Google expands security features for all Google One plans
Google One is also making the VPN service available to every user. Previously, the VPN service was only accessible to those with the 2-terabyte Platinum Google One plan or above.
In addition to VPN, Google is introducing a "dark web report" feature in the U.S. to help users protect their persona... Read more
Google will allow continued free use of G Suite legacy edition
When Google announced at the start of the year that it was terminating the usage of the G Suite legacy free edition — a program that enabled users to use Gmail, Drive, and other G Apps on a custom domain for free — it gave some customers the jitters.
Cut to mid-May, and users who opted ... Read more
Google launches search chips, detailed query criteria for Google Drive
Google is bringing 'search chips' to Google Drive. Search chips allow search results to be narrowed down to locations, file types, processing dates, people, tasks and shared tags. Resultingly, queries are simplified.
The tech giant recently announced that 'search chips' has been extended to Goog... Read more
Google launches anti-phishing alerts in Google Drive
Google will now warn of phishing, malware and ransomware when opening files in Google Drive.
Google Drive integrates with numerous apps to open files in the cloud. Think of Google Docs for .docx's, Adobe Acrobat for .pdf's and Music Player for .mp3's. Although downloading a file has triggered a ... Read more
A Google update for Drive could break some file links
Many Google Drive links will become inaccessible by mid-September, according to an announcement by the search engine giant. The company announced that it is rolling out an update that would make sharing files within Drive more secure.
However, when the update goes live in September, Drive will a... Read more
Zoho upgrades Workplace suite to compete with Google and Microsoft
Zoho has unveiled an upgraded release of its Zoho Workplace Productivity Suite. It has many new productivity features designed to compete with Microsoft Office 365 and G Suite from Google.
In the almost quarter of a century that Zoho has been in existence, they have never raised funds. They ar... Read more
Google introduces shortcuts for files in Google Drive
Google Drive has a shortcut function to access files similar to shortcuts used in Windows. Until now, users who wanted to create a shortcut to a file in a shared folder had to make a copy of the file, so the versions did not match anymore.
Google reports that the new feature works exactly like a ... Read more
Israeli NSO Group claims to be able to steal data from iCloud, Google Drive and OneDrive
The Israeli company NSO Group has told its customers that its technology can retrieve data from users of the servers of Apple, Google, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft. That's what sources familiar with the sales pitch to The Financial Times say.
The NSO Group is a company that develops spyware for go... Read more
Google Drive test offline save PDF and Office files
A new beta version of Google's G Suite allows users to store PDFs, Office documents and other files that are not from Google's own services offline in Drive. Offline saving was already possible with Docs, Sheets and Slides.
You can save offline by enabling the option 'Available offline', which can ... Read more
Price comparison of popular cloud storage services
Nowadays, everyone uses files not only on their devices,
but also in the cloud, often spread out over different platforms. To make
things easier, the use of a single cloud service helps. We have compared all
popular cloud storage services, so you know which one is most suitable for you.
Each of... Read more