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Google Drive detailed: 5 GB of free space, launching next week

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Re: Google Drive detailed: 5 GB of free space, launching next week

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Post by qxcv »

gouranga wrote: post #170
riobard wrote: post #169

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's how it should be done and is very under appreciated by the tech community. Because the tech community no longer use Microsoft products?

The narcissistic, English speaking, vocal and startup side of the tech community don't. The rest of us do.

GP has a valid point, Windows usership is less prevalent amongst those with the technical know-how to install and use Windows alternatives than in the general public.

Google don't have a vested interest in operating system compatibility outside of mobile, meaning that they can open themselves up to a larger potential market than Microsoft have with Skydrive.

Re: Google Drive detailed: 5 GB of free space, launching next week

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Post by aw3c2 »

robomartin wrote: post #21

OK, so now when they suspend your Google account you also get to experience loosing whatever you had in Google Drive. Just for this I am converting my Dropbox account into one of their paid packages to do my part in ensuring they stick around. One would hope that at one point Google might start to realize that the way they are handling accounts could work against their own interests. I --and I am sure others-- have e…

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Re: Google Drive detailed: 5 GB of free space, launching next week

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Post by stuckk »

drivebyacct2 wrote: post #36
stuckk wrote: post #25

eh. 5Gb? Skydrive has like 25

Skydrive is a sad joke that points out how many easy opportunities Microsoft has to leap frog Android and iCloud. They already have a huge cloud platform. They are have millions of Live users. They're finally integrating Live accounts as Windows accounts. They refuse to add dropbox like functionality to SkyDrive to make it possible to just have a set of files synced between all Windows (8, specifically) and WP device…

You do have a point. Because Live Mesh has been around for like 10 years. It was suppose to do exactly what Dropbox does.

Re: Google Drive detailed: 5 GB of free space, launching next week

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Post by muxxa »

aw3c2 wrote: post #173
robomartin wrote: post #21

OK, so now when they suspend your Google account you also get to experience loosing whatever you had in Google Drive. Just for this I am converting my Dropbox account into one of their paid packages to do my part in ensuring they stick around. One would hope that at one point Google might start to realize that the way they are handling accounts could work against their own interests. I --and I am sure others-- have e…

unless you use some exclusive special features of Google analytics I do not know, check out piwik as free, self-hosted alternative. it supports privacy protection for your visitors.

Also http://statcounter.com/ as a straight GA replacement. Disclaimer: I consult for StatCounter

Re: Google Drive detailed: 5 GB of free space, launching next week

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Post by jasonlotito »

ojilles wrote: post #165
jasonlotito wrote: post #96

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's more to protect PayPal, and the fact that real money is involved. PayPal's customer service is not free. You do pay for it.

Who's asking for anything free?

The GP, asked this:

> which free service (or service that pays you money, ala AdSense) has a better approach to customer service?

The parent answered with PayPal, which is not free.

Re: Google Drive detailed: 5 GB of free space, launching next week

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Post by freehunter »

mmmmbop wrote: post #42
drivebyacct2 wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Skydrive is a sad joke that points out how many easy opportunities Microsoft has to leap frog Android and iCloud. They already have a huge cloud platform. They are have millions of Live users. They're finally integrating Live accounts as Windows accounts. They refuse to add dropbox like functionality to SkyDrive to make it possible to just have a set of files synced between all Windows (8, specifically) and WP device…

Uh, they have a dropbox-like client coming out soon. Also, I far prefer their web interface to dropbox's. I see no reason to continue using dropbox once skydrive client comes out. ...unless you're on linux :)

The beauty of Skydrive is, it's WebDAV. You can mount it in Windows, you can mount it in OSX, you can mount it in Linux. There isn't a native client yet, but it doesn't strictly need one to work at a basic level.

Re: Google Drive detailed: 5 GB of free space, launching next week

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Post by tbergeron »

I always loved Google for so much reasons. They knew how to bring amazing, fast and useful stuff to the table but then they lost themselves trying to make a "Walmart" out of themselves.

They [started to] (some may say they always did) imitate other successful services, some with success and some with huge failures (many of their social network attempts have been failures).

But since about a year, it seems like they're turning from the "good guys" to the "bad guys". They try to kick every successful company out of their specializations. (Kick Facebook with Google+, Kick Spotify with Google Music, Kick Dropbox with Google Drive, etc).

I really hate the way they're taking to always get more and more of our data. Sorry Google but after almost ten years of service, I'm currently moving all my data somewhere else.

Re: Google Drive detailed: 5 GB of free space, launching next week

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Post by spullara »

robomartin wrote: post #125
robomartin wrote: post #21

OK, so now when they suspend your Google account you also get to experience loosing whatever you had in Google Drive. Just for this I am converting my Dropbox account into one of their paid packages to do my part in ensuring they stick around. One would hope that at one point Google might start to realize that the way they are handling accounts could work against their own interests. I --and I am sure others-- have e…

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I think you could probably get your analytics account closed if you violate some of the ToS like reporting unique identifiers (IP address counts) for your users into your events.

Re: Google Drive detailed: 5 GB of free space, launching next week

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Post by camiller »

Raphael wrote: post #94
Inufu wrote: post #70

The article mentions 23 GB of storage upgrades for HTC users. Can I also get that on my old HTC Desire S? Or do I need a new phone for that?

It's part of the pre-installed Dropbox application on newer HTC phones. Some people have copied it and used it on other phones to get the storage upgrade.

...plus I think it says "...for two years" or something to that effect.
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