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Google Launches Google Drive Cloud Storage

May 1, 2012 by

Google launched new service - Google Drive Cloud Storage

Finally after a long wait Google is officially entering the cloud storage market with its much anticipated cloud device the "Google Drive". Initial names were ranging from GDrive or Platypus but the search giant finally settled for Google Drive. Customers can ultimately produce, share, collaborate, and preserve all of your stuff in Google's cloud but have they missed the boat?

Google Drive will offer similar services of cloud storage and sharing but with a few additional benefits like an image recognition service, which will be able to identify important landmarks, for e.g the Eiffel Tower or the Grand Canyon. It will also be able to identify faces of some famous personalities.

Features of Google Drivegoogle drive

Features of Google Drive Cloud Storage includes its capability to index about 30 different kinds of files which includes .pdf files too.

Google Drive also has the advantage of being an open source software,which means independent developers can add their self-developed apps for the betterment of Google Drive.
Using the drive is pretty simple.You have to just download the application on your pc or mobile phone and just drop items into the folder. It will get automatically shared to all your other devices.
DropBox is currently the leader in the cloud storage house and is already on course with a rumored $1 billion valuation for finding the cross-system, free of charge, file-syncing and file-sharing with 2GB+ of cost-free storage and loads of other paid improve alternatives.

A serious  for Google Drive is that it has entered the cloud market pretty late and so it has fallen behind companies like the corporate targeting box, DropBox, Apple, Amazon-all competing for end users file storage requirements.

There is no mention of audio streaming thing which would have put them head-to-head with Apple's iCloud and Amazon's Cloud Generate.

The main drawback of Google Drive is that when documents are opened for editing, they open in web-browser and it also does not support off-line editing.

Service Costs set by Google Drive

Google Drive is free for upto 5GB of storage, for 25GB the price is $2.49/month and for 100GB is $4.99/month. Google Drive can be expanded up to a maximum of 16TB.

So we'll have to wait a few more months before we can conclude who emerges the victor

 

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