Storage in the cloud with Google Docs

Clipped from: Google Docs Expands To Allow More Information To Live On The Cloud - PSFK

Google Docs Expands To Allow More Information To Live On The Cloud

Clipped from: Official Google Docs Blog: Upload and store your files in the cloud with Google Docs

Upload and store your files in the cloud with Google Docs

Instead of emailing files to yourself, which is particularly difficult with large files, you can upload to Google Docs any file up to 250 MB. You'll have 1 GB of free storage for files you don't convert into one of the Google Docs formats (i.e. Google documents, spreadsheets, and presentations), and if you need more space, you can buy additional storage for $0.25 per GB per year. This makes it easy to backup more of your key files online, from large graphics and raw photos to unedited home videos taken on your smartphone. You might even be able to replace the USB drive you reserved for those files that are too big to send over email.

Clipped from: Google GDrive Launches. Just Don’t Call It That.

Google GDrive Launches. Just Don’t Call It That.

“This is not GDrive” said Google Docs product manager Vijay Bangaru yesterday while showing me something that sure does look exactly like the fabled GDrive.

“How is it different,” I asked.

“That’s hard to say, because GDrive doesn’t exist.”

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Three Third Party Apps Available Now

Three partners have been working with Google to build value add features on top of the new product. The most interesting, Memeo Connect (from Memeo), lets users sync files between the desktop and Google Docs.

Syncplicity is offering businesses an automated backup and file management application. And Manymoon, an online project management application, is also now integrated with Google Docs file storage.

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Sources:

1. Google Docs Expands To Allow More Information To Live On The Cloud - PSFK
2. Google GDrive Launches. Just Don’t Call It That.
3. Official Google Docs Blog: Upload and store your files in the cloud with Google Docs

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4. Gdrive debuts: 1GB free file storage in the Google cloud – Computer Chips & Hardware Technology | Geek.com
5. Google Docs Becomes Google ‘Any File’ as Cloud Wars Heat Up | Epicenter | Wired.com
6. Google Docs: Not the Only Free Cloud Storage in the Sky - PC World