Remains of the Day: Dropbox Acquires the Mailbox Team

Two popular boxes join forces, Facebook introduces silent updates for its Android app, Microsoft is added to the CalDAV whitelist, and some of the Galaxy S4's software tweaks will make their way to the S3.

• Welcome Mailbox Today Dropbox announced that they have acquired the team behind the wildly successful Mailbox app. No word on what?if any?changes this will bring. [Dropbox]
• Facebook Pushes Android Update to Enable Silent Updates (Bypassing the Play Store) An update to Facebook for Android was pushed out last night that completely bypassed the Google Play store. The update, confirmed by Facebook to be official, lets you hide stories, report spam, and start group messages more quickly. It also requires permission to download new updates silently, without alerting you. [Liliputing]
• Microsoft in the clear to add Google CalDAV support to Windows Phone Despite discontinuing CalDAV, Google has whitelisted Microsoft as one of the few developers that will be able to access its CalDAV API. Windows Phone users can't use CalDAV yet, but if you need to sync your calendar with your Windows 8 device, you can get more information on how to do so here. [ZDNet]
• Samsung: Galaxy S4's Improvements Will Come to Galaxy S3 At the NYC media event announcing the Samsung Galaxy S4, the company announced that many of the S4's software improvements will be making their way to existing Galaxy S3's. Ruling out the S4's new hardware, future firmware updates could bring things like an improved UI and better camera features to the S3 in the near future. [PCMag]
• FreedomPop Lets Customers Rollover Unused Megabytes Each Month ? For a Fee Free wireless internet provider FreedomPop is introducing a plan that will give customers rollover data usage. For $3.49/month, you'll be able to store up to 500MB of data, with a cap of 20GB. [GigaOm]
• Google Tests Instant Site Search Google is testing a new site instant search feature. It functions exactly like the site: operator or Chrome's tab-to-search feature, allowing search within the site that shows up as the top search result. [Google Operating System]

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