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Google Drive Android app update brings document scanning with OCR

By Robert Nelson
on 22 May, 2013

Google Drive for Android has been updated. This update brings a handful of new features as well as mention of bug fixes and visual improvements. Perhaps more exciting here though, Google is pushing this update as one that will "make creating and accessing your stuff on-the-go even easier." One of the new features is document scanning, which will allow you to 'scan' by snapping a picture using the camera on your device.

Google triples free cloud storage for Drive and Gmail to 15GB

By Cory Gunther
on 13 May, 2013

Free cloud-storage is something more and more people are looking for these days. With Dropbox, Box.net, Google Drive and more fighting for the top spot. Today Google's pulled a big move to beat the competition and have just tripled what they'll be giving away for free. Previously, just like Dropbox and others, Google Drive users received 5GB of free cloud storage. Starting today that will triple to 15GB.

Google Drive update touches on group collaboration and offline access

By Robert Nelson
on 25 Apr, 2013

Google has rolled out the latest update for Drive and while we tend to keep focus on the mobile side, this is an update that touches on the desktop side. Needless to say, we can hope that some of these Drive changes make their way over to mobile. That being said, this Google Drive update has made it quicker to see information about others that happen to be working on a particular file.

Google Drive allows 3rd party apps to implement realtime features

By Brian Sin
on 19 Mar, 2013

Google Drive has just released a new API that will allow 3rd party developers to implement realtime Drive features in their apps. The API is called the Google Drive Realtime API, and it handles "network communication, storage, presence, conflict resolution, and other collaborative details" so all you need to do is focus building your own app. It will handle the rest.

Google Drive Android app update brings video streaming and more

By Robert Nelson
on 20 Feb, 2013

The latest update for the Google Drive app has landed in the Google Play Store. The update is probably not what could be considered major, however there does seem to be enough to consider it worthwhile. Those updating will see the version number go up to 1.1.592.10 and that will bring some performance improvements and bug fixes as well as two new features.

Google Drive update brings spreadsheet editing to Android

By Cory Gunther
on 28 Nov, 2012

For those that use Google Drive on the daily the Android team just announced a brand new update that I'm sure many will be happy to hear about. Full spreadsheet editing has arrived for Google Drive, and the folks from Google have detailed it all on their blog. You'll now be able to edit and tweak just about everything on the go with your Android smartphones and tablet. More details after the break.

Google Wallet, Drive, Movies and Music all get updated in Play Store

By Cory Gunther
on 3 Oct, 2012

In the usual Google fashion we are seeing updates arrive today for multiple apps by Mountain View. The folks from Google like to send out updates all in one quick push, and today have done just that. They've issued updates to Google Play Music, Google Wallet, and Google Drive all today in the past hour.

Google Drive update brings folders, presentation viewing and more

By Cory Gunther
on 10 Sep, 2012

After we saw a few random tweets suggesting this update was coming, today Google has just issued a rather large update to their popular Google Drive application for both Android and iOS. The change-log is rather long and Google's added an entire host of new features to the cloud storage and document service. Lets take a peek.

Google acquires Quickoffice to expand mobile apps

By Cory Gunther
on 5 Jun, 2012

Fresh off of the news yesterday that Google had acquired Meebo for their social services we've now just learned that today they've finalized another acquisition. Google has snatched up the popular QuickOffice suite. With Google Docs and Drive already running at full steam it appears that Google wants to expand their mobile and cloud office apps.

Android Community Weekly: April 29th, 2012

By Michael Crider
on 29 Apr, 2012

Another week, another barrel full of Samsung Galaxy S III news - I mean Android coverage. Believe us, we're as tired of the torrent of leaks, teases and misinformation as you are - which is why we're much more excited to talk about the long-awaited reveal of Google Drive. We've got hands-on impressions and a comparison of competitors for you to enjoy. Also notable this week was Google's return to retail with the $399 GSM Galaxy Nexus on the Google Play Store, and another look at Project Glass courtesy of Charlie Rose.