Posts by Tom
Document Editing, Collaboration, 1-Time Links, FileDrop and Saturn V
Today, on the 43rd anniversary of the launch of the Apollo 11 mission that put the first man on the Moon, we are proud to announce an allllmost as monumental launch of our own (okay not really close to as cool as Apollo 11, but hey, we’re pretty excited about it anyway)! Today we’re proud…
Read MoreMediaFire Express 0.13 – Now With Screenshot Annotation!
Hi everyone! We are pleased to announce the release of MediaFire Express 0.13! This new release includes a vastly improved screen-capture tool which makes sharing and annotating screenshots a breeze. You can download MediaFire Express here: http://www.mediafire.com/software/express/tour.php Let’s say you’re trying to explain a problem with your application to tech support and they aren’t getting…
Read MoreMediaFire Express 0.12.0 Update
We are pleased to announce the release of MediaFire Express 0.12.0. New functionality has been added! One of the most visible changes in this new release is that the status panel (i.e., the small window with a progress bar that appears in the corner of the screen while uploads are underway) can now show pending…
Read MoreNew document view on My Files page
It was just a little over a year ago when drag and drop functionality was added to our My Files page. Today we’ve got something even cooler to show you, if you take a look at your files you might notice a few new features, including a new document view available at the top right…
Read MoreImages Update
Today we released a major update to our image serving technology just in time for me to upload my pictures from this year’s SXSW Interactive Conference in Austin, Texas. Without getting into the details just yet, the basics of the update are that images are now processed and presented to the user in real-time which…
Read MoreMediaFire Express Beta Updates
We’ve gotten some great feedback since we launched MediaFire Express Beta last week. Today we’re releasing updates to both the Windows and Mac versions to fix some bugs and add a few new features. If you already have MediaFire Express Beta installed, you should receive the update automatically if you haven’t already. You can download…
Read MoreMediaFire Express Beta (and REST API)
Today the MediaFire team is proud to announce the Beta release of MediaFire’s first software application – MediaFire Express. This Windows, Mac, and Linux compatible application makes it easier than ever to upload files from your computer to your MediaFire account. Download MediaFire Express from our new “Tools” section here: http://www.mediafire.com/software/ MediaFire Express is currently…
Read MoreMore HTML5 Goodness
Hi everyone, It’s the start of a new week and back to business as usual here at MediaFire – which means the team is hard at work on more updates and improvements to the site. Today we released another update to the codebase with some very cool new enhancements. Enhancement 1: HTML5 localStorage The biggest…
Read MoreMediaFire’s Position in the Cloud Storage Market
Recently there has been extensive media coverage of the United States Government’s shut down of MegaUpload.com which has drawn attention to the entire cloud storage market as a whole. While I can’t speak to the allegations against MegaUpload, I’d like to just take this opportunity to clarify some misconceptions about MediaFire that I’ve seen recently.…
Read MoreSOPA Day at MediaFire
Today MediaFire joins millions of Internet users, entrepreneurs and the growing number of responsible internet companies including Google, Facebook, Reddit, Twitter, Wikipedia, Mozilla and Yahoo in opposition to the proposed HR3261 (SOPA) and S968 (PIPA). These two proposed legislations – the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the U.S. House of Representatives, and the PROTECT…
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