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November 27, 2007

Google's Platypus Wants to Store Your Stuff

Google may (or may not) be gearing up to launch their long-awaited GDrive in a few months, according to the Wall Street Journal. There's been speculation on the project, code-named Platypus, for well over a year now. Google already owns at least the following related domains:

  • GoogleDrive.com
  • MyGoogleStorage.com
  • MyGoogleDrive.com

Search Engine Land has a screenshot of a Google employees desktop showing the Platypus icon.

GDrive is supposed to be integrated into your computer software so that it acts just like another hard drive, except that all your data is backed up at a remote location. I already back up my data remotely once a week using FTP, so there's not much appeal to handing over everything to Google. It'll be interesting to see what enticements Google offers to get people to sign on.

More at TechCrunch and Search Engine Journal

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