Google Drive: Top 10 things you must know

Google has recently come up with its Google Drive cloud-storage service that lets you store up to 5GB of data on Google's servers for free. But before you start driving with Google's new cloud service, here is all the basic information that you must know about it.

1. Google Drive is Google's newly launched cloud-based storage service that lets users store data online on Google's servers, and access the same anywhere, anytime. In other words, it is a place where users can create, share, collaborate, and keep all their stuff.

2. If a user runs the free Google Drive application, he will get a folder on his computer (Windows or OSX) where he can drag his files in to. Any data stored in that folder is kept on your hard disk and is also copied to account in the cloud. Users can anytime, anywhere access those files from drive.google.com or from other computers, including mobile devices.

3. Google Drive is offering the first 5GB of storage per account for free. Additional storage will be sold for prices starting at $2.49 per month for 25 gigabytes.

4. Users can choose to upgrade to 25GB for $2.49/month, 100GB for $4.99/month or even 1TB for $49.99/month. When you upgrade to a paid account, your Gmail account storage will also expand to 25GB. This will be a bonus for you!

5. Users can install Drive on their Macs or PCs and can download the Drive app to their Android phones or tablets. The company says that it is working on a drive app for iOS devices.

6. Any file you put in the drive, and any changes you make to the data stored in the drive are automatically updated not just in the cloud but on all the other devices that you have connected to the Drive.

7. Within file size and space limits, users can store any file or folder, which they can store on their hard drives, in a cloud drive.

8. Google Docs is also built right into Google Drive, so users can work with others in real time on documents, spreadsheets and presentations.

9. All users may not have immediate access to the Google Drive service. The Google Drive page says, "Your Google Drive is not ready yet." And when you click the 'Notify me' button beneath the message, it states: We'll email you at ******@gmail.com (your email address) when your Google Drive is ready.

10. Users can attach photos from Drive to posts in Google+. According to the company, users will soon be able to attach stuff from Drive directly to emails in Gmail.

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Google adds 2.5 GB to Gmail storage

Google launched the Gmail service on April 1, 2004 on invite basis. In these eight years time span, it has gradually increased its storage from 1 GB to 7.5 GB. Google has launched the Google Drive, cloud storage service yesterday and to celebrate it, the company has added 2.5 GB storage for the Gmail users.

The Gmail team has mentioned in the official Gmail blog that they are increasing the free storage from 7.5 GB to 10 GB. This does not mean that the Gmail storage counter will jump directly to 10 GB. It will happen gradually. This storage is not fixed and it will be increasing slowly.

This additional 2.5 GB increase is for all the users of Gmail while those who are signing into the paid account of Google Drive will get a total of 25 GB free storage. The paid accounts enable them to enjoy storage space of 25 GB, 100 GB and 1 TB in Google Drive for $2.49, $4.99 and $4.99 per month.

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Android Glasses Have Arrived

Epson has been around since the dot matrix printer days. I know some of you are thinking “What’s a dot matrix printer”? Well just take my word for it, it’s a long time.

The Tokyo Japan based company has announced the availability of the Epson Moverio BT-100 Android powered glasses. They carry an MSRP of $699 but for the technology you’re getting, that’s a relatively good deal.

The Moverio BT-100 feature include:
80 inch perceived projection display
Dolby Mobile surround sound
Wi-Fi Connectivity
6 hour battery life
1gb of built in storage
microSD slot with 4gb card.

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The glasses use micro-projection technology along with an Android powered track-pad controller. The user can enjoy video on the 80 inch perceived projection display. You can also experience 3d side by side content and download digital content.

Apps like Netflix, Amazon Kindle, and Angry Birds work great on the Moverio BT-100 glasses.

“As the world leader in visual imaging technology, Epson continually strives to set industry benchmarks for quality and innovation,” said Anna Jen, director of New Business Development, Epson America. “The Moverio BT-100 see-through display is poised to significantly impact not only the way people interact with content for personal enjoyment, but the development of content for future applications – from virtual training platforms to a new way to interact with 3D CADenvironments to visualizing 3D design renderings.”

Highlighted features:

• Enhanced Mobility: Rechargeable battery offers nearly six hours of battery life
• Removable Memory: Built-in card slot supports up to 32GB microSDHC card
• Download and Go: Transfer content, games and apps to the included 4GB microSDHC card or internal 1GB of user storage on the controller
• Adobe® Flash® 11 Support: Stream videos from popular television websites featuring Flash 11 content and content rich Flash-enabled websites
• Big Sound: Dolby® Mobile surround sound delivered to personal earphones or Moverio’s detachable earphones (included in-box)
• Innovative Navigation: Touch-enabled track pad and navigational buttons enable easy interaction of content
• Immersive 3D: Enjoy side-by-side 3D content like never before

Epson is also looking for developers interested in working on the platform. Developers can visit www.epson.com/moverio for more information, as can consumers interested in the first ever Android glasses.

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