AllPeers Adds Chat: Becomes Relevant Again
AllPeers, a Firefox P2P file sharing plugin, had incredible hype when it launched in August (the rumors had been around for nearly a year at that point). People were calling it the “killer app” for Firefox, and the company is backed by early investors in Skype, Mangrove Capital Partners and Index Ventures. And since AllPeers [...]
Interview with Cedric Maloux, CEO and Co-Founder in AllPeers
Would you please briefly explain to us what inspired you to create your site?
AllPeers is a P2P extension to the Firefox browser (not a website) to simply enable the sharing of any file within a private group of people. Today there are no easy ways to share files with friends, family or colleagues. AllPeers, with [...]
AllPeers: The New P2P Firefox Extension
This new “thrilla from Mozilla” allows you to harness the power of BitTorrent from the comfort and safety of your Firefox internet browser. It’s much like the security of an FTP setup, where one predetermines what and with whom media and data files are shared. But, unlike FTP clients, AllPeers harnesses the power of BitTorrent [...]
Skype Funders Back AllPeers
File-sharing company AllPeers said Tuesday it received a first round of funding from two venture capital firms that backed last year’s huge peer-to-peer winner, the VoIP service Skype.
AllPeers co-founder and CEO Cedric Maloux declined to disclose the amount of funding from Mangrove Capital Partners and Index Ventures, but said it was less than $5 million. [...]
