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| Available in | English |
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| Headquarters | Brooklyn, NYC |
| Industry | Technology |
| Parent | Facebook, Inc. |
| URL | drop.io |
| Launched | November 6, 2007 |
| Current status | Defunct, 2011 |
Drop.io was an online file sharing service. It allowed users to quickly create "drops", which could contain files of any type, and could be accessed via the internet, e-mail, phone, fax, and widgets. The service did not require users to sign up for an account, and each drop was private unless the creator chose to share it. Drop.io was named one of Time magazine's 50 Best Websites of 2009,[1] and CNET Webware 100.[2]
On October 29, 2010, Drop.io announced that the company had been purchased by Facebook, Inc. and that the service would be shutting down. Sam Lessin, one of the site's founders, would be moving to Facebook.[3] As of 15 December 2010[update], the site is no longer active; the blog is also down, as of November 2011. As of 2021, http://drop.io redirects to a site owned by Chandler Systems, Inc., an Ohio-based manufacturer of residential and commercial water treatment products.
- ^ Fisher, Adam (August 24, 2009). "drop.io - 50 Best Websites 2009". Time. Archived from the original on August 27, 2009. Retrieved October 14, 2010.
- ^ "Webware 100 winner: Dropio | Webware100". CNET. May 19, 2009. Archived from the original on July 22, 2012. Retrieved October 14, 2010.
- ^ "Facebook Acquires Simple File-sharing Service Drop.io". Mashable. October 29, 2010.