There were lots of false claims regarding Google’s alleged
cloud storage service that will most likely be referred as the GDrive, short
for Google Drive. But this time, GigaOm’s Om Malik reports that if all goes as
planned, the said storage service will finally be launched next month. The
report did not state any specific date but there’s a great possibility for the
Google Drive to be introduced to the public sometime with the first week of
April 2012. On the other hand, Google declined to give any comment and further
stated that it does not intend to respond to any kinds of rumors and
speculations.
So far, what we do know is that the Google Drive (also known
as GDrive) will be a cloud storage service that will offer up to 1GB of free
storage space. As for those who wanted to get more, they will eventually need
to pay for the extra storage space. It was also leaked that the said service
will come with a local client and will flaunt a design that’s pretty much
similar to the Google Docs interface. The said service will be launched for
Google Apps users and will eventually require you to register a specific domain.
When it comes to free cloud storage service, Dropbox
currently boasts its 2GB of free storage space and can be used on today’s most
popular platforms. With the rumored launch of Google Drive, there’s a
possibility for Dropbox to offer more features in order for it to get ahead of
the competition. We do think that Google Drive can be of great use to a lot of
online users. But we can’t tell if we’re really going to see the said online
storage service next month. Right now, it would be best for you to take these
unconfirmed reports with a grain of salt.
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