Dropbox Hits 1.0, Adds Features

I'd like to extend hearty congratulations to the Dropbox team for doing what many web-based companies might avoid for years on end: putting out a 1.0 product. It's a bit arbitrary, of course — this useful and popular service has been running great for quite a long time now, and the "beta" tag has always seemed mysterious to me. But they've done what they felt needed to be done to justify dropping it, and the improvements are substantial.

The most important new feature is probably the selective syncing: you can now select which computers sync with which folders, so you don't need to worry about your off-site HD footage backup saturating the shabby wi-fi at a coffee shop.

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