Online storage provider Box has acquired_YC-backed Streem, a cloud-based filesystem that allowed users to mount virtual drives on their desktops and get streaming access to their files. Streem’s three technologies, which include its filesystem, custom streaming and buffering algorithms, and a video transcoder, will be incorporated into Box. There’s no_specific timeline on when Box_will integrate Streem’s technology, but it plans to “rapidly” make it happen. Existing Streem users can have their files transitioned over to a Box account, or they can choose to download a ZIP file with their data. The firm will share more information on the migration process_in...

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