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End of Google Docs draws near

Fox News :: Google always pitched Google Drive, which launched in April after a considerable period of hype, as a replacement for Google Docs. What many users didn’t realize, it seems, is that Google will indeed completely replace Google Docs with Drive later this year. While Drive is still opt-in at this time, it looks like the forced transition is coming soon.

Continue to read Frederic Lardinois, www.foxbusiness.com

Google+ enables photo sharing from Google Drive

You can easily test it yourself if you login to your Google+ account, click on the camera icon in your timeline. A new option will appear which offers you the opportunity to select a photo from Google Drive as well.

The Next Web :: Backing-up photos is one of the most popular uses of cloud storage services and, with that in mind, it is no surprise to see that Google has made it easy for Google+ users to share images from its new Google Drive service.

Continue to read Jon Russell, thenextweb.com

Now that Google has cloned it, what’s next for Dropbox?

TechCrunch :: If nothing else, Google Drive is a full-frontal assault on Dropbox on virtually every level. Google is not just massively undercutting Dropbox’s pricing scheme, but thanks to integrating Drive with Docs, it is also able to offer far more features. With this kind of competition, the future might not be so bright for Dropbox.

Continue to read Frederic Lardinois, techcrunch.com

Much hyped Google Drive is here with 5GB of free storage

GigaOM :: Do you want to put about 16 terabytes of data online? If you do, you might want to give Google a call. Mind you, it isn’t going to be cheap — that amount of storage will cost about $800 a month. On Tuesday, the Mountain View, Calif.-based company is taking the covers off its much hyped and long awaited online storage service, and it will be called Google Drive. It is available at drive.google.com. The Drive, which starts with 5 GB of free storage, is available to anyone with a Google account, including Google Apps for business accounts.

[Om Malik:] However, the key differentiation point for Google Drive is the tight integration with Google’s productivity apps and other apps that are using Google’s SDK to build the Drive into their own cloud offerings.

Continue to read Om Malik, gigaom.com