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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 the apps, you must have
registered with the Google. 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.
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.
Factbot
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.
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 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. You
should make sure that your Inbox and Google Drive are not cluttered with unnecessary files. You will
soon run out of the cloud space that you have free of cost.
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