement of the hire was poorly handled. Dropbox agrees. In a short blog post published today, the company was plain: “We should have been clearer that none of this is going to change with Dr. Rice’s appointment to our Board. Our commitment to your rights and your privacy is at the heart of every decision we make, and this will continue.”

The question is whether the word of the company will suffice to quiet its critics.

Dropbox is currently making a play to shape its products to better serve large corporate clients, a lucrative, large market. Chatter among some users indicates that there is at least mild effort from the plugged-in to leave the service; those leaving individually will likely amount to no more than a day’s rounding error on Dropbox’s growth, however.

But the plugged-in are often the sort that make purchasing decisions regarding the implementation of new technology for large corporations. Could the Rice pickup harm Dropbox there? The company is betting that any potential drag of will be more than made up by their new board member’s deep international experience and intelligence. Regardless of whether you agree with her political philosophy, it’s hard to dispute Rice’s credentials.

But for a company looking to secure revenue ramp and pursue an IPO, running into this level of community unrest must be unwelcome.

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CrunchWeek: Heartbleed Terrifies The Internet, And Dropbox Hires Condoleezza Rice

Heartbleed, Big Board, and Dropbox News

Happy Friday everyone, and welcome to another episode of CrunchWeek, our weekly round up of the biggest stories in technology.

This week Leena Rao, Kim-Mai Cutler, and your humble servant took to the round table to dig into Heartbleed, and the NSA-thereof, along with Dropbox’s new controversial board pick, and its new products.

(If can add a small production note, the show was taped in between Bloomberg’s bombshell post that the NSA knew about Heartbleed and had exploited it, and the NSA’s later vigorous denial. Naturally, this short explanation itself will become dated as well once more truth shakes loose. For now, enjoy the show!)

Dropbox releases new social gallery app called Carousel

Kris Carlon 2014-04-10T10:00:00Z5 hours ago

Kris Carlon

Putting down roots in Berlin after six years of traveling is a major step for Kris Carlon, who has spent more time living out of a tent lately than sitting at a desk. Kris comes to the AndroidPIT Editorial Team via a lengthy period spent writing on art and culture in Australia and other places he has lived. He joined the Android community while resurfacing in civilization back in 2010 and has never looked back, using technology to replace his actual presence in other people's lives ever since.

The industrious folk over at Dropbox are quite busy at the moment. They just released an update for Dropbox a couple of days ago and now today they have released two entirely new apps. Mailbox is a company that Dropbox bought after the warm reception of their email app when it launched last year on iOS. Today marks its entry to the Android platform. Carousel is all Dropbox's own though, and adds a nice social twist to your gallery app.

Carousel is an all-new social gallery app from Dropbox. / © Dropbox

Carousel groups your photos and videos in a way you'd already be familiar with based on location and date, but there's a strong emphasis on the social angle of the app, so it's kind of a mix between a instant messenger and gallery app. Everything, and I mean everything, is stored with your Dropbox account, so the idea is that all of the recorded moments of your life are always accessible and sharable with those in your life (and the Carousel app). Carousel will group your photos as well as those sent to you.

Carousel is a gallery app with an instant messaging angle. / © Dropbox

It's a sweet idea with a sweet promo video. As with most new communities though it needs members to make it viable. Being a Dropbox product, rapid adoption is obviously something Dropbox are hoping to overcome with their existing membership base. Added to the dozens of great gallery apps and dozens of great photo-sharing communities though, it feels like it's missing that x-factor it would need to make it a must-install app. Only time will tell if it takes off, but at least every moment along the way will be documented forever.

Link to Video

What photo-sharing communities are you already a part of? What do you look for in a new sharing community?

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Dropbox launches Carousel, a new app for organizing your photos and videos

It’s a pretty big day for the folks over at Dropbox. First, they introduced both the desktop and Android versions of their popular Mailbox app, and now they are also bringing us yet another new app called Carousel, this time for archiving videos and images.

Dropbox has had the ability to instantly upload and back-up your pictures for a while now, but Carousel aims to perform the same functionality with a little more flair. Carousel promises a system that automatically groups and organizes everything, while storing all snapped photos and videos at their full resolutions.

As you’ll see in the video below, this means it is easy to look back throughout the years, group various pictures and vids, and share them with others. Speaking of sharing, Dropbox says that Carousel has special tools that all your to share your videos and pictures with any phone number or email address, regardless of whether or not the user has a Dropbox account.

Carousel is a free app, though at the moment it has yet to hit Google Play. Dropbox says the app will be arriving later today, so you’ll want to keep an eye of Carousel.com for more details.

What do you think of the Carousel app, like it or do you feel it was unnecessary for Dropbox to spin off this functionality to a separate app?

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