MEGA
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| Developer(s) | Mega Ltd. |
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| Initial release | January 19, 2013 |
| Development status | Active |
| Written in | C++, JavaScript, Java, Objective-C, HTML5 |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux, iOS, Android, Windows Phone, BlackBerry 10, Kindle Fire, PlayStation 4, Xbox One |
| Available in |
49 languages
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| Type |
Online backup service Cloud storage |
| License | Simplified BSD license (For the JavaScript, SDK source) |
| Alexa rank |  222 (August 2016[update]) |
| Website | mega.nz |
Mega (stylized in uppercase as MEGA) is a cloud storage and file hosting service produced by Mega Limited. The New Zealand-based website was launched on January 19, 2013, by Kim Dotcom. Mega mobile apps are available for Windows Phone, Android, BlackBerry 10 and iOS.
Mega most notably advertises its feature that all files are encrypted locally before they are uploaded and 50 GB of storage space are available for free and up to 4 TB for paid accounts. As of August 22, 2016, Mega has 50 million registered users in more than 245 countries, and more than 20 billion files have been uploaded to the service.
Kim Dotcom's first file-hosting site Megaupload was seized and shut down on January 19, 2012 by the United States Department of Justice, which began criminal cases against its owners. After Gabon denied the new company domain name me.ga,Kim Dotcom announced it would instead be registered in his country of residence, New Zealand, under the domain name mega.co.nz. Mega launched on January 19, 2013 – a year after Dotcom's original site was shut down. Kim Dotcom reported on Twitter getting over 100,000 registered within the first hour, speculating that this may make Mega the fastest-growing startup in history. Kim Dotcom also reported on Twitter that the site was extremely busy, and received thousands of user registrations per minute at the time of the tweet. Kim later reported Mega having more than 1 million registered users, and 60 uploads completed every second. Three days later that number was updated to 500 uploads completed every second. To promote his new website, Kim Dotcom hired ice cream chef Gianpaolo Grazioli to create a mega flavor in an extravaganza for his followers. On February 7, 2013, it was announced that the former Chief Executive of InternetNZ, Vikram Kumar, would step in as the new CEO of Mega. Tony Lentino, interim CEO of Mega, would instead maintain a seat as a director with Mega and continue to provide his entrepreneurial spirit and skills to the enterprise.
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