Cloud
storage company Droxbox has acquired Palo Alto-based Pixelapse, a
visual version-control and collaboration platform for designers.
Financial terms of the acquisition have not been disclosed but the
Pixelapse team has confirmed the Dropbox deal in a blog post.
It added that Pixelapse as a standalone product will continue to operate and be supported for the next year.
At this point, Dropbox does not intend to replace popular file formats but would rather want users to keep using what they like and store it in Dropbox.
At this point, Dropbox does not intend to replace popular file formats but would rather want users to keep using what they like and store it in Dropbox.
According
to Venture Beat, Pixelapse’s software already syncs with Dropbox, and
it supports more than 50 file formats, including Adobe Illustrator,
Photoshop, and Fireworks. It renders front-end text files in CSS, HTML,
Javascript, and more. This high level of interoperability with other
tools makes it a great addition to Dropbox’s product.
“Our
new development efforts will be focused on bringing the same kinds of
collaboration and workflow experiences that you’re used to in Pixelapse
over to the core Dropbox product,” added Pixelapse leadership.
Shravan
Reddy and Min Ming Lo cofounded Pixelapse in 2011. This would be
Dropbox’s second acquisition this year. Earlier reports suggest that
Dropbox acquired US-Israeli mobile document firm CloudOn. CloudOn will
become Dropbox’s first Israeli office and will focus on research and
development. Dropbox plans to hire more engineers for the Israel
operations.
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