DROP.IO UNVEILS TWITTER INTEGRATION AND A SUITE OF NEW FEATURES DESIGNED TO STREAMLINE THE ONLINE FILE SHARING EXPERIENCE

New Feature Set Also Enables Embedded Videos, Enhanced Notes, Photo Rotation and More

July 31, 2008 – NEW YORK - Drop.io, Inc. (http://drop.io), the simple private sharing solution, today introduced a new suite of features to enhance Drop.io’s file sharing experience, making it faster and easier for users to privately share and store pictures, videos, audio, documents, and other digital content with family, friends, colleagues and work groups.

Headlining the package of new Drop.io features is the integration of Twitter’s social networking and micro-blogging platform to enable ‘real-time’ sharing of files uploaded to a drop through a user’s personalized Twitter stream.  By visiting a drop and entering a Twitter username and password, a user’s Twitter stream is instantaneously updated by a personalized “Tweet” when content is uploaded to the specified drop through one of Drop.io’s web, widgets, email, MMS, phone or fax inputs.  Each “Tweet” update includes a direct Drop.io link to the new asset, giving users immediate ‘one-click’ access to updated content.

“A natural fit for Drop.io, the Twitter community has always embraced Drop.io as they recognize that Drop.io’s on-the-fly functionality delivers a powerful enhancement to Twitter’s social networking platform.  Now, Twitter users can use Drop.io to post any sort of media into their Twitter streams from all the Drop.io inputs,” said Drop.io’s CEO Sam Lessin. “The instant ability to ‘Twitter’ out any ‘dropped’ file to an infinite number of Twitter accounts streamlines the online file sharing experience, while giving users extended control over the distribution of their content.”

In addition to the integration of Twitter functionality, Drop.io announced the release of a series of upgrades and enhancements to some of Drop.io’s most popular features.  The upgraded feature set includes:  Upgraded Notes – Drop.io’s new note editor allows for rich text composition, including color text, ordered lists, quotations and titles, and the ability to embed rich media content from social media sites, including: YouTube, Flickr, Digg, Viddler, Seesmic and Vimeo; SMS Alerts – Drop.io users can now receive updates via text message when their Drop has been updated with new content; User Selected Time Zone -- Drop administrators can now set the default time zone for all views and uploads; PicLens Optimized View – Users can now use the Drop.io PicLens viewer and directly enter a an optimized view of their drop; Photo Rotation; File Sorting in System View; Date and Time Stamping in RSS Alerts.

“Drop.io provides thousands of unique uses for thousands of unique people. Drop.io is not a structure, system or network – rather it is a platform that enables people to share in the most dynamic of ways,” added Lessin.

Introducing Tweet.io - Drop.io + Twitter

Share the contents of your drop with your Twitter stream as your drop is updated!

See the twitter action on this drop!  Watch a screencast of how it works.

Embeddable Media Support

Drop.io now supports embeddable media from popular social media sites like: YouTube, Flickr, Digg, Viddler, Vimeo, Twitter, Seesmic, Drop.io Content, Blit.tv, UStream.TV, and Revision 3.

 

Learn how to embed content, or see examples of the types of content you can embed.

Receive SMS / Text Message Alerts

Receive drop update alerts via text message. Just subscribe your phone number to any drop in order to receive updates. Please note that at this time, we only support US carriers. You can unsubscribe at any time.

Drop.io Now Offers Time Zone Support

Login as admin and set the timezone for your drop. All updates will reflect this timezone.