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Box's Aaron "DotNet" Levie On Kim Dotcom, Megaupload, And The New "Cloud Celebrity"

It's what's inside that counts, says Levie, particularly when you run a service that houses the files of thousands of web users. And he describes a few of the core differences between a service like Megaupload and his Box.net.READ»

RapidShare Attorney: If We're Shut Down Like Megaupload, Then YouTube, Dropbox, Apple's iCloud Are Next

RapidShare is one of the world's most popular file-hosting sites, and many have wondered whether the site could be next on the feds' list of targets after Megaupload.READ»

7 Social Networks Obama And The GOP Hopefuls Should Definitely Join

When President Obama showed the power and potential of Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube in 2008, every politician and their chief of staff's mother jumped on the social media bandwagon. Yesterday Obama joined Instagram. Here are several other networks he--and his rivals--should be on.READ»

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Starred: How Box Cofounder Aaron Levie Enticed VCs Like Mark Cuban To Battle Microsoft, Google

For our Starred series we take you deep inside the inboxes of our favorite entrepreneurs. Joining us today, Aaron Levie, CEO and cofounder of Box.net.READ»

Dropbox Cracks The Enterprise With The Help Of Addicted Users

Cloud-syncing and -sharing service Dropbox, founded by CEO Drew Houston, boasts more than 45 million habitual users already. Today, the company sets its sights on the enterprise market with the launch of Dropbox for Teams.READ»

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Box.net CEO Aaron Levie On His Love-Hate Affair With Microsoft

Is there anything you like about Microsoft? "That's a completely unrealistic question!" jokes Aaron Levie, founder of Box.net. The fast-growing, enterprise cloud startup just scored another $81 million in venture funding...READ»

Box CEO Aaron Levie Will Liberate You From Your Desk [Video]

As workforces fan out around the globe, and the Internet and proliferation of portable devices connected to it make us all more mobile (and our workplaces more physically fractured), Aaron Levie believes there needs to be a simple way to share, collaborate, and track work. And that's the idea behind Box, his cloud content-management company. READ»

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Box Launches Android, RIM Playbook Apps, Continues Quest For Cloud Domination

Box's strategy is literally to be everywhere--that's co-founder Aaron Levie's plan to compete against cloud-space giants such as IBM, Cisco, and Microsoft, as well as newcomers like Apple.READ»

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HP Talks App Strategy, Box.net Acquisition, And Zigging When Apple Zags

HP believes WebOS is a more open environment; that it will be less fragmented than Android; that it's an easier and more scalable platform to develop on; and, most significantly, HP promises they won't start co-opting apps, like some competitors out there...READ»

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The Cloud Wars: With Google Docs, Box.net Takes On Microsoft

With the market for cloud-based enterprise services expected to grow to $35.6 billion by 2015, the battle for control of the clouds is heating up, with tech giants such as EMC, Apple, Cisco, IBM, and Microsoft elbowing for market share. But don't forget about scrappy underdog Box.net.READ»

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How Apple's Lion Mauls Competitors And Feasts On Their Ideas For iOS [Video]

When Apple announced a new feature called "Reading List," which lets you save articles to read later, Instapaper founder Marco Arment immediately tweeted just one word, which may reflect the feelings of a lot of developers today: "Shit."READ»

Aaron Levie, CEO Of Box.net, On The Future Of The Cloud

For this installment of our forward-looking Crystal Ballin' series we speak with the man who founded his cloud-based file-sharing platform in college. Join us for a discussion of meatballs, sex, and enterprise software design.READ»

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YouSendIt Hits 30 Million Users, Bests Dropbox

The news prompted its PR team to send out a self-congratulatory note to journalists featuring the provocative subject line, "Dropbox who?"READ»

Amazon CEO Bezos's Tough Talk On Cloud Security: "Choose Harder Passwords!"

Tech evangelists around the globe can't stop singing the praises of the cloud. But keeping all our data online certainly has its drawbacks: privacy concerns, data breaches, server crashes. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has one answer: Pick harder passwords, stupid. READ»

Box Scores $48 Million for Its (Not-So-Diabolical) Plan for Global Domination

Think enterprise software is humdrum? Aaron Levie and crew are bringing the sexy back.READ»

Updated Box.net Brings Facebook-Like Features to the Office

The tools you use at the office are increasingly going to look and feel like the ones you use in your personal life.READ»

Change Generation: Aaron Levie, CEO of Box.net

Aaron Levie, co-founder of cloud company Box.net, talks Steve Jobs, Mark Cuban, dropping out of college, and his once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.READ»

Test-Driving LinkedIn's New Apps Platform

Throwing sheep and swapping vampire bites? Not so much. But early this morning, business-networking site LinkedIn unveiled its new developer platform, loaded with apps aimed at wooing the buttoned-down crowd to its site more often. ...READ»