Out Of The Box
Online storage provider Box.net is opening up its application to work with a slew of other services with OpenBox. This integration with other services, allows users to collaborate on files using the partner services. For instance, online editing with Zoho, document signing with EchoSign, CAD previewing with Autodesk Freewheel, working within the ThinkFree productivity suite, cropping photos with Picnik and turning it into a custom t-shirt on Zazzl, sending content to Twitter, and more.
The full list of partners who work with OpenBox is currently Autodesk, Echosign, eFax, Myxer, Picnik, Scribd, Snipshot, Thinkfree, Twitter, Zazzle and Zoho and plan to open up the developer interface to all developers and services later this year.
This is a move away from just the storage that is usually provided and is more towards the approach that I think Google is aiming towards.
The free account gives 1GB but it does not have a time limit, and allows you to do much more than just storing your files.
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