4 Fantastic, Free Things Google Drive Will Now Do For You
Most productive people with a mind for the web know what Google Docs are about. Then Google Docs became Google Drive, with all kinds of storage space and collaboration folders and connected webapps. Most people just noted the new icon and kept on writing meeting agendas and filling small spreadsheets. Now, however, would be a good time to pay Drive some mind. Send Gigantic Attachments That Are Always Up To Date Your email attachments are only as useful as the lamest inbox to which you send them. Google Drive and Gmail really, truly want to fix this. One caveat: You need to be using Gmail's "New Compose Experience" to insert Drive attachments. Do More With Drive On Mobile, Including Spreadsheet Editing Google makes a Drive app for iOS devices, a Drive app for Android, and a kind of “app” for Chrome browsers. Perhaps most helpfully, you can stash lots of documents for a project in Drive and view or present them in Drive. Upload And Search-Index Your Paper Documents
How To Get The Most Out Of Google Drive
In the recent year you have been showered with free cloud storage anyone can use to store files online, any types of files so you can easily access them anywhere on any devices. These are great so you can practically put aside your worries of not being able to complete your projects or tasks in case you are away from your device. But since many of you are using Gmail and utilizing Google Docs at most, now Google also ready to serve your needs with its cloud storage ‘Drive‘. Previously Google Docs, Google Drive is another cloud storage you can use to store your files on the cloud and access anywhere across devices. Google is giving away 5GB of free storage on Google Drive, and you can increase the size starting at only $2.49 a month for 25GB. Recommended Reading: 17 Online Data Backup & Synchronization Tools Register & Access Anywhere To get started, go to Google Drive official page and get access to your free 5 GB storage. Install Google Drive on your devices And the folder view too.
Google Drive - It's Live and No Dropbox Killer
Update: It appeared that the Google Drive app had reached 5 million downloads, however this was a reflection of downloads for the Google Docs application. We apologise for any confusion caused. It’s been an interesting few days around the tech world, with the imminent launch of Google Drive looming large. But now the service is live at so get downloading and let’s take a look: As we reported only a bit ago Google appears to be aiming the service at companies and Google Apps users rather than positioning it as a consumer-facing service a la Dropbox. Now, here’s what you need to know: Drive gives new users 5 GB free for each user account. So there are the facts, now let’s examine what they mean. First off, I was wrong. If Google had come out of the gates with Android and iOS integration, it could still have held a really good chance at unseating Dropbox for some users. The other factor that keeps coming up in my head is that of Google’s Chrome OS.
Google Drive: It's Slick & Not Exactly Free
Google is set today to open Google Drive, a service to store files online and share them among various computing devices that turns out to be a lot more important than you might think. Why? Two reasons: First, Google's service goes well beyond rivals because of integration with Google Docs, Google+, Gmail, and other services.Second, beyond a basic free level, ordinary consumers will pay to use Google Drive -- not much, but enough to make them into customers, not just users of an advertising-subsidized service. What is Google Drive? If you copy or save a new file to the folder, or if you upload one to the Google Drive site online, the technology automatically replicates it at all other Google Drive locations. "You can take all your data, regardless of which device you're on, and make it seamlessly available to you," said Sundar Pichai, senior vice president of Google's Chrome and Apps projects. It's very useful, as Dropbox users can attest.
Google Drive: The Pros & Cons
Google's long-awaited Dropbox competitor, Drive, is finally here and includes impressive search capabilities and good integration with other Google services including Docs and Google+. But if you just want to get some work done using a reliable file storage and sync service, Drive may not be ready for you just yet. And unless you're an Android user, the mobile experience for Drive is not great. Google officially launched Drive on Tuesday featuring 5GB free online storage and the ability to buy more storage such as 25GB for $2.50 per month ($30 per year) up to a maximum 16TB for $800 per month. Here's a look at some of the best and worst highlights of Google Drive. Confusing Once you add Drive to your Google Account, Docs automatically disappears and is replaced by Drive instead. Good Integration Google Drive doesn't download copies of your files that are saved online in Google's Docs formats. Say, for example, you had a Google Docs "file" on your desktop called "Test.gdoc."