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20 Jan 2009 | 8 Comments

WHAT IS GOOGLE WEB DRIVE? Mac users at MacRumors forums noticed that Google’s recently released Picasa for Mac offers the option to move image collection to Google Web Drive. The company remains silent on the finding while most view this as an indication of imminent launch of the so-called “Gdrive service.”

Gdrive is basically a cloud-based storage that should have two faces: A desktop client that keeps local and online files and folders in two-directional sync via a web interface for accessing your desktop files anywhere and anytime, using any network-enabled computer. In addition, it will come tightly integrated with other Google services to enable editing of supported document types, like spreadsheets and presentations via Google Docs, email via Gmail, images via Picasa Web Albums, etc. This opens powerful possibilities. For instance, you could start working on a spreadsheet at home and continue via Gdrive web interface accessed in an Internet cafe. When you arrive back home, changes to the spreadsheet have already trickled down from the cloud to your desktop. The idea, of course, is all but revolutionary, but Google’s execution could set it apart.

Stay tuned . . . .

8 Comments »

James from Eee 900 said:

It’s an interesting idea but how much of you data do you really want Google to have? I realise that Google have said that personal data will not be published on the web but mistakes can easily happen. I know that you can avoid any issues by simply carrying you data on a USB device but this defeats the idea of online storage.

# 2 February 2009 at 4:52 am

Da brush from photoshop brushes said:

Also you need a good upload speed to upload all your data, we rather get an external drive or an USB drive…

# 14 April 2009 at 12:49 pm

Mike L. from diamond drill said:

Dear,
No one can say exactly what process Google do use to web drive.

# 18 April 2009 at 3:07 am

Terry from Medical Scrubs said:

Sounds like a lot of fun. The big G surely knows how to provide services people are looking for.

# 26 May 2009 at 12:46 am

Brad from Racing Equipment said:

I agree with James’ comment. Google is already a large monopoly. They have spread into the healthcare industry by proposing solutions to manage patient information. Google with my health records? No thanks!

With the economic crisis we all should have learned something. Companies too big to fail should probably have never been allowed to get so big. I fear Google has joined this crowd as well…

# 27 May 2009 at 11:42 am

Cameron from palm pre review said:

i agree its a good idea, but doesn’t google docs serve this purpose? i guess i’m not really understanding the whole cloud thing. google hasn’t done much to monetize, which is kind of refreshing.

# 27 May 2009 at 6:53 pm

Mohibkh from Rom machine said:

It is a 2009. Gdrive arriving or not.

# 8 June 2009 at 2:26 am

bethany from bridal makeup san antonio said:

I like that the Gdrive enables editing of spreadsheets and presentations, as well as Gmail so that you can work via Gdrive on your projects anywhere. Finally!

# 15 June 2009 at 2:32 pm

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