Dropbox adds automatic photo uploads for Windows and Mac, up to 3GB just for using it

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Dropbox isn't short of aficionados, but it's undoubtedly lost some of its gleam since Google [drove][3] the cloud war into a frenzy. In response, Dropbox's devs have been at the squat rack pumping up their multimedia credentials, recently adding [auto photo and video uploads][4] to their Android app and now extending that feature to any camera, tablet, smartphone or SD card via the Mac or Windows utility -- an add-on that was previously [beta-only][5]. Access the web interface and you'll see your stills arranged in a handy new Photos page, which displays them as large thumbnails bunched together by month. There's a blunter enticement too: your first auto upload will secure 500MB in extra storage, with subsequent efforts also rewarded up to 3GB. Perhaps that cardboard isn't looking so [soggy][6] after all.

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