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APPS OF GOOGLE

                 Google provides several apps free of cost for your computer as well as mobile. Some of them are
                 Gmail, Maps, Google Drive, Google Web Store, YouTube and Google Meet. To use all the apps,
                 you must have signed in to Google with your google id. Let’s learn about some of the popular
                 Google apps.
                 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 synchronisation 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
                 preview Microsoft documents, Adobe files, image files, audio files and video         Files on Google
                 files before downloading them.                                                           Drive
                 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

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