GDrive is now officially Google Docs
January 13, 2010 | Author: Adam Levine
The soap opera about fabled GDrive (Google's online storage service) is finally over. As we expected, Google will not create a separate service. Instead, Google Docs allow now to upload any files and use them for online collaboration. Each account provides 1Gb free of charge. Additional memory can be purchased for $ 0.25/Gb per year. Google Apps users can purchase additional 5GB for $17 per year. Maximum file size is 250 MB. Many file types can be viewed online using Google Viewer (unfortunately, video is not supported). In addition, Google opened the Google Documents List API, which allows third-party applications to synchronize files with Google Docs or use it as an online file storage. There are already 3 useful applications using this API:
- Memeo Connect - desktop client that syncs files across multiple computers using Google Docs
- Syncplicity - allows you to create online backups using Google Docs.
- Manymoon - online project management system that uses Google Docs to store project files
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