H Google παρουσιάζει το Google Drive με 5GB (video)

 

Όπως περιμέναμε εδώ και λίγες μέρες η Google ανακοίνωσε σήμερα την ανταγωνιστική προς το Dropbox υπηρεσία με το όνομα Google Drive. Οι χρήστες του Google Drive θα διαθέτουν 5GB δωρεάν αποθηκευτικού χώρου για την αποθήκευση εγγράφων, βίντεο, εικόνων και λοιπών αρχείων ενώ τα Google Docs είναι ενσωματωμένα στην νέα υπηρεσία.

Οι χρήστες θα μπορούν να αναβαθμίσουν σε 25GB χώρου στην συνδρομητική τιμή των $2.49/μήνα, σε 100GB στα $4.99/μήνα ή σε 1TB στα $49.99/μήνα ενώ παράλληλα η αναβάθμιση αυτή θα ανεβάσει και τη χωρητικότητα στο Gmail σας στα 25GB. To Google Drive συνεργάζεται πλήρως με το Gmail και το Google+, προσφέρει ισχυρά εργαλεία αναζήτησης και μπορεί να προβάλει πάνω από 30 τύπους αρχείων, όπως HD video, Adobe Illustrator και Photoshop.



To Google Drive είναι από σήμερα διαθέσιμο για PC, Mac και Android ενώ σύντομα θα είναι διαθέσιμη εφαρμογή και για το iOS.





Via techgear.gr

Google Drive : 5GB of free storage, goes official

After years of leaks, murmurs, and other familiar synonyms, Google's mythical cloud storage platform is now official... sort of. As Lady Fate would have it, the company apparently outed a memo of the features on its French blog earlier today, but before it could yank the 'pull' switch, an eagle-eyed reader managed to grab the text and run it through Google Translate. What's left is an official-as-you'll-get-right-now transcript of Google Drive's features, but contrary to the hype, it all feels way more enterprise-centric than consumers may have wanted. For starters, there's no real mention of music (we guess Google Music is on its own, there), and there's just 5GB of free storage for "documents, videos, photos, Google Docs, PDFs, etc." According to the brief, it's designed to let users "live, work and play in the cloud," with direct integration with Docs and Google+.


We're also told that Drive can be installed on one's Mac, PC or Android phone / tablet, while an iOS version will be "available in the coming weeks." Of note, Google's making this accessible to visually impaired consumers with the use of a screen reader. As for features? Naturally, Google's flexing its search muscles in as many ways as possible; if you scan in a newspaper clipping, a simple Search All within Drive will allow results to appear directly from said clipping. If you upload a shot of the Eiffel Tower, it'll show up whenever you search for the aforesaid icon. Moreover, Drive will allow folks to open over 30 types of documents directly from a web browser, including HD video, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop and more -- "even without the software installed on your computer." For those concerned about access, the new platform will have the same infrastructure as any other Google Apps services, giving admins a familiar set of management tools on that end.
On the topic of storage, just 5GB are provided gratis, and while upgrade details are a bit murky on the consumer side, we're told that administrators can pony up $4 per month for 20GB of storage, with a maximum of 16TB per user; thankfully, Google Docs will not be included in your usage total. Finally, the note played up the ability to "attach documents directly into your Drive Gmail," and given that it's intended to be an open platform, Goog's promising to work with third party developers in order to enhance Drive's functionality even further. The source link below is still dead as of right now, but it simply can't be long before the lights are officially turned on. Oh, and if you're not enamored right now, the outfit's suggesting that "many more developments" will be arriving in the coming weeks.


Via engadget.com

Intel Shows Off Ultrabook-Tablet Hybrid Running Windows 8 (video)

Intel's Cove Point ultrabook can serve double duty as a Windows tablet.

Super-thin, super-light and super-speedy, ultrabooks were designed to make us forget about traditional PC notebooks. They were all the rage at their big CES coming-out party in January, but now even “traditional” ultrabooks are passe.
At IDF 2012 in Beijing last week, Intel showed off a clever new take on the ultrabook platform when it demoed an ultrabook-tablet hybrid reference design dubbed Cove Point.
“When we started talking about ultrabooks last year, we talked about different form factors, and touch and convertibles,” Gary Richman, Director of Marketing for Intel’s PC Client Solutions Division, told Wired. “This has been an evolution over time. Ultrabooks were never meant to be just clamshell designs.”

Intel’s Cove Point — aka Letexo, a former code name still used by some journalists — looks similar to two-in-one tablets like the Asus Transformer, which caters to consumers who can’t decide whether to buy a tablet or notebook.
Cove Point sports a touchscreen that can be used as a tablet when the device is closed. The keyboard rests flush against the back of the screen in this position, so the device more closely resembles a standard tablet than a clamshell notebook. You can also push the screen forward and prop it up against a stand to reveal a full-size keyboard — voila, you now have an ultrabook. Cove Point also boasts other folding modes that make it easy to watch a movie, or type on the touchscreen.

Most importantly, Cove Point isn’t just another Android tablet with an attached keyboard, a la the Asus Transformer. The hardware can be used as a full-fledged PC — Intel showed off the device running the Consumer Preview of Windows 8. At the demo, Cove Point also ran on an early sample of Intel’s upcoming Ivy Bridge CPU. Just like you’d find in a full-fledged notebook, the device sports a 12.5-inch screen, two USB 3.0 ports and an HDMI port.

Cove Point's screen lies flush against the keyboard when in tablet mode.

Richman and his team have been working on the Cove Point project since last year.
“Where we see the future of computing going, with tablets and Windows 8, is the importance of the touch experience,” Richman said. “[With Cove Point] we were looking to define the compelling form factors, usages and benefits of having a notebook design, while taking advantage of the touch experience in Windows 8.”
Currently, no OEMs have made a Cove Point announcement, but we would be surprised if manufacturers ignored the ultrabook-hybrid form factor entirely. As it’s currently configured, Richman estimates Intel’s Cove Point device would probably cost consumers around $1,000. You can catch a glimpse of Cove Point in this video of highlights from IDF 2012:



Via wired.com