Dropbox Carousel

Dropbox Carousel
Developer(s) Dropbox
Initial release April 9, 2014 (2014-04-09)[1]
Development status Active
Operating system Android, iOS, web
Type Photo storage and sharing
Website carousel.dropbox.com

Dropbox Carousel is a photo and video[1] management app offered by Dropbox.[2] The third-party native app, available on Android and iOS,[3] allows users to store, manage, and organize photos.[4] Photos are organized by date, time and event[5] and backed up on Dropbox.[1] It competes in this space against other online photo storage services such as Google's Google Photos, Apple's iCloud, and Yahoo's Flickr.[5] Chris Lee, Dropbox's head of product development for Carousel describes the app is an add-on to Dropbox, a “dedicated experience for photos and videos” and a space for “reliving personal memories”.[5]

History

Mailbox founder, Gentry Underwood unveiled Carousel at a gathering in San Francisco on April 9, 2014.[1] Much of the features in Carousel come from Snapjoy, a photo start-up, that Dropbox acquired on December 19, 2012.[6] When Carousel was launched, it marked amongst many others, a series of acquisitions made by Dropbox to prep up before opening its stock for public offering.[1] The acquisitions would help demonstrate its expansive product offerings pitching potential profitability to investors.[1]

Features

Carousel prompts users to free local storage once it has synced and backed-up local photos to the cloud.[3] Flashback is a feature (enabled by default) that pops up past photos or videos taken the same day a year or some years back.[3] Flashback uses an algorithm designed to identify human faces - resulting in greater likelihood of the owner’s picture or people in owner's close circle showing up.[3] A scrollable timeline, which was earlier a scroll wheel, at the bottom lets the user drag to photo(s) to a specific date with a finger swipe.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Casey, Newton (9 April 2014). "Dropbox unveils Carousel for organizing your photos and videos". Dropbox unveils Carousel for organizing your photos and videos. The Verge. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  2. Molen, Brad (20 November 2014). "Dropbox Carousel comes to iPad and web today, Android tablets soon". Engadget. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Lee, Nicole (December 9, 2014). "Dropbox's Carousel app now frees up phone storage for you". Engadget. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
  4. Raymundo, Oscar (16 October 2015). "iPhone 6s Live Photos turn dead-flat on Dropbox, Flickr and Google Photos". iPhone 6s Live Photos turn dead-flat on Dropbox, Flickr and Google Photos. Macworld. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  5. 1 2 3 Statt, Nick (October 20, 2015). "Google Photos hits 100 million monthly users after five months". The Verge. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
  6. Sottek, T.C. (December 19, 2012). "Dropbox acquires Snapjoy, a photo aggregation and sharing service". Dropbox acquires Snapjoy, a photo aggregation and sharing service. The Verge. Retrieved October 30, 2015.

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