<s>
Bitcasa	B-Application
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
was	O
an	O
American	O
cloud	B-Architecture
storage	I-Architecture
company	O
founded	O
in	O
2011	O
in	O
St.	O
Louis	O
,	O
Missouri	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bitcasa	B-Application
provided	O
client	O
software	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
OS	B-Application
X	I-Application
,	O
Android	B-Application
and	O
web	B-Application
browsers	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
iOS	B-Application
client	O
was	O
pending	O
Apple	O
approval	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2013	O
Bitcasa	B-Application
moved	O
to	O
a	O
tiered	O
storage	O
model	O
,	O
offering	O
from	O
1TB	O
for	O
$	O
99/year	O
up	O
to	O
Infinite	O
for	O
$	O
999/year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2014	O
,	O
Bitcasa	B-Application
announced	O
the	O
discontinuation	O
of	O
Infinite	O
Drive	O
;	O
for	O
$	O
999/year	O
,	O
users	O
would	O
get	O
10TB	O
of	O
storage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2016	O
,	O
Bitcasa	B-Application
discontinued	O
offering	O
cloud	B-Architecture
storage	I-Architecture
for	O
consumers	O
,	O
alleging	O
that	O
they	O
will	O
be	O
focusing	O
on	O
their	O
business	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2012	O
Bitcasa	B-Application
closed	O
$9	O
million	O
of	O
investment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CEO	O
Brian	O
Taptich	O
announced	O
Jan	O
2017	O
that	O
Bitcasa	B-Application
had	O
been	O
acquired	O
by	O
Intel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
Intel	O
spokesperson	O
later	O
clarified	O
that	O
Intel	O
had	O
not	O
acquired	O
Bitcasa	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bitcasa	B-Application
provided	O
client	O
software	O
for	O
web	B-Application
browsers	I-Application
,	O
OS	B-Application
X	I-Application
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
a	O
mobile	O
app	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bitcasa	B-Application
products	O
provide	O
centralized	O
streaming	O
storage	O
so	O
that	O
all	O
devices	O
have	O
simultaneous	O
and	O
real-time	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
same	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bitcasa	B-Application
does	O
not	O
require	O
file	O
syncing	O
between	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Centralized	O
storage	O
eliminates	O
the	O
need	O
to	O
duplicate	B-General_Concept
files	I-General_Concept
across	O
devices	O
or	O
wait	O
for	O
files	O
to	O
become	O
synchronized	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
has	O
a	O
patent	O
pending	O
for	O
an	O
"	O
infinite	O
storage	O
"	O
algorithm	O
designed	O
to	O
reduce	O
the	O
actual	O
storage	O
space	O
by	O
identifying	O
duplicate	B-General_Concept
content	I-General_Concept
and	O
providing	O
encryption	O
of	O
the	O
stored	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Popular	O
Mechanics	O
magazine	O
,	O
Bitcasa	B-Application
uses	O
a	O
convergent	O
encryption	O
method	O
whereby	O
a	O
client	O
's	O
data	O
is	O
assigned	O
an	O
anonymous	O
identifier	O
before	O
it	O
is	O
uploaded	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
that	O
data	O
already	O
exists	O
on	O
the	O
Bitcasa	B-Application
servers	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
a	O
popular	O
song	O
)	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
not	O
uploaded	O
but	O
is	O
instead	O
earmarked	O
as	O
available	O
for	O
download	O
by	O
that	O
client	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bitcasa	B-Application
's	O
encryption	O
method	O
reportedly	O
cloaks	O
the	O
data	O
while	O
it	O
is	O
still	O
on	O
the	O
client	O
's	O
computer	O
and	O
then	O
blocks	O
of	O
data	O
are	O
sent	O
by	O
an	O
enterprise-grade	O
AES-256	B-Algorithm
encryption	O
method	O
to	O
the	O
data	O
cloud	O
for	O
storage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
review	O
by	O
Gizmodo	O
of	O
Australia	O
,	O
Bitcasa	B-Application
's	O
cloud	B-Architecture
service	I-Architecture
was	O
described	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
winner	O
"	O
that	O
is	O
"	O
pricier	O
than	O
its	O
competitors	O
"	O
but	O
supported	O
by	O
Mac	O
,	O
PC	O
and	O
Android	B-Application
platforms	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
could	O
access	O
their	O
Infinite	O
Drive	O
through	O
mobile	O
apps	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
Windows	O
RT	O
,	O
and	O
browsers	B-Application
and	O
support	O
offline	O
viewing	O
of	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
initial	O
server	O
migration	O
,	O
only	O
apps	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
iOS	B-Application
and	O
browsers	B-Application
were	O
updated	O
,	O
effectively	O
rendering	O
other	O
devices	O
unusable	O
with	O
the	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
September	O
2011	O
article	O
published	O
in	O
Extreme	O
Tech	O
said	O
that	O
Bitcasa	B-Application
's	O
convergent	O
encryption	O
based	O
system	O
is	O
"	O
mostly	O
"	O
safe	O
but	O
has	O
some	O
risks	O
associated	O
with	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
announcement	O
of	O
the	O
pricing	O
plans	O
change	O
on	O
the	O
Bitcasa	B-Application
blog	O
was	O
commented	O
on	O
heavily	O
by	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
post	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
ensuing	O
comments	O
were	O
removed	O
from	O
the	O
internet	O
by	O
Bitcasa	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bitcasa	B-Application
introduced	O
an	O
interface	O
for	O
developers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
23	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
Bitcasa	B-Application
announced	O
it	O
would	O
be	O
removing	O
all	O
of	O
its	O
grandfathered	O
'	O
infinite	O
 '	O
plans	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bitcasa	B-Application
backtracked	O
due	O
to	O
'	O
lack	O
of	O
demand	O
 '	O
and	O
'	O
abuse	O
 '	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
move	O
was	O
criticized	O
by	O
many	O
users	O
as	O
not	O
being	O
physically	O
possible	O
at	O
the	O
download	O
rates	O
provided	O
by	O
Bitcasa	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
November	O
13	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
Northern	O
Californian	O
district	O
judge	O
William	O
Alsup	O
granted	O
a	O
temporary	O
restraining	O
order	O
,	O
enjoining	O
Bitcasa	B-Application
from	O
deleting	O
and	O
disabling	O
access	O
to	O
Infinite	O
Plan	O
subscribers	O
 '	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bitcasa	B-Application
filed	O
a	O
response	O
on	O
18	O
November	O
,	O
challenging	O
the	O
legality	O
of	O
the	O
TRO	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
an	O
apparent	O
result	O
of	O
the	O
restraining	O
order	O
,	O
Bitcasa	B-Application
announced	O
a	O
5-day	O
extension	O
of	O
the	O
deadline	O
in	O
an	O
email	O
to	O
users	O
on	O
November	O
16	O
;	O
the	O
email	O
did	O
not	O
mention	O
the	O
restraining	O
order	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
hearing	O
was	O
set	O
for	O
10.00	O
on	O
19	O
November	O
;	O
Bitcasa	B-Application
'	O
won	O
 '	O
the	O
lawsuit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
21	O
,	O
2016	O
,	O
Bitcasa	B-Application
announced	O
they	O
would	O
discontinue	O
their	O
cloud	B-Application
storage	I-Application
service	I-Application
,	O
and	O
focus	O
on	O
business	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bitcasa	B-Application
shut	O
down	O
their	O
consumer	O
cloud	B-Architecture
storage	I-Architecture
at	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
May	O
20	O
,	O
2016	O
,	O
only	O
offering	O
products	O
for	O
developers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
four	O
months	O
,	O
they	O
did	O
not	O
refund	O
customers	O
and	O
the	O
website	O
of	O
Bitcasa	B-Application
was	O
inaccessible	O
.	O
</s>
