Box.net File Sharing Application Becomes Available on Facebook® Platform

Box.net application becomes available on Facebook® platform.

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) May 25, 2007 -- Facebook f8 Event -- Today, Box.net announced its File Sharing App built on Facebook Platform, a platform that enables companies and developers to build applications for the Facebook website.

"Facebook Platform creates an ecosystem for developers to build applications that deeply integrate into Facebook and use its social graph," said Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook. "By enabling developers to make applications within Facebook, we're working together to create a better utility for millions of people."

Box.net adapted their File Sharing App for use on Facebook. Already serving more than 300,000 apps daily from a vast collection of Internet locations, the Box.net File Sharing App allows users to display any file directly on their own sites. From music and video streaming to document collaboration, the app allows for a broad array of functionality utilized by individuals, bloggers, enterprises and recording artists.

"Our main goal in participating in Facebook's new launch is to help people recognize the diverse ways in which they can share their personal media with others," explained Aaron Levie, CEO of Box.net. "Box's Sharing App is unique in both its versatility and its simplicity, traits that fit seamlessly into the clean, yet contagious, nature of Facebook."

Facebook appealed to Box.net "not only because of its prominence as a social utility," Levie said, "but also because its users are the people Box.net wants to reach. We see Facebook as having a very complementary audience and compatible service. They are a people platform; we're building a data platform."

Founded in 2005, Box.net provides secure online file sharing and storage to almost a million registered individuals and companies worldwide. Redefining file transfer, the Box platform allows personal and commercial content to be accessible, sharable and storable in any place and in any format. Applications and services that have partnered with Box include RCA Small Wonder, Wordpress.com and Netvibes. Box.net also provides online media sharing for a wide range of high profile artists, including 311, Bright Eyes and Eve.

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