myDataBus.com version 2.0 Posted Today

The next time you log into your myDataBus account you may notice a few changes. Well, a lot of changes. Think 'Extreme Home Makeover' kind of changes. Some of the new features you will find include:

• Improved folder management; including the ability to nest folders


• Mulit-file upload; send as many as 10 files totaling up to 500MB at a time


• New "Tree" view to look at your files in a different way


• More options for sorting the file display


• Store notes about files and folders

We changed out a lot of the plumbing and wiring in this update also, so stay tuned for a many more new feature announcements in the coming weeks!

We're Open for Business. And everyone else...

That's right; as of today anyone can sign up at myDataBus.com and take advantage of 2 Gigabytes of FREE storage for sharing, backup, collaboration and more! Developed originally with the college student in mind, myDataBus.com has only allowed registrations from users who have a .edu email address. No longer! With the release of our newest version, myDatabus is ready to share vacation photos with your family, trade revisions of documents with clients, keep important business files in a secure off-site location, and much more!

So come on in, and see what uses you can think of for your myDataBus storage!

Coming Soon... myDataBus 2.0

There is a philosophy of software development that encourages developers to "release early and often." The idea being that the more you work on a project, the more work it will need; and the more features you try to put into each release, the less likely it is that you will ever actually finish. By releasing small updates frequently we can deliver features to our users faster, but perhaps more importantly we can watch to see what features our users are requesting and using. Our product becomes better when we participate in an ongoing dialog with users, releasing a few features ever couple of weeks and constantly adjusting to user feedback.

This time... we didn't do that. myDataBus 2.0 is a huge rewrite of how we treat files, folders and users; creating a platform for us to build a really exciting slate of features in the future. The team is very excited about this release, which is being wrapped up now... including the ability to upload multiple files at a time, create and manage nested folders, email files directly from your account, and much more! The 2.0 release also features an enhanced user interface with a more intuitive controls and navigation to give you more transparent access to do what you want with your files.

The biggest news of all for 2.0 may be that we have removed the registration restrictions on the site. You no longer need to be a student to sign up for myDataBus! As we have moved out of the early development and are increasingly confident of our architecture and site design we feel that it is time to invite anyone to take advantage of a better way to work and play using myDataBus.com.

So, keep an eye on this space for the announcement-- we'll be posting the new and improved myDataBus soon!

myDataBus.com is Live!!

It is always gratifying to see something take shape that you have worked very hard on. Here at myDataBus we have been working hard on the best tool we can imagine for sharing files and making your computing life easier, and are proud to announce that the site is live! Go sign up at www.mydatabus.com and see how easy it is to back up important files, post files that you need to access in computer labs or on other people's computers, and share files with your friends and classmates. Best of all, you get to use up to 2 gigabytes of space absolutely FREE!

You may have picked up that this site is for students-- myDataBus.com was designed for college students and developed by students. Our group collaboration features in particular benefit from our tight focus on how students work and play, and how sharing can benefit all kinds of academic and extra-curricular activities. So for now you cannot sign up for an account unless you have an email address from a college or university (ending in a .edu extension).

For now...

Watch this space for more information!!