Dropbox acquires Loom and Hackpad

Dropbox has recently acquired Loom, a popular services that offers cloud-based photo storage, and Hackpard, a lightweight, document-collaboration web and mobile application. According to the company, users will be able to export data directly to Dropbox with no interruption in service. Hackpad will continue to operate, the company said in a blog post about the acquisition. Terms of the deals weren’t disclosed by the companies.

Since that moment, Loom are no longer enrolling new users. Existing Loom users can continue to use our service until May 16, 2014. Users can choose to automatically export their photos to Dropbox — and they'll automatically receive the same amount of cloud storage they previously had with Loom. But customers can also opt to receive a .zip file containing every image they've uploaded to Loom's servers.

"We know this is a big deal. This decision was made with great care. We have worked hard on our product and feel that our vision aligns perfectly with Dropbox’s vision for Carousel. Dropbox has invested the past seven years focusing on building a secure home for your files. And now with Carousel comes a home for your photos and videos as well. We share the common goal of crafting a high quality product, always putting users’ needs first. After spending some serious time investigating if this was the right move for us, we realized that Dropbox has solved many problems around scaling infrastructure and at Dropbox the Loom team will be able to focus entirely on building great features with a fantastic user experience. We are enthusiastic about being able to contribute our ground level perspective to help craft a beautiful experience for our users. And at the end of the day, that’s what matters most to us", said Loom founder Jan Senderek

At the same time, it was announced the purchase of Hackpard.  This company will continue to be supported for both existing and new customers, and, according to a statemente "we'll continue to work closely with the innovative teams that choose to make Hackpad their home".