5 Reasons to Give Google Drive a Shot

By Matt Peckham | @mattpeckham | April 25, 2012 | + Google Drive, the company's answer to online storage tools like Dropbox, Box.net, SugarSync and Microsoft's SkyDrive, arrived yesterday afternoon as forecast, though with little ceremony.

It's been a long time in the making, but the once-mythical cloud storage service known to all as Google Drive is real, and it made its official debut.

It's been a long time in the making, but the once-mythical cloud storage service known to all as Google Drive is real, and it made its official debut.

You can now try Google Drive, Google's Dropbox competitor, at drive.google.com. The documents that appear in the computer's folder are actually links to Google Docs which open a separate browser window for editing.

Even Google's significant announcement of Drive, its new storage and collaboration tool, was something of an afterthought after Apple blew the doors off earnings expecations Tuesday afternoon. Apple reported a 94% surge in profits, including a 94%