google drive
Tuesday, May 15th, 2012Google Drive is Google’s newly released online cloud storage service. Comparable to other similar services, Google Drive offers you 5 gigabytes of online storage for free. You can store videos, documents, pictures, and files. If you already use other Google products and services, Google Drive will be seamlessly integrated into those products. Currently you can attach photos from your Google Drive directly to emails in Gmail.
Here is a list of the current features offered by Google Drive. First Google Docs will be built into the system. If you work at home or work with others from other regions, this new system allows you to create a free system comparable to Microsoft’s SharePoint server. Please realize that other online cloud storage providers charge much higher rates on any use of their system for online collaboration.
The next feature is the ability to access any file in Google Drive from anywhere. Google is working on an iPhone/iPad compatible version. If you need quick and easy access to an important document, you will be allowed to access Drive your web browser as an additional option. Google Drive will integrate Google Search into your documents. Lastly Google Drive offers 5 gigabytes of free storage, which is more than double of online cloud storage leader Dropbox. If you need more online space, Google Drive offers very reasonable plans. If you purchase the 25 gigabyte (or any of the other plans) Google Drive storage plan, your Gmail account will also be increased to 25 gigabytes (Google Apps Company Plans are not included). So right now Google Drive has entered in the online cloud storage market. The one advantage Google may have is the user based of their Gmail service. Then on the horizon is Microsoft online storage service. Microsoft has integrated their online cloud service, SkyDrive, into this upcoming Windows release. Built into Windows 8, the SkyDrive service offers 7 gigabytes of free storage for new users. Existing users who signed up for the SkyDrive service before April 22, 2012 will be given 25 gigabytes of storage. If you are looking for a free online storage service, then you have a good reason to try Google Drive. If you need more storage, right now Google Drive’s pricing structure is one of the best available. 25 gigabytes of storage for 2.49 a month is ground breaking.
Hopefully due to competition other online storage providers follow suit.



















