Dropbox opening an office in Washington

Dropbox, the cloud storage and file sharing service, is opening a Washington (DC) office. The company has tapped Amber Cottle, a top lobbyist with Apple, to be its new head of global public policy and government affairs. She will set up the DC office for the firm -- which has been politically active in the past. “I'm excited to join Dropbox and help the team continue to grow and scale globally,” Cottle said. “Dropbox has become such an important part of how people around the world share and protect everything from work files to memories.” The company is already active in Washington as a member of coalitions interested in patent reform and government surveillance. But the move to open its own shop is reflective of Dropbox’s growth in the last few years.