The Rise of Big Google -- TechCrunch "Google Drive: What we know so far"
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I've been following the Google story from time to time here on Vision Things. Previous posts have includes such memorable favorites such as
- When I Die, I Want To Go Up To That Google in the Sky
- EPIC 2015 Googlezon Updated
- The Soul of Google
TechCrunch has evoked the "G" name again with their gossipy story of the plans for the Big Google Drive. Here is an excerpt:
In the spring of 2004 Robin Sloan and Matt Thompson presented the ominous Epic 2014 (now renamed Epic 2015) that ultimately predicts that Google will force the New York Times to shut down. In the movie, they also predict that Google will launch something called “Google Grid”: “…a universal platform offering an unlimited amount of space and bandwidth that can be used to store anything. It allows users to manage their information two ways: store it privately or publish it to the entire grid.” See the movie here.
Robin and Matt’s Google Grid prediction seems to be well on its way to becoming reality. On March 2, 2006 (a few days ago), Google hosted an analyst day and presented a wide range of information on new products and strategies. Among the information was a description of the upcoming “Google Drive”, a place for users to store 100% of their data online.
