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Google Drive fights privacy paranoia

, Apr 26th 2012 Discuss [7]

Google Drive may have convinced many cloud storage shoppers on the basis of wallet impact, but the search giant faces skepticism and doubt over the privacy of users’ data. Announced early this week after years of speculation, Google Drive offers 5GB of free space and up to 16TB of extra storage at rates in some cases just half what rivals like Box charge; however, long-standing unease around Google’s privacy policies prompted many to go digging through the cloud service’s terms & conditions, with only confusion to be discovered.

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Google Drive falls foul of China firewall

, Apr 26th 2012 Discuss [2]

Google Drive has seen China's Great Firewall slam it its cloud-storage face, the latest service from the big search firm to be blocked from billion-strong population. Launched earlier this week to take on DropBox, Box and SkyDrive, Google Drive offers 5GB of free storage and the option of a monthly subscription for extra capacity, using optical character recognition (OCR) to pull text and objects out from photos and PDFs. However, Chinese web users will have to make do with homegrown alternatives. Read The Full Story

Google Drive + Chrome OS = Chromebook rebirth

, Apr 25th 2012 Discuss [9]

Google will use Google Drive integration to attempt to reinvigorate adoption of Chromebooks, closely tying the cloud storage service into the Chrome OS-based ultraportables. The new online drive will in effect be used as the default local drive on Chromebooks, Chrome chief Sundar Pichai told Wired, with seamless blending of the local system with internet-based storage space. Read The Full Story

SlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: April 25, 2012

, Apr 25th 2012 Discuss [0]

Happy Wednesday, everyone. It's the middle of the week and we have a whole bunch of mobile phone news today. But first, let's get to the subject everyone's talking about - Google Drive. The latest detail: Linux Google Drive tipped for May. Moving right along to the other big topic of conversation these days, the new entry in Samsung's Galaxy S product line, which has been teased and tipped to all corners of the Earth so far. Today, though, Galaxy S III specs appear in benchmark app. And in even more Android news for today, Android revenue revealed for first time ever. Read The Full Story

Linux Google Drive tipped for May

, Apr 25th 2012 Discuss [5]

The cloud storage system known as Google Drive has informally been confirmed by a Google Docs Community Manager by the name of Theresa Wu. In a quite simple comment on Google+ this week she noted that the teams are indeed hard at work on a bit of desktop integration for the Linux environment, noting that the community should only have to "sit tight" and their prayers would be answered soon. Read The Full Story

Google Drive mini Review for Desktop

, Apr 25th 2012 Discuss [3]

The reason why Google Drive will succeed is its instant ties with the rest of Google‘s heavily branded set of services. That’s all I really should have to say in this review, as all Google’s web-based applications end up powering through with the brand power of Google (with a few choice examples of apps going the way of the appasaurus rex.) When it was announced that Google would be hosting a cloud-based data storage service, it wasn’t because everyone expected they’d somehow be able to store data better than anyone else that there was a lot of excitement, it was because it was Google!

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Google Drive for Linux incoming

, Apr 25th 2012 Discuss [13]

Google is working on Linux support for its new Google Drive cloud storage service, it has been confirmed, extending the online file service beyond Windows and Mac. The news comes via Google Docs community manager Teresa Wu, who when questioned on Google+ about Linux support told users to "hang tight" as the version for their open-source based machines was being "worked on." Read The Full Story

Google Drive vs DropBox, SkyDrive, SugarSync, Box

, Apr 24th 2012 Discuss [29]

As Google Drive ramps up to clobber the rest of the cloud storage services in the world, or so Google hopes, we've got to explore these services by the numbers one by one. If you're going to head to the cloud right now, where will you go? You've got more than just the small handful we've got listed here, but let's get started with Google Drive, DropBox, Box, SugarSync, and SkyDrive just for starters. Read The Full Story

SlashGear 101: What is Google Drive?

, Apr 24th 2012 Discuss [2]

What is this mysterious new service that Google has suddenly started offering to the public here on this lovely spring afternoon? It’s Google Drive, and it’s essentially just a bunch of space that Google is allowing you to use on their servers. Of course it’s not quite as simple as that, and the ecosystem of apps you’ll be using to access it are as much an adventure as Google’s version of the cloud is itself – let’s have a look at what this system means for you!

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Windows 8 Release set with Google Drive

, Apr 24th 2012 Discuss [9]

It appears that along with the Windows 8 Release set for early June we'll likely also be seeing Google Drive sitting on the desktop in app from right out of the box. With Google Drive having its full release party today several weeks before any Microsoft official release of their up and coming operating system, it's very possible that both companies are allowing this cloud storage initiative bake for a while before deciding if it's worth integrating with the release of the new Windows software. Information on the possibility of integration comes to us in the anonymous tipster from a source close to the matter. Read The Full Story

Gmail gets 10GB bump plus Google Drive bonuses

, Apr 24th 2012 Discuss [3]

Google has boosted storage for Gmail users, upgrading free email accounts to 10GB of storage at no extra charge as well as throwing in more space for paid Google Drive users. The free email service had previously been offering around 7.7GB of service to regular users; now, with Google's Dropbox rival on the scene, that's been increased automatically. Read The Full Story

Google Drive Hands-on for Android

, Apr 24th 2012 Discuss [3]

The folks at Google have just made their cloud storage initiative Google Drive live this week and we’re taking an early look at the Google Drive app for Android. What we’ve got here is an extremely simple to use folder system connected to Google’s servers in the cloud, with separations between documents, images, text files, spreadsheets, and presentations. This app effectively replaces Google Docs, integrating that environment into the greater Google Drive world.

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