Google is set to rid the world of the PC, knocking off Microsoft and a slew of other companies along the way. The Google Drive or “GDrive” is an online data storage service (not yet available or even confirmed by Google) which allows users to store all of their data online and access it from any device which can connect to the Internet.
Sounds simple enough. Remove the data from your local hard drive and put it up on the Internet. In the industry (sniff, sniff), this is what they call “cloud computing”. Your data is up in the clouds.
The up-side to the “cloud” computing setup is the convenience factor. Having all of your information (documents, pictures, contacts, etc) only an Internet connection away is a big time saver. No worries about transferring data, data backup, or losing data. It’s all online safe and secure in the Google data centers.
The down-side, and it’s a big one, Google will know everything about you and everyone else. The GDrive is a wet dream for advertisers. Google started as a search engine and will soon become the biggest marketing database everrrrrrrrrrr.
I’m not one for conspiracy theories, big brother paranoia, and can’t remember the last time I said “the man”, but something ain’t right about turning over all of my information to Google land.
Microsoft was often criticized for monopolizing the PC software industry and that they wanted all of your money. Google doesn’t want your money, they want your brain.