[Jeff Vader]

As seen here. It's like Dropbox, but it's Google. And you get 5GB of free space. They already have my browsing habits/email/calendar/contacts/documents/location info; why not my files as well.

Edit: yes i'm a googel fanboy

[Dragon]

I'm using good old Mediafire. AFAIK, it doesn't limit free storage space (or at least, not to 5GB). Also, my inbox (on inbox.com) has 5GB space for free.

[MP-Ryan]

Looking forward to trying this out when I get home tonight.

[Fury]

Microsoft also upgraded SkyDrive just yesterday.
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2012/04/23/the-next-chapter-for-skydrive-personal-cloud-storage-for-windows-available-anywhere.aspx

Dragon, MediaFire is different from Dropbox, Skydrive and GDrive.

[Dragon]

Ah, right. It's that kind of virtual drive. I've mostly used Dropbox for downloading flies from it (seems to be a popular choice on KSP forums), so I had no idea that it's not a hosting service like Mediafire.

[Nuke]

5gb is nothing. i couldn't even back up all the nukemod sources with that.

[Titan]

Meh, backs up my flashdrive...

How does it work? We're actually going to start running into problems very soon with my animation project, because after St. Louis, some of the people on the team have expressed interest in helping. Unfortunately, I have nothing like a network drive to put it on, as student accounts can't modify the robotic's network drive.

[mjn.mixael]

So far Google Drive seems a bit less clunky than Dropbox in terms of file version management. There are some Dropbox features I would have expect Drive to have, like a public link sharing ability. But Drive also seems to sync more sanely that Dropbox.

However, given that I've gotten up to about 23 GB of free space on Dropbox, Google Drive is going to be a tough sell for me. But I've got both installed for now, we'll see how it goes.

This feature is damned cool though...

"View anything.
Open over 30 file types right in your browser—including HD video, Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop—even if you don’t have the program installed on your computer."

[achtung]

I think the photos from my phone will have a new place to live now.

[Unknown Target]

Cool but I've got Dropbox, and Google knows enough about me already.

[MP-Ryan]

My Google Drive is not ready yet 

[Fury]

FYI, SkyDrive offers existing users 25GB for free. You need to go claim that by logging into SkyDrive, there is a notification link on top of the page. New users are stuck with free 7GB.

If you didn't notice it from my previous post, SkyDrive now also offers similar sync app to Dropbox and GDrive. It's also available to Mac, WinPhone and iPhone. No Android app yet unfortunately.

[jr2]

I wish I had known that M$ was axing SkyDrive down to 7GB.  They say 7GB covers 98% of users?  What they are trying to say is that the top 2% of new free users need to go pay up instead now.    If it was really that small of a percentage, I don't think MS would have any problem keeping 25GB storage for everyone, as 98% would not use it.

My GDrive isn't ready yet.

I think I'll get a SkyDrive.

I've already got a Dropbox.

EDIT: OK, if you are an existing MS Live user (hotmail or live.com account, I think XBOX online users will have a live.com account) then you can get 25GB if you sign in now.

Now would be the time to dig up your old hotmail account that you used to use for registering on sites.  Go to www.skydrive.com , log in, and upgrade your storage.  (If you want it, anyways.)

[S-99]

When you upload or otherwise submit content to our Services, you give Google (and those we work with) a worldwide license to use, host, store, reproduce, modify, create derivative works (such as those resulting from translations, adaptations or other changes we make so that your content works better with our Services), communicate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute such content. The rights you grant in this license are for the limited purpose of operating, promoting, and improving our Services, and to develop new ones. This license continues even if you stop using our Services.

Sounds ****ty to me. It must offer a hell of a hand job since many like it. This however destroys any anticipation for me and many others. Encrypt then upload perhaps?

[Polpolion]

When you upload or otherwise submit content to our Services, you give Google (and those we work with) a worldwide license to use, host, store, reproduce, modify, create derivative works (such as those resulting from translations, adaptations or other changes we make so that your content works better with our Services), communicate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute such content. The rights you grant in this license are for the limited purpose of operating, promoting, and improving our Services, and to develop new ones. This license continues even if you stop using our Services.

Sounds ****ty to me. It must offer a hell of a hand job since many like it. This however destroys any anticipation for me and many others. Encrypt then upload perhaps?

100% of the stuff I have on my google drive are docs like grocery lists, random pdfs, and tiny snippets of code. I really don't care if google uses my grocery list in their marketing campaign, and if they want to say they own a pdf of Missile Guidance and Control Systems, then whatever, I don't give a ****.

[FlamingCobra]

GOOGLE IS EVIL!

withdraw all your support from Google!

[Scourge of Ages]

Google is terrifying. Their standing position is still "Don't be Evil" though.
If that changes, I'll panic.

[redsniper]

Their standing position is still "Don't be Evil"

Talk is cheap.

[Scourge of Ages]

Talk is cheap.

True, but it's still better than you get from most.

[mjn.mixael]

Meh.. I've got nothing to hide. Besides just about any online company tracks whatever you do with their stuff. If you're online these days, it's hard to keep any data about you from being stored somewhere.

And if someone really wanted the information about me then they could find it. There isn't really much I can do about it... and since I have nothing to hide, I'm not going to fret about it.