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Google's Gdrive allegedly coming; Still late to the party: Google is preparing to roll out its long rumored--and still mostly rumored--Gdrive online storage service. The latest chatter about Gdrive comes from The Wall Street Journal, which reports: Google is preparing a service that would let users store on its computers essentially all of the files...; Tags: Google Inc., Gdrive, Storage, Hardware, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2007-11-27
GDrive developer left Google for Facebook: GDrive developer left Google for FacebookLove to see the competition for developers! Even Google can have problemsif they try to hold things back. GDrive should have been out a long time ago as at least a paid service even if they though they could not give it away for free.yeah...; Tags: GDRIVE, Google Inc., GDrive developer, Facebook, developer, google; Discussion threads 2007-09-17
GDrive to be included in Google Apps?: Tony Ruscoe was playing with the URL while logged into a Google Apps account, and he discovered something very interesting. It turns out that "www10" is something like a codename for "Platypus" which is the codename for GDrive. By modifying the "Disable Service" URL in Google Apps to...; Tags: Google Inc., Google Apps, GDrive, Garett Rogers; Blog posts 2007-09-05
GDrive to be included in Google Apps?: GDrive to be included in Google Apps?Cool, except it's more Google Sprawl.That's great, but i'd like to see more synchronicity of features between GAD and normal Google Accounts:http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/admins/new.htmlWhen does the general GMail app get a Choose From Contacts feature or perhaps shared contacts with trusted others? i've recommended GMail to...; Tags: E-mail providers, Google Inc., Google Gmail, GDRIVE, Google Apps; Discussion threads 2007-09-04
GDrive cancelled, or not?: Philipp Lenssen speculates that GDrive has been canceled after watching a YouTube video called "Googley Blues" now private. The video apparently showed the Platypus icon overlayed with the text:"I've been ready to launch my product since 2002... At least round here, 5 years ain't so long overdue."I'm not sure...; Tags: Evidence, Video, Philipp Lenssen, Garett Rogers; Blog posts 2007-08-19

Google's new storage service: Google's new storage serviceGoogleIt appears that Google's marketing team is actually Sun's marketing team moonlighting at Google. The advantage to Google is that they pay less for the same level of ineffectivness."In order to improve overall services..."That was the opening line Google sent to customers who PURCHASED video content...; Tags: Backups, Google Inc., storage, backup, GDRIVE; Discussion threads 2007-08-15
Google may be preparing for GDrive with paid storage: Google may be preparing for GDrive with paid storageBuddy can you spare a Gigabyte?This is definitely going to be a paid for service. Nice catch, Garret. This sounds like a great place to keep my mp3 and video collection. Then I just need a google phone and I get unrestricted,...; Tags: GDRIVE, storage, DriveHQ Online Backup, Google Inc.; Discussion threads 2007-08-10
Google may be preparing for GDrive with paid storage: Google updated the "My Account" page today with a detailed breakdown of the storage you are using -- both free and paid. For example, you can see how much of your unpaid Gmail and Picasa Web Album storage is being used. In addition to this information, you can...; Tags: Google Inc., Storage, Garett Rogers; Blog posts 2007-08-09
GDrive "Platypus" still in development: GDrive "Platypus" still in developmentSweetGreat I just need google to make the space limit 100gb per user so I have a nice place to stick my mp3 collection! :)GDrive is no comparison with DriveHQ.comI have been an enthusiastic DriveHQ user for almost 2 years. Their service is great!All GDrive features...; Tags: Backups, VPNs, GDRIVE, DriveHQ Online Backup; Discussion threads 2007-06-20
Microsoft tees up LiveDrive hosted-storage service: Microsoft tees up LiveDrive hosted-storage serviceget outside of M$ box a little more Mary Jo.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GmailFSI use it...Yeah, right!"Password-protected online file storage. Always available where you need it."Okay, let me stop laughing just long enough to say that I would NEVER trust this. I mean seriously, the Live services have...; Tags: E-mail providers, GDRIVE, storage, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., Google Gmail, LiveDrive, GMAILFS; Discussion threads 2007-05-12
Google and Apple at MacWorld Expo?: Google and Apple at MacWorld Expo?Is GDrive gonna come out really?ur speculation makes sense... although I'm not really sure if GDrive will ever be a reality... anyway, nice points to watch out for...CheeerzzzManoj; Tags: GDRIVE, Apple Inc., Google Inc.; Discussion threads 2007-01-08
GDrive domain transferred to Google: GDrive domain transferred to GoogleReasons for buying the domains + Gdrive.com> I don't understand why they are snapping up so many of these domains unless it> will be available to the public eventually.One reason might be thath there are a lot of rumors about Gdrive, and Googledoesn't want other companies...; Tags: GDRIVE, Google Inc., GDrive.com, domain; Discussion threads 2006-10-28
Gdrive client leaked: Gdrive client leakedseems like an java applicationI guess they code it in eclipse that they use sqlite database and swtIf the drive had dynamic encryption / decryption ...... it would begin to become useful to most people. Most people have great misgivings about having their data scattered all over the...; Tags: SSL/TLS, Performance management, GDRIVE, Webdrive; Discussion threads 2006-10-14
Gdrive client leaked: The Windows client for Gdrive, or Platypus as it is known internally, has been leaked to Google blogger Philipp Lenssen. He is unable to get past the login screen with his username or password, but now we have physical proof of the product that first got me blogging about...; Tags: Google Inc., GDrive; Blog posts 2006-10-13
AOL tries to compete with Gdrive: AOL tries to compete with GdriveLove the lack of bias!Shipping product trumps non-shipping product, but somehow "AOL tries to compete" is the headline - why not try reporting on the news - it's more fun!; Tags: America Online Inc., GDRIVE; Discussion threads 2006-08-04
AOL tries to compete with Gdrive: The partnership between Google and AOL hasn't stopped competition between the two -- it appears as though AOL is set to give all AIM users 5GB of free storage using Xdrive. I wonder if they are squirming over the pending release of Gdrive? In a press release from AOL,...; Tags: storage, GDrive; Blog posts 2006-08-03
Infinite storage is on the horizon: A source at the Blogoscoped forums who volunteers his translation services to Google was given an interesting phrase to work on: "The result?... from today we are starting our infinite storage plan".This is interesting because in March we were given solid evidence confirming the creation of a service known as...; Tags: storage, GDrive; Blog posts 2006-07-29
GDrive is Platypus: GDrive is PlatypusWe also need disconnected access to all off the Google web applications.Of course some do not work, like Google maps needs to be connected to the terabytes of data on the back-end. GMail could work in a disconnected mode so you could at least search and read old...; Tags: Backups, E-mail providers, E-mail, Web browsers, GDRIVE, backup, Google Gmail; Discussion threads 2006-07-10
GDrive is Platypus: Corsin Camichel has stumbled across a page hosted on Google's server the page has now been removed that gives life to a service that has been in the rumor mill since my very first blog post last September. The screenshot provided appears to suggest GDrive works with Windows, Mac...; Tags: Platypus; Blog posts 2006-07-10
Aaron vs. Goliath (box.net vs. Google's gdrive): Aaron vs. Goliath (box.net vs. Google's gdrive)Great service this box.netReally, I just uploaded one file (2,2 MB), then I clicked on "Share". So far so good. Then i placed the link on my blog and... only thing that I can get is message saying "This user is out of bandwidth"....; Tags: GDRIVE, storage, box.net, gdrive, DriveHQ Online Backup, Google Inc.; Discussion threads 2006-03-08