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Gmail


                 Google mail or Gmail is one of the best and free mailing apps accessible through a
                 web browser over the Internet. You are already familiar with the process of creating
                 a Gmail account. Your Gmail account is used to access other apps of Google.

                 Google Drive

                 Google  Drive  is  a  cloud-based  storage  service.  The  synchronization  feature  allows  you  to

                 download and upload files into the remote server. With Google Drive, multiple users can access
                 a single file at the same time, at different locations and from different devices. You can safely
                 store your files on Google Drive.  There are no file type restrictions. So, the files can be in any
                 format such as Word document, Excel workbook, PowerPoint presentation and PDF. All the data
                 in Google Drive is encrypted, you have to grant permission to others to access, edit, or view
                 your files.


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                                   Encryption is the process of encoding a message or file so that it can only

                                   be accessed by authorized people. This keeps your data safe.


                 You can access your Google Drive files or documents from your smartphone, tablet, or computer.
                 In simple terms, Google Drive provides you a cloud storage space on Google servers that allows
                 you to store your media files and documents and access them with any device with an active
                 Internet connection.

                 What can you store in Google Drive?

                 Google Drive can store all types of files such as photos, videos, PDFs, Microsoft

                 Office  files  and  many  more.  You  can  also  save  email  attachments  sent  to
                 you through Gmail directly to the Google Drive. You do not have to move
                 them manually. Google drive also has the option to see the preview of the
                 attachment files without downloading them in browser itself. You can easily
                                                                                                      Files on Google
                 preview Microsoft documents, Adobe files, image files, audio files and video
                                                                                                          Drive
                 files before downloading.

                 How much can you store in Google Drive?

                 Google gives you 15 GB of free cloud storage just when you sign up for the first time. You can
                 upgrade it to more space if needed by paying some amount. This free space is shared between
                 your mails, photos, data on your drive, etc. on all your Google apps. You should never sync
                 your hard disk data to Google drive. That way you are unnecessarily keeping two copies of all

                 your files and using precious space.


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