IntoMobile: Cloud services provider SugarSync completed a $15 million series D financing round, with a plan to use the new cash to further grow its team and “dramatically expand” its datacenter footprint as the company continues to scale globally. This brings SugarSync’s total funding to $50 million.
Maximum PC: SugarSync lost a portion of its fan base when it decided to cease offering a free tier in favor of paid-only subscriptions. Since then, we haven't heard a whole lot from SugarSync, until today. SugarSync just retooled its desktop application to make it easier to use and more powerful than before, beginning with one-click access to folders, devices, and shared files, the company said.
It's hard to see this as competitive when MS just announced a
100 GB/year for only $2/month.
It looks like the reviews and FAQ section shows that SugarSync is going to take a serious hit for releasing an unfinished product with a lot of great plans. They took a working, well like product and turned it into early adoption-ware where all of the features you know and love are now "coming soon!" instead of usable features. Look at the customer FAQ's they're all complaining about features they know and love that some offshore dev. team is promising "soon!" Really? What a bad move by the execs.
Maximum PC: SugarSync users who have been enjoying the service's free 2GB tier received some news today that they may find hard to swallow. Beginning February 8, 2014, SugarSync will no longer welcome freeloaders to the fold, and instead will adopt a paid-only model. On the bright side, customers will still be able to try the service at no cost for 90 days and 5GB (or 30 days for any of the paid plans), but after that, it comes time to pay the piper.
Engadget - Not long after handing its Android application a video-friendly refresh, SugarSync's back with more updated goodies. Now, the sweet Dropbox adversary is stuffing version 3.5.1 with some productivity and social-driven bits.
