 LinklistPremium
join:2002-03-03
Longport, NJ
kudos:5 | Another source for Google Drive story Here are some details on Google Drive if you can't read the WSJ story:
»blog.seattlepi.com/techblog/2012···ed-data/ |
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| Tinfoil hat thread Insert your paranoid rants in this thread. |
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 MaxoYour tax dollars at work.Premium,VIP
join:2002-11-04
Tallahassee, FL | I'm paranoid that this is just another rumor. |
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| Docs already stores all kinds of files It is funny because Google Docs already stores multimedia files. You can upload them right now.
I don't think I'll be swtiching away from Dropbox anytime soon, it just works incredibly well. Google could make something that works as well and is priced more cheaply, but Dropbox keeps people engaged with their space giveaways and has a nice community.
Plus, I don't think I want all my services with Google. Free users of Google's services get no support and can have their accounts shut down at any time without recourse or notice, I don't like the feeling of giving a company that can and has does that all of my data. |
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| Gmail Drive Just use Gmail Drive...that has been working forever. |
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| Just use Gmail Drive...it works just as good. |
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 HallPremium,MVM
join:2000-04-28
Dayton, OH
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Re: Tinfoil hat thread I'll NEVER use their service. They will READ my files !!! Arghhhh !!! We have go give away every inkling of privacy if we want to use this !!!
Sadly, I have to add this: Yes, ^that^ is sarcasm  |
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Re: Gmail Drive It works OK but not feature rich like Dropbox and has a filesize limit. I suspect this will be a Dropbox competitor.
Hopefully Truecrypt will work with it (like Dropbox). |
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Re: Another source for Google Drive story Hopefully it has the same pricing structure as Docs/Picasa...
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You might not be aware of this, but Google already offers additional storage space for Docs, Gmail, and Picasa at very competitive prices, starting at $5 per year for 20GB, or $20 per year for 80GB. In comparison, Dropbox is $9.99 per month for 50GB, SugarSync is $4.99 per month for 30GB, and Box.net is $9.99 per month for just 25GB. In short, Google is 10 times cheaper than the competition. There’s no confirmation that Google Drive will use the same pricing structure, but in all likelihood it will.
»www.extremetech.com/computing/11···also-ran |
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| If that pricing is accurate I may just ditch my VPS and use Google Drive instead. |
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Re: Gmail Drive said by NateCohen:Just use Gmail Drive...it works just as good.
Just tried it out. It is pretty cool but too buggy to be useful. One of the first things I did was save a Word document to the GMail drive folder and all went well except for the fact the file isn't there in Explorer and never came in as an email. Attempts to copy it again indicate the file is there, but it it isn't. Files copied and pasted seem to work well. It also warns about using it with Goggle Notifications which I use.
There are a number of programs out there which let you leverage your Google file space. One of the best is Google Cloud Connect which synchronizes every MS Office document you work with into your Google Docs storage space. I find that clunky and useful for not a lot.
Insync »www.insynchq.com/ turns your Google docs storage space into a Dropbox. That seems to work pretty well although I have yet to figure out how to make their Android app work with my space. That couldn't be more mysterious. The program is poorly documented too.
Dropbox is ridiculously expensive at $2.00/GB/YR which is 8x as expensive as Google Storage which is $.25/GB/YR. If you need more than 100GB with Dropbox they basically throw their middle finger up at you and tell you to buy their ultra expensive workgroup solution.
I hope Google gives Dropbox a run for their money, because Dropbox is an obscenely priced product. Don't get me wrong though... I really like Dropbox other than the fact the files are not locally encrypted by the company. It costs a lot of money, but there are ways to earn lots of free storage space and best of all, Dropbox is widely supported by third party software and hardware. Google would be helping if they could just get Dropbox to lower their storage prices to something less than highway robbery. |
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 dib22
join:2002-01-27
Kansas City, MO | Google Drive? This sounds like a better name for their navigate product 
Maybe it should be Google Storage. |
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 MxxCon
join:1999-11-19
Brooklyn, NY | There's already Google Storage Google have been offering Google Drive/Storage for a couple of years already at »developers.google.com/storage/
Any software that uses Amazon S3 api can talk to Google Storage.
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 dvd536as Mr. Pink as they comePremium
join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ
kudos:4 | Gdrive Didn't this come out years ago? or did they scrap it and now its coming back due to megaupload dying?
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