Monday, May 11, 2015

Class 12: What is Google Drive? - Alex Lau

Google Drive is an online program owned by Google that has many different tools and services that

can be used anywhere in the world, as long as you have a computer and an internet connection.

There are numerous things you could do with Google Drive.


The main feature about Google Drive is the ability to store and share files in the cloud. For free, the

amount of data one can store in the cloud is up to fifteen gigabytes, or GB. If one wants to increase

the amount of data able to be stored in the cloud, there is an increasing monthly fee for however

much space one would want. For 100 GB, it is $1.99 per month. For one terabyte, or TB, it is $9.99.

For ten TB, it is $99.99 per month. For 20 TB, it is $199.99 per month. And for 20 TB, it is $299.99

per month. Google Drive also has the capacity to easily share files with one another and is able to

view almost every kind of file there is.


Google Drive also has an "office suite" of sorts, with programs like Google Docs, Google Sheets,

and Google Slides. These programs act like their Microsoft counterparts, but on a much easier-to-

access scale. With these programs, there is no need to download external programs to write, edit an

save text. All of these Google office suite programs have the ability for real time collaboration with

other users. This means that a group of people can work on a single document together, on separate

computers, at the same time.


Google Drive is an incredibly easy to use program that is just as easily accessible. The capabilities of

these technologies have beaten their paid counterparts, as according to reviews. The ability to use

these programs have made it easier for school and universities alike to let students collaborate

together and work together as one unit, furthering the progress of education.

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