ashmaurya

Yes - sort of... Incidentally, we also have another product called BoxCloud which is a bit like DropBox for files and folders.

Thanks... we slapped the site pretty quickly but are revisiting from an SEO perspective.

From a technical perspective, the desktop is not directly addressable from the outside. All traffic flows through our p2web gateway and is encypted/authenticated.

From a non-technical perspective, I do agree security will always be a concern and a challenge for us to overcome.

Thanks for the suggestion on the graphic.

The 50Bn and 10% numbers come from InfoTrends via itfacts (http://www.itfacts.biz/50-bln-digital-photos-taken-in-2007-6...). Yes, it probably includes throwaways but even throwaways are sharable (even if the audience might approach 1).

I always ask people what percentage of photos they share versus the number on their desktop and it's usually way less than 10%.

"no uploading" is really "no manual uploading". You do have to leave your computer (or appliance - coming soon) running and connected and we do auto-cache recent and more popular content.

Yes, the initial download, install, and picking photo/video source is work but it's a one time tax. Any photo or video that is dropped on the desktop is instantly shared and accessible.

We all have tons of photos, movies, and music on our desktops that we'd like to share, but don't have the time or patience to upload them all to an online sharing site.

We built CloudFire for people that want to share ALL their media...FAST...right from their desktop.

Don't waste your time free time UPLOADING.