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The cloud storage wars are about to go nuclear: Google has officially entered the Dropbox-style cloud storage game. And its offering looks a lot like the competition, Dropbox and Microsoft SkyDrive.

Google Drive is a service that lets you store any file to the cloud as effortlessly as if you were saving it to your own computer. In that sense, Google Drive becomes like a folder on your hard drive capable of storing as much data as you’re willing to pay for. And if your preferred price is “free,” don’t worry — Google Drive will offer you 5GB on the house, just for signing up.

In a sense, the announcement behind Google Drive is a bit confusing when you consider that the company has already introduced other cloud-centric services. But the new Google Drive is indeed different from the existing Google Play, cloud storage for music and movies. And Google Docs, a cloud service for the company’s own suite of Microsoft Office replacement software, is now built in to Google Drive. Enjoy the video below from Google.

source: tecca