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"We've heard the rumors for weeks, and seen leaked versions during an Android developer's Google+ Hangout and in one employee presentation. But now Google Drive, Google's cloud-storage service, is official. \nAnnounced on the company blog Tuesday, the service will integrate with Google Docs and will allow you to access files from anywhere and collaborate on documents with colleagues.\nGoogle Docs is built right into Google Drive, which means you can work with others in real time on documents, spreadsheets and presentations. Once you've shared content with someone else, you can add and reply to comments on anything (PDF, image, video file, etc.) and you'll receive notifications when other people comment the items you've shared.\nOne interesting feature of the service is smart tagging, which allows you to tag items stored on your drive. So if you've uploaded a picture of the Golden Gate Bridge to your drive, the next time you perform a search for the bridge, your photo will show up along with other results. \nGoogle Drive also uses image recognition \u2014 so if you drag and drop photos from your recent vacation into Drive, you can later search for locations you've visited and those photos will show up.\nUsing Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology, Drive can also recognize text in scanned documents. That means if you've scanned in a page from an old book, for instance, you can search for words in that document.\nWhen it comes time to access your files, the service can open a variety of different files types \u2013 30 of them to be exact \u2013 within your browser, regardless of whether or not you have the required software installed. Supported file types include PDFs, HD video, and images from Illustrator and Photoshop.\nYou can install Drive on your Mac or PC , and use the service via an app on your Android phone or tablet. Google also has plans for an iOS app in the future. Blind users can access Drive with a screen reader.\nGoogle is offering all users 5GB of storage on the service for free. If you need more than the 5GB, then it is offering several tiers of storage options. \nYou can choose to upgrade to 25GB for $2.49/month, 100GB for $4.99/month or 1TB for $49.99/month. When you upgrade to a paid account, your Gmail account storage also expands to 25GB.\nYou can check out Google Drive for yourself at the service's brand-new homepage.\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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