Dec 09
If you feel like your ultrabook is limited in capacity, that won’t be the case much longer: Samsung has just announced the industry’s first 1TB mSATA SSD, which’ll give any ultra-thin laptop a shot in the storage arm.
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Nov 30
Xbox modder Brian Williams has installed two non-standard drives on an Xbox One, testing them to see whether they make for faster boot and game load times than the standard drive. The exercise demonstrates where the gaming industry is at in terms of drive configurations. The take-home point is that hybrid drives — a traditional […]
Nov 20
Mobile writers just got a little more control over their masterpieces. An upgrade to Google Drive for Android now lets users find and replace text; they can also insert tables and named styles. A few file management tweaks are in store as well, such as a new two-column view on tablets and an option to rename scanned documents before they reach the cloud. Those eager to edit with the new Drive tools should receive the app update within the next few days.
Filed under: Cellphones, Tablets, Internet, Mobile, Google
Source: Google Play
Oct 01
Google Drive has just received a nice little graphical update, with document editors now neatly comp
Posted in: Today's ChiliGoogle Drive has just received a nice little graphical update, with document editors now neatly compressed to maximize space on the content itself. Go check it out.
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Oct 01
You can’t say that the Google Drive crew isn’t looking out for you. Following the transition of QuickOffice for Android and iOS into a freebie, the team is now blessing Google Docs with a slightly more attractive interface. First and foremost, you’ll now find a familiar, colorful product icon in the upper left part of the web app, which links back to Drive. This refinement applies to Docs, Sheets, Slides, Drawings, Forms and Apps Script, and it could very well help users of another office suite feel more at home. Additionally, the headers within each of the editors are now more compressed, which Google hopes will allow users to focus more easily on their content. Naturally, these aren’t the most dramatic visual changes, but then again, do you really want a card-based UI for your document editor?
Source: Google Drive Blog
Sep 19
Less than two weeks after Apple decided to make iWork free for new iOS devices, Google went and did us one better: it’s offering its Quickoffice suite for free, to both Android and iOS users. If you recall, the apps have actually already been free to Google Apps subscribers, specifically, but now the offer applies to anyone, regardless of when they activated their device or what OS version they’re using. As an added incentive, if you sign in to your Google Account from the Quickoffice app by September 26, 2013, you get 10 gigs of extra storage space for two years. And that’s all there is to it. Hit up the source link for more details, if you need them, or else find the app on Google Play or the App Store.
Source: Google (Google+), Google Play, iTunes
Sep 15
Google Keep stores its content in Drive, but it doesn’t pull content from Drive. That may change, however, as Google Operating System has spotted some unused Drive integration code within the Android app. They suggest that users could attach Drive files to their notes and either view them directly or open them in third-party software. Media hounds wouldn’t have to upload video, though — there’s mention of embedding YouTube clips. The code doesn’t guarantee that Keep will be file-savvy in the near future, but it does show that Google is at least considering such an upgrade.
Filed under: Cellphones, Internet, Google
Via: The Next Web
Source: Google Operating System
Sep 12
Google Drive for Android update simplifies uploading, creating and scanning files
Posted in: Today's Chili
Google’s been making the Drive app on Android better and better with every update since its debut on the platform — and lest we forget its iOS counterpart, too. Today’s new features might not be as flashy as the ones we saw with the introduction of the card UI, with Google placing emphasis on core functionality and making it easier to create, scan and upload files. Drive users will now see buttons for said functions near the bottom of the application, which then allows them to be quickly triggered with a simple tap. Google also points out that the app’s theme now sports a lighter color, with the idea being to make “content easier on the eyes.” If anything, the cupcakes shown on the sample screenshot are definitely making our mouths watery.
Filed under: Internet, Software, Mobile, Google
Source: Google Play
Sep 06
For a company that keeps millions of users’ personal emails and data under lock and key, Google found itself in a bad place earlier this year — on a list of “providers” that reportedly gave the NSA direct access to their central servers. The company immediately took steps to calm consumers, assuring its user base that it didn’t create a federal “back door,” and demanding more transparency from government agencies. Now, the Mountain View search giant has told The Washington Post that it’s accelerating its encryption initiative, which will hopefully offer users another layer of comforting protection.
“It’s an arms race,” Google VP of security engineering Eric Grosse told the paper. “We see these government agencies as among the most skilled players in this game.” That is to say, protecting user data isn’t easy — intelligence firms and skilled hackers can eventually find their way around even the most sophisticated encryption, but building these kinds of walls has become a necessity in a post-PRISM world. The move is designed to protect Google users against unauthorized snooping, but Mountain View will still have to comply with court orders and official requests. Still, who are we to argue with a more defensible inbox?
Via: Ars Technica
Source: Washington Post
Sep 05
You know how they say that when it rains, it pours? Well, shortly after unveiling a new set of native ware for Chrome, Google’s also taken the time to announce an update to its Drive app on iOS. Most notable is the introduction of the card-style user interface, something we saw make its way to the Android version of Google Drive earlier this year. There’s now a better way to browse and preview files as well, plus an easier approach to how links get copied within the app — essentially, this means users will see a new option that automatically copies file links to the clipboard. The update doesn’t appear to be live everywhere just yet, but keep an eye on the App Store as it should be arriving very soon.
Filed under: Cellphones, Tablets, Software, Mobile, Apple, Google
Source: App Store
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