Google One cloud storage service launches in US, offering lower prices and perks
Google’s rebranded cloud storage service is now available to anyone in the U.S. Google One offers lower prices, 24/7 live support, and other benefits.
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Kiwi for Gmail makes using email an even better experience on Mac
With Kiwi for Gmail, you can experience your favorite Google products outside of the browser. In doing so, accessing these services has never been easier.
Google removes passcode/Touch ID/Face ID lock from Drive, Docs, Sheets & Slides
An important security announcement: Google’s Docs, Slides, Sheets and Drive apps no longer protect your sensitive data with a passcode lock, Touch ID or Face ID.
Google prepping new app for backing up your Mac to Drive
Google is addressing the biggest pain point of its Drive desktop client—the inability to sync items outside of the app’s folder—with a whole new app coming later this month.
Google Drive becomes Android migration tool with contacts, photos, videos & calendar sync
Google wants to make it even easier for Apple fans to switch from iOS to the Android platform so it’s turning the mobile Google Drive app into a migration tool of sorts with new features that let you upload and synchronize your contacts, photos, videos and calendar events.
The search giant also provides a Quick Switch Adapter with its Pixel smartphones that allows users to quickly transfers data directly from an iPhone to their Pixel phone.
Google Drive is available at no charge from the App Store.
How to download files and documents to iPhone or iPad
How do I download a file to my iPhone? Where do I download it to? These are questions I’ve recently been asked, but also problems I have faced myself. In this post, I’ll try to share different options for downloading files to an iPhone or iPad.
You can now attach Google Drive/Dropbox files and GIFs from Tumblr to emails in Yahoo Mail
The failing Internet pioneer Yahoo today announced a major update for its mobile email application.
Bumped to version 4.3, Yahoo Mail for iOS introduces new third-party integrations allowing you to add cloud files directly from your Google Drive or Dropbox to your messages as attachments, or add animated GIFs to your emails from Tumblr, which is another Yahoo-owned property.
The compose interface makes it easy to choose among Tumblr’s most popular GIFs of the moment, search for that perfect GIF or browse GIF categories including Love, LOL, Cute, Cheers, Fail, Happy and more. GIFs are added to your emails as attachments.
WhatsApp now lets you share media from other apps like Dropbox and Google Drive
The popular mobile messaging service WhatsApp today received a pretty cool update in the App Store which adds the ability to share photos or videos from other apps installed on your iPhone via a new option exposed after tapping the Photo/Video Library button.
In addition, WhatsApp has gained a pair of new shortcuts in the 3D Touch menu on the Home screen and now supports solid colors as chat backgrounds.
Oh, and you can now zoom in on videos while they’re playing.
Complete security checkup for your Google Account to earn 2GB of free Drive space
Google is celebrating the Safer Internet Day with various promotions and related announcements. The Gmail team, for instance, launched a feature that’ll warn users before sending and receiving emails from insecure addresses.
The company’s Drive team has made an announcement of its own, offering two gigabytes of free additional cloud storage to those who complete a two-minute security checkup for their Google Account.
Google Drive gets better with sharing notifications and more
Google has updated its Drive cloud storage client for iOS with mobile notifications when files or folders are shared, or when someone requests access to a file you own.
The change allows for a more consistent sharing experience across platforms and includes enhancements such as jumping directly to a shared file by tapping on the notification banner and providing a custom message when sharing a file or folder with others.
Google Drive receives Material Design overhaul with faster scrolling, syncing and image viewing
Google on Wednesday issued a version 4.0 update to its free of charge Google Drive for iOS application in the App Store. The first thing you’ll notice is a brand new design which follows Material Design guidelines set forth by Google itself.
In addition to a cleaned-up interface, other changes in Google Drive 4.0 for iPhone and iPad include much faster syncing of your files, as well as image viewing.
Scrolling performance has been improved, too, and they’ve finally implemented iOS’s standard swipe gesture to go back.
Google+ Photos now appear in Drive, Auto Backup for images and videos available in iOS app
The search giant Google announced yesterday it is adding support for Google+ Photos to the Drive app on iOS, Android and the web. “Starting today, the photos and videos you keep in Google+ Photos will also be available in Google Drive,” said the company.
In addition to storing your photos and files together in Drive, the refreshed Google Drive for iOS app has introduced a new Auto Backup feature to ensure that your Camera Roll photos and videos are safely backed up in the Google cloud.