Resistant is futile – my electronic life is now completely run by Google. For a little while, there was still Dropbox, and a few other areas of holdout, but it’s all over now. I’ve got my Android phone, Gmail, Goole Docs and don’t know where I’d be if I couldn’t access my Google calendar. And now there’s Google Drive – a piece of software that can be downloaded onto your PC and allows complete freedom for you to integrate the files on your hard drive with those in the Google cloud – now called Google Drive. I loved Google Docs, and this Drive thing just makes everything easier. I’m a little scared. I can organize all the files on my hard drive that I also want to keep in the cloud through Drive, and it goes with me wherever I can access my Google account.
I’ve resisted Microsoft for everything except my OS, and have had hardly anything to do with Apple. But Google? Yup – I’ve submitted. I’m really hoping that they doesn’t ever change their company motto from “Don’t be evil” or I’m f***ed. Anyone else out there completely running on Google?
I’m definitely an Apple girl. I have an old Macbook Pro, an iMac, an old iPod Touch, an iPhone and an iPad 2. I’ve been utliizing their cloud since before they started calling it cloud computing. My problem right now is that they are getting rid of iDisk, which is where I have stored my files for years. I’m thinking of moving everything to Dropbox, but I might consider Google Drive. Any thoughts on which one is better?
Google is offering 5 gigs free; last I checked, dropbox was only offering 1 or 2. Plus it’s really easy to set up a Google account if you don’t have one, and then you have access to Analytics and Adwords if you want to use them. Google offers so many great products for website owners and having easy access to everything from one account is a time-saver. My 2¢. 🙂
All good points. I do have a Google account for Analytics, Adsense, etc. I shall check it out. Thanks!
I’m curious to hear what you think!