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Google Drive to offer free storage in the cloud
« on: April 24, 2012, 06:43:34 AM »
Google is expected to shortly launch a major new consumer service offering cloud-based storage for photos and other online content.

The effort - dubbed Google Drive - is likely to offer 5GB (gigabytes) of free storage with more available for a monthly fee.

It would challenge services including Dropbox and Microsoft's SkyDrive.

Experts suggest it could also force rival Facebook to enter the cloud market.

Full story: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17824417
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Re: Google Drive to offer free storage in the cloud
« Reply #1 on: April 24, 2012, 03:31:33 PM »
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A recent study commissioned by cloud service RackSpace and conducted by Goldsmith University concluded that a new generation of Britons was growing up in the cloud...
...In anticipation of Google's announcement, rivals have updated their own services.

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