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Dropboxreportsthat, after gathering feedback from users following last week’s announcement of a Terms of Service revision, it has clarified the wording on intellectual property licensing. User feedback suggested that the wording was previously to vague, suggesting that Dropbox may exercise rights beyond what is needed to operate the service. Such feedback stems from a climate wherecontroversy over similar licenses from photo-sharing applicationsis still fresh. The new license wording is casual and clear, and the most important addition are the words: “to the extent reasonably necessary for the Service....

Since the pandemic started, all software companies have been launching collaborative tools to help remote teams. Dropbox is announcing a few such features today, including a video/screen capture, video collaborations, and a tool for adding digital creations to shopping listings. Dropbox’s new screen and video capture tool is simply calledCapture, and it’s launching today in beta. It lets you record your screen, and even provide video commentary with it, so you can easily explain concepts and ideas to your teammates....

Many of the things that we have to remind ourselves to do, or bring with us, throughout the day are tied up in a place as well as a time. Dropp [Free,App Store] is a unique app that functions as a location-based reminder app that will trigger when you enter an area. But it also has a cool secondary use as a personalized messaging service that allows you to drop text or picture messages in an area that will be picked up by friends or family automatically....

There is certainly no limit to the number of ways of storing and sharing large files on the Internet. Chances are you’ve already gotDropboxset up on your computer, or you might prefer the peer-to-peer option thatiSendrgives, doing away with the cloud entirely. Those of you who like something web-based might use a service such asCrate. The very saturated file sharing and storage market hasn’t stopped the developers behindDropsfrom throwing their service into the ring....

Dropboxmakes it incredibly easy to take files on your computer with you on the go, accessible from pretty much any mobile device. While you can upload files from your Android device using the official Dropbox app,DropSyncmakes it easy to achieve two-way sync with your phone and Dropbox account. Once the app is installed, you can select or create a new folder on your phone’s SD card and in your Dropbox folder, for true two-way sync....