Talk:SugarSync

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I work at Sharpcast, and I'm asking for help in editing this page in order to bring it up to date and ensure its factuality & neutrality. We respect Wikipedia's goal and purpose, so we're asking for the community's help to bring it up to code.

A couple of clarifications, since there has been some confusion around the current status of SugarSync and Sharpcast Photos: Our current product/service is SugarSync. A new version was released last week, called SugarSync 1.5. The primary upgrade was the addition of a feature called Shared Folders. The main SugarSync functionality is: syncing your files and data among multiple devices (desktops, laptops, netbooks, smartphones etc), cloud storage (for both back-up and remote access), and sharing/collaboration.

Regarding Sharpcast Photos...it was the company's original product. We announced the discontinuation of that service some time ago and gave customers advanced notice. It has now been shut down.

We'd also appreciate any contributions that will make the story read more neutral.

SharpcastCommunity (talk) 22:30, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

SugarSync beta announcements, February 2008
These were in the lede, without text. They're launch announcements with screenshots, history of the company, and "we have beta invites". They could possibly be useful for improving the article, but they didn't belong in the lede as plain hyperlinks. Significant work is still needed on this article! Jodi.a.schneider (talk) 09:48, 17 April 2010 (UTC)
 * ReadWriteWeb
 * SugarSync
 * DownloadSquad

Business2.0
I've moved material from the lede elsewhere into the article; still needs lots more work. I removed a mention of Business 2.0; there was no reference and this appears to be a defunct print magazine, so finding that reference isn't immediately apparent (i.e. it's not listed on the company press page. Mentioning it here in case somebody else wants to do that. Some archives for the magazine appear to be at CNN Money. Jodi.a.schneider (talk) 10:10, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

Syncing ability
The paragraph at the end of the product history section isn't really a product differentiation any more, since it is how many of the popular online backup services now. I believe that information should still be left in, but that it should be added into another part of the article as a feature, rather than something that differentiates this specific service. I'll do this in the next few days if there is no disagreement. - Faded_Mantis (talk) 07:40, 6 July 2010 (UTC)

I was about to post the very same comment. This absolutely is not a differentiator and hasn't been for a long time. (I also think that the current Features list reads too much like marketing material, but one thing at a time I guess.) - JeffMDavidson 15:53, 23 December 2010 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by JeffMDavidson (talk • contribs)

Advertisement warning
There's a nice big banner at the top of this article saying it reads like an advertisement and needs to be updated... from July 2012. It's been about 7 months and it still reads like an advertisement. Sounds like Wikipedia's a good advertising platform. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.142.236.140 (talk) 18:49, 25 February 2013 (UTC)
 * It's a problem. The article was created in July 2006 by User:Heathweaver, a Wikipedian who (as of November 2013) is still extremely inexperienced. You can see his initial creation here. It read non-neutrally even then. (The worst paragraph read: "It has been suggested by a number of individuals that Sharpcast will be the next Killer App. The application has received numerous positive reviews from influential technological commentators; such as, Walt Mossberg who writes for the Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, Business 2.0, CNET, USA Today, and more.") Maybe I shall try to get the article deleted now. You can help to remove advertising from Wikipedia. If interested, create an account then leave a note on my talk page. —Unforgettableid (talk) 05:32, 4 November 2013 (UTC)
 * User:Wwwwolf pointed out to me that deletion might be inappropriate. I checked Google News Archive and found that SugarSync has been mentioned, at least briefly, by PC Magazine, PC World, and other fairly-mainstream publications, and maybe by even more-mainstream publications. So I have cleaned up the article and removed the advertising. —Unforgettableid (talk) 16:42, 4 November 2013 (UTC)

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 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20110107110414/http://www.sugarsync.com/blog/2010/03/22/announcing-the-sugarsync-developer-community-and-our-new-beta-platform-api/ to https://www.sugarsync.com/blog/2010/03/22/announcing-the-sugarsync-developer-community-and-our-new-beta-platform-api/

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