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Google Drive is a file-hosting service and synchronization service developed by Google.Launched on April 24, 2012, Google Drive allows users to store files in the cloud (on Google servers), synchronize files across devices, and share files.
With Google Drive, users can upload any type of file to the cloud, share them with others, and access them from any computer, tablet, or smartphone. Users can sync files between their device and the cloud with apps for Microsoft Windows and Apple macOS computers, and Android and iOS smartphones and tablets.
Files (formerly known as Files Go) is a file management app developed by Google for file browsing, media consumption, storage clean-up and offline file transfer. It was released by Google on December 5, 2017 [ 3 ] with a custom version for China being released on May 30, 2018.
Document-sharing services allow users to share and collaborate on document files. These services originally targeted files such as PDFs, word processor documents, and spreadsheets. [2] However many remote file storage services are now aimed at allowing users to share and synchronize all types of files across all the devices they use.
This is a comparison of notable file hosting services that are currently active. File hosting services are a particular kind of online file storage; however, various products that are designed for online file storage may not have features or characteristics that others designed for sharing files have.
Google Photos is a photo sharing and storage service developed by Google. It was announced in May 2015 and spun off from Google+ , the company's former social network . Google Photos shares the 15 gigabytes of free storage space with other Google services, such as Google Drive and Gmail .
Google Cloud Storage is an online file storage web service for storing and accessing data on Google Cloud Platform infrastructure. [1] The service combines the performance and scalability of Google's cloud with advanced security and sharing capabilities. [2] It is an Infrastructure as a Service , comparable to Amazon S3.
While the deal did not give the NSA access to Google's data on users' searches or e-mail communications and accounts and Google was not sharing proprietary data with the agency, privacy and civil rights advocates were concerned. [42] [43] In October 2004, Google acquired Keyhole, a 3D mapping company.