- Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) is shuttering its free file-sharing site Docs.com with the service’s final day slated for December 15. Microsoft will slowly shut off functionality until the end date to allow customer’s time to move files.
- The company says Docs.com is redundant since the launch of OneDrive and last year’s LinkedIn (NYSE:LNKD) acquisition bringing SlideShare into the fold. Microsoft hopes customers will switch to one of these other services, but Google (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Docs could also gain some new customers.
- Microsoft revamped and promoted Docs.com in 2015 with the introduction of Sways, which provided a way for users to upload a variety of file types that were then publicly searchable through the site’s search bar.
- Controversy arose in March of this year when a security researcher and Ars Technica discovered many Docs.com users didn’t realize the files were publicly available and were sharing sensitive financial and identity information on the site.
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