<s>
Drop.io	B-Application
was	O
an	O
online	O
file	B-Operating_System
sharing	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Drop.io	B-Application
was	O
named	O
one	O
of	O
Time	O
magazine	O
's	O
50	O
Best	O
Websites	O
of	O
2009	O
,	O
and	O
CNET	O
Webware	O
100	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
29	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
Drop.io	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
the	O
company	O
had	O
been	O
purchased	O
by	O
Facebook	B-Application
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
and	O
that	O
the	O
service	O
would	O
be	O
shutting	O
down	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sam	O
Lessin	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
site	O
's	O
founders	O
,	O
would	O
be	O
moving	O
to	O
Facebook	B-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
io	O
's	O
free	O
product	O
provided	O
100	O
megabytes	O
of	O
storage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Drop.io	B-Application
additionally	O
offered	O
a	O
business	O
and	O
education-oriented	O
service	O
called	O
Manager	O
,	O
which	O
aimed	O
to	O
replace	O
FTP	B-Protocol
systems	O
for	O
file	B-Operating_System
sharing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Drop.io	B-Application
was	O
founded	O
by	O
Sam	O
Lessin	O
and	O
Darshan	O
Somashekar	O
in	O
August	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Drop.io	B-Application
was	O
nominated	O
for	O
the	O
Technical	O
Achievement	O
Award	O
at	O
the	O
South	O
By	O
Southwest	O
11th	O
Annual	O
Web	O
Awards	O
in	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
10	O
,	O
drop.io	B-Application
and	O
Scribd	O
,	O
announced	O
a	O
partnership	O
to	O
offer	O
rich	O
conversion	O
and	O
viewing	O
within	O
private	O
"	O
drops	O
"	O
,	O
in	O
an	O
attempt	O
to	O
make	O
it	O
easier	O
for	O
people	O
to	O
share	O
private	O
information	O
online	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2008	O
,	O
users	O
can	O
find	O
drop.io	B-Application
on	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
social	O
networking	O
sites	O
,	O
including	O
:	O
Facebook	B-Application
and	O
Twitter	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2008	O
,	O
drop.io	B-Application
released	O
a	O
very	O
simple	O
API	O
which	O
allows	O
other	O
applications	O
to	O
use	O
io	O
's	O
file	B-Operating_System
sharing	O
ability	O
in	O
their	O
own	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
early	O
applications	O
were	O
built	O
,	O
including	O
usend.io	O
(	O
a	O
simple	O
file	B-Operating_System
transfer	O
app	O
like	O
senduit	O
or	O
yousendit	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2008	O
,	O
drop.io	B-Application
announced	O
having	O
moved	O
100%	O
into	O
'	O
the	O
cloud	O
 '	O
having	O
switched	O
away	O
from	O
all	O
owned	O
and	O
rented	O
physical	O
hardware/servers	O
and	O
claimed	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
largest	O
100%	O
in	O
the	O
cloud	O
application	O
in	O
the	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
in	O
November	O
2008	O
,	O
drop.io	B-Application
released	O
a	O
major	O
design	O
overhaul	O
which	O
completely	O
changed	O
the	O
front	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
product	O
,	O
but	O
maintained	O
the	O
core	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2009	O
,	O
drop.io	B-Application
launched	O
a	O
professional	O
product	O
extension	O
called	O
drop.io	B-Application
manager	O
which	O
allowed	O
users	O
to	O
create	O
templates	O
to	O
pre-customize	O
and	O
brand	O
drops	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
get	O
detailed	O
reporting	O
about	O
how	O
their	O
drops	O
are	O
being	O
used	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Between	O
February	O
2009	O
and	O
May	O
2009	O
,	O
drop.io	B-Application
started	O
integrating	O
real-time	O
features	O
into	O
its	O
file	B-Operating_System
sharing	O
backbone	O
using	O
XMPP	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
10	O
,	O
2009	O
,	O
drop.io	B-Application
released	O
Attach	O
Large	O
Files	O
,	O
a	O
pre-installed	O
application	O
for	O
all	O
Yahoo	O
!	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2007	O
,	O
drop.io	B-Application
completed	O
a	O
$1.2	O
million	O
Series	O
A	O
round	O
of	O
financing	O
led	O
by	O
RRE	O
Ventures	O
to	O
support	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
development	O
efforts	O
and	O
infrastructure	O
growth	O
.	O
</s>
