Google launches Google Drive, 5GB of integrated online storage

by Paul Wilks Apr 24, 2012 12:16 PM – 1 Comment

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Google have today just launched their cloud storage service known as Google Drive. News was leaked earlier by Google’s French blog which hinted at close integration with Google Docs and the ability to collaborate real-time with colleagues. I guess experience will tell if it in anyway feels like Google Wave. There is a distinct business-feel to the service, but it is nonetheless available for home users. Google Drive lets you save documents, images and videos and allows you up to 5GB storage free. There is the option to upgrade this to anywhere up to 100GB for a set fee.

Similar to Dropbox, users can download a Windows or Mac client and treat Google Drive like any other computer folder. The service features acute search abilities and both Android and iOS apps for mobile collaboration and storage. Providing users with 5GB, this obviously rivals services such as Dropbox (2GB), Cubby (5GB and currently by invite only) and Minus (10GB free) but then it is small compared to the 50GB which, as an Android user, you can get with a Box.net account.

There is already an Android app released and there will be an iOS app in the pipeline.

For your own Google Drive account, visit https://drive.google.com and check out Google’s own videos below for more details:

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Developer: Google

Tags: Box.net, Cloud File Storage, Cubby, Dropbox, google docs, Google Drive, Minus

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1 Comment

By Jack on July 22, 2012 at 6:23 am:

Hey Paul,

Now we had a bit of time playing around with Google Drive and I must say that it is still inferior to Dropbox. What I’m still missing is some of the third party integration that has made Dropbox famous. For me GDrive is just Google Docs on steriods.

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