Discover and using of Google Drive

Google Drive is a storage service and online file sharing launched by Google in April 2012. Concurrent with Dropbox and SkyDrive particular, it allows users to store, share, edit, and view different types of files, and synchronize them distance with fixed terminals (PC, Mac) or mobile. The characteristics of this offer in detail

Google Drive: the free offer in a wink

Google Drive is a storage service, consultation, and sharing files / folders online management launched by Google in April 2012. 

The Google Drive offer (free) is as follows:

·         15 GB of free storage

·         A desktop application to synchronize files on his computer with the online service Google Drive

·         A Google Drive app for Android and iOS.

·         A storage space that communicates with other Google services (Google Docs)

·         Orders from these countries, the pricing is tiered according to storage capacity (see below)

Install Google Drive desktop app

Just like the Dropbox app, the Google Drive desktop app allows you to organize files synchronized between your computer (PC and MAC), and the web version of Google Drive. 

To download these applications, go to the Google Drive website. . 

You will need to register in advance with your Google credentials to install. 

Installation options: select the folder to synchronize

During installation, you can choose, on your computer, the files you want to sync with Google Drive online. 

You can also choose to automatically launch Google Drive start your computer (default checked), for automatic synchronization. 


Once installation is complete, the synchronization between local and online files folders automatically. 

The Google Drive app is accessed via the bar at the bottom right tasks of the screen (triangular logo). 

If you have a mobile device running Android (smartphone, tablet), you can also download the application Google Drive for Android . 

Some features of Google Drive

·         File sorting capabilities: content search by keywords, filter by file type, owner, etc.

·         OCR: To optimize document management, "Drive" "may recognize the text content of a scanned document using optical character recognition (OCR) technology.

·         Pictures stored Google Drive are instantly available in Google+. Users can share their circle from Google Drive.

·         Consultation document types online: with the support "of more than 30 file types directly in a browser", including HD video, Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop files.

Pricing and composition of pay deals

Prices are in dollars (27 March 2014):

·         $ 1.99 / month 100 GB of Google Drive storage

·         $ 9.99 / month 1 TB

·         Then: 10 TB for $ 99.99 / month, 20 TB for $ 199.99 / month and 30 TB for $ 299.99 / month

Select a pay offer here 

Integration with Google Docs

·         Google Drive allows you to create documents, spreadsheets and presentations, and work together on the same document and the changes appear in real time.

·         Setting up access to user documents: determining who can view, edit or comment on shared documents.

·         Versioning: Google Drive allows you to keep track of different versions of changed documents. It is possible to reverse the changes made during the last 30 days

Innovations for Google Docs office following 

Since September 2015, Google Docs has been enriched by a voice dictation feature. It is only accessible from the Chrome browser, and makes possible the dictation documents from a microphone to the smartphone or computer. Google announces 40 recognized languages. 

This update was accompanied by several new features: 
- Searching for a word or phrase on Google directly from Google Docs, 
- Display recent changes to a shared file using color codes, 
- New forms, new interfaces and new layout templates for Docs, Sheets (spreadsheets) and Slide, 
- A feature on Explore the Sheets app to generate a graph based on some data. 

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Some cloud storage like Google Drive are;

·         Dropbox

·         onedrive

·         Box.net

·         Mozy

·         SugarSync

·         Hubic

If you have a suggestion for best cloud storage please kindly leave a comment…