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myBloop

URL	www.mybloop.com
Slogan	Unlimited Free File Storage
Type of site	File hosting
Registration	required (free)
Available language(s)	english
Created by	myBloop team [1]
Launched	2005 (presumably) [2]
Current status	online

myBloop is a file hosting website, based in New York, USA.
Currently (as of May, 2008) it hosts more than 1,839,438 files uploaded by more than 51,706 users. Mybloop is currently in beta stage.

Angel Leon, one of the founders of the service once said:

“Google downloaded the Internet, MyBloop.com uploaded everybody’s hardrive to it“^[1]

Many formats can be streamed from the website, the plugin (Flash or Windows Media Player) is chosen based on the extension of the file.

1 Details of the service
2 BloopLoader
- 2.1 Features
3 Reception
4 Criticism
5 See also
6 External links
7 Notes

[edit] Details of the service

Free of cost
No need to enter CAPTCHAs to access files
No waiting time required to access files
Unlimited number of simultaneous downloads
Upload of files up to 1 GB
No limit on the number of files the user can upload and manage
Ability to upload all types of files
Ability to stream .mp3 files, without the need to download them (with a flash interface)
Ability to stream .flv files, without the need to download them (with a flash interface)
Ability to stream .wma files, without the need to download them (with Windows Media Player plugin)
Ability to stream .wmv files, without the need to download them (with Windows Media Player plugin)
Ability to organize the music files in playlists
Uploaded images are displayed in embedded form (no need to download them to see them)
Ability to organize files in folders
Ability to delete files
Ability to rename uploaded files
Files are never deleted (unless the user deletes them, of course)
Ability to upload multiple files at the same time
Ability to mark files as "private", so only people that know (or guess) the exact URL of the files/folders can access them
No discrimination against people based on their location (unlike Megaupload, for example)
Free and open source, cross-platform software, that allows the user to upload files from the desktop (BloopLoader)

[edit] BloopLoader

BloopLoader


Design by	Angel Leon and Fitim Blaku
Latest release	0.7 / May 10, 2008 (2008-05-10); 31 days ago [3]
Written in	python
Platform	Cross-platform
Available in	English
Development status	beta
License	open source (GPL v2)
Website	www.mybloop.com/blooploader

BloopLoader is the software that allows any user to upload files to the myBloop service, binaries are available for windows and Mac, and the source can be compiled to run on Linux [4].

[edit] Features

Free of cost
Open Source/Free Software
Ability to drag and drop files from the computer to myBloop
Ability to access the files without a web browser

[edit] Reception

A major newspaper in Venezuela, El Nacional, recommended myBloop. [5]
Review by downloadsquad.com:

“What makes MyBloop stand out from the competition is a nifty file management system. You can easily upload a bunch of files at once using the web interface. Or you can download a desktop client for Windows or Mac that will let you drag and drop files from your desktop. Once your files are online there’s a nice Ajaxy interface for dragging and dropping files between folders.“^[2]