The King of search engines launched an ambitious Internet storage product. Known simply as Google Drive, the product is similar to your cupboard where you store your files physically. The difference is that Google Drive is a digital online one. It not only stores general data which you put in the form of documents, but also your videos and photos.
Features of Google Drive
- You can store everything possible
- You can retrieve all that is stored from any computing device which is connected to the Internet – this includes your laptop, PC tablet and smartphone.
- You can share the stored content with anybody by simply sending the link to the specific information rather than going through the tedious procedure of attaching it.
Price of Google Drive
Each account is entitled to free storage of 5 gigabytes. If you want more storage, you will have to pay a fee. This fee varies as per the amount of storage you require, ranging from just $2.5 per month for 25 gigabytes to $50 per month for a whopping 1 terabyte.
How to install Google Drive
At present Google Drive can be installed on any computer with Windows OS as well as a Mac computer and a computing device which has Google Chrome OS. You can also install it on a smartphone having Google Android software. Round the corner is coming a special version of Google Drive for your iPad and iPhone too.
How to set up a Google Drive Account
You just need to take 2 simple steps to open a Google Drive account:
- Go to this link: Google Drive. You will see the get started with 5GB free button at the top right of your screen. Start there with your Gmail ID.
- Click on the ‘Notify Me’ button. Voila! Google allocates disk space for you.
Once your drive is installed, Google will send you via email complete instructions on how to use your Google Drive account.
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