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Google Drive triples free storage to 15 GB

by Mel Martin (May 13th, 2013)

We were just talking about how Amazon is competing with Apple and other cloud services by offering 5 GB of storage for free. Now, that turns out to be old news, because today Google announced that free storage spanning several Google services like Gmail, Google+ and Google Drive is now going to ...

Google Drive on iOS updated, adds landscape editing

by John-Michael Bond (Apr 8th, 2013)

The latest 1.3.0 update to the Google Drive app for iOS has arrived and brought with it the joys of landscape document editing. Version 1.30 also features improved Google Doc support and the standard minor bug fixes that come with every update. Landscape editing is a simple, but incredibly ...

Google Drive for iOS adds Quickoffice support, multiple photo uploads

by Randy Nelson (Jan 29th, 2013)

Google has issued an update to its free Google Drive app for iPhone and iPad that adds some welcome new features and tweaks some existing ones. Version 1.2.2 of Google Drive brings a welcome enhancement for iOS shutterbugs in the form of the ability to upload more than one photo at a time, and ...

Google Apps for Business users get free Quickoffice for iPad

by Randy Nelson (Dec 19th, 2012)

Google purchased mobile productivity suite maker Quickoffice this past June and now we're seeing one of the fruits of that buyout. Starting immediately, users of Google Apps for Business will gain free access to a specialized free version of Quickoffice for iPad. The app, which requires you ...

Google adds spreadsheet creation and editing to mobile versions

by Mike Schramm (Nov 28th, 2012)

Google has added the capability to both create and edit spreadsheets to its Google Drive apps, so you can now calculate and tally up whatever you like in a spreadsheet while out on the go. Users could previously browse shared spreadsheets on the app, but the latest update, for version 1.2.0, ...

Google Drive for iPad adds rich-text editing for docs

by Dave Caolo (Sep 27th, 2012)

Google released Google Drive in April, which gives users 5 GB of free online storage for their Google documents, photos, videos, PDFs and more. There's a Mac app available, and earlier this month, Google updated Google Drive for iOS (free, universal) to include rich text editing. This update, ...

Archy beta brings panache to Google Drive

by Kelly Hodgkins (Aug 9th, 2012)

If you use Google Drive and want a lightweight Mac client to view and manage your Drive files, then you should check out Archy. Archy sits in your menu bar or dock and gives you one-click access to all your documents stored in Google Drive. From the app, you can easily preview your files, ...

Daily Update for June 28, 2012

by Steven Sande (Jun 28th, 2012)

It's the TUAW Daily Update, your source for Apple news in a convenient audio format. You'll get all the top Apple stories of the day in three to five minutes for a quick review of what's happening in the Apple world. You can listen to today's Apple stories by clicking the inline player ...

Chrome, Google Drive coming to iPhone and iPad today

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Jun 28th, 2012)

During today's keynote, Google announced that Chrome for iPhone and iPad. Like the Android version of mobile Chrome, users will gain incognito browsing, syncing information (such as passwords and other credentials) and tabs, which Engadget noted is similar to how they are in the newly announced ...

Daily Update for April 24, 2012

by Steven Sande (Apr 24th, 2012)

Why Google Drive matters but APIs matter more

by Erica Sadun (Apr 24th, 2012)

Today, Google Drive finally made its debut, offering what has become the industry-standard 5GB of free space. Its purchase model is similar to Apple's, Amazon's, and other leaders in this field. We posted earlier about its introduction. Expect to pay US$48/year for 20GB. This is $4/month versus ...

Google launches Google Drive

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 24th, 2012)

Google launched Google Drive, an online service that lets you create, share and store your documents online. You can use the desktop client to upload videos, photographs, Google docs and more to Google's cloud. When you're on the go, you can access these files using a mobile client. Google ...

Dropbox update adds public links to any file or folder

by Steven Sande (Apr 23rd, 2012)

Dropbox has just announced an update to its self-named service that provides new public sharing links. This update, which appears to be an end-run against the imminent launch of Google's competing Drive app, makes it possible to share read-only folders with anyone -- regardless of whether or ...