ZDNet points out that Google is planning a new online storage space, similar to what Box.net offers, as reviewed here. However, there is one key difference to note about GDrive. GDrive is said to map to your computer like a simple network drive, enabling drag and drop usability. It would essentially function as a G:\ drive in Windows. GDrive is Google’s response to peoples’ Gmail hacking efforts attempting to create things like the Gmail FS and other creations that currently allow people to string together multiple Gmail accounts for seemingly unlimited online storage space. While being able to access GDrive as a mapped network drive, I really hope they have a good web interface with it as I won’t always be so keen on wanting to connect to a network drive when I’m at another computer.
With infinite storage, we can house all user files, including: emails, web history, pictures, bookmarks, etc and make it accessible from anywhere (any device, any platform, etc). We already have efforts in this direction in terms of GDrive, GDS, Lighthouse, but all of them face bandwidth and storage constraints today.
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This sounds like a great resource.
Local mapping is a great feature. Is Google going to offer it for free or use competitive pricing similar to Box.net?
I wonder how private it’ll be. Google worry me in the sense that they don;t seem to care about the indivudal’s privacy.
On the issue of privacy, will file encryption help? I’d probably be willing to upload some (encrypted) files. Especially those which will serve as back-up (i.e., presentations) just in case my CDs or flash drives fail. You know, good ol’ Murphy’s law and all.
With more and more broadband subscribers (who tend to leave their connections on the whole time), people may get used to the idea of always-on hard drives and just trust that Google will not expose itself to privacy-related complaints.
Yeah, as much as I love Google for my email and searching, I can’t imagine letting them have that kind of access to my computer. I have a tough time already with Google Desktop, but it’s saved me enough times I’m willing to let it stay. Besides, I think the less I store on my computer the easier it will be to find it later!
The main force behind all this is the fact that space is no longer a problem with providers. If google doesnt do it somebody else will.
Looking forward with expectations from GDrive!!
Hey Paul, Google has also come out with Page Creator : did you hear anything about it? You could check it out but actually they are not offering any more accounts so if you already had the chance to taste it, that would be great telling us how it was. I’ve a friend who fell on it and told me that there were many things and that it had stuffs of the Apple interface with Adobe stuffs for the writing and that also it’s far more better that Blogger ;-)
well this is a great tool for our convenience.. we could have our own hard drives in anywhere we go.. as long as the net is available isn’t it?? but in the other side our privacy maybe unsecured…Ãœ