Google users will soon be able to upload any file type to Docs (as long as it’s under 250MB) — as opposed to the very limited slate of document types currently supported (like images, Word docs, PDFs, spreadsheets and PowerPoint presentations). More »
The Google Operating System blog points to one blogger’s discovery of text inside the Google Pack software suite that basically lays out what GDrive will do:
GDrive provides reliable storage for all of your files, including photos, music and documents. GDrive allows you to access your files from anywhere, anytime, and from any device – be it from your desktop, web browser or cellular phone.
So GDrive is shaping up to be an any-file backup system that will roll out with a desktop client, web access. But with all the feature-rich competition GDrive’s facing, one would think tie-ins with other Google Apps, and raw data space, would be what Google truly wants to crow about. Are you intrigued by GDrive so far, or wondering what all the noise is about?
First Official Description of GDrive [Google Operating System]A week ago we pointed toward indications that a Google storage solution—unofficially called Google Web Drive—was on its way. Weblog Google Operating System continues the sleuthing, this time uncovering a new Web Drive icon buried in the depths of a CSS file for Google Apps, hosted on Google.com, and blown up all pixely in the screenshot to the right. Snazzy.
