is a former senior reviewer who worked at The Verge from 2011 until May 2025. His coverage areas included audio, home theater, smartphones, and more. The aging Google Drive app for desktop is ...

Google finally did it. The company is merging two apps for Drive into one, instead of launching another one to confuse the heck out of people. The apps in question are the Google Drive desktop appand ...

Cloud storage has shifted from a nice-to-have to a basic utility, and the best apps now blend backup, collaboration, and ...

Google Drive for Desktop app: 4 reasons why you should install it Your email has been sent The Google Drive for Desktop app gives people who use Windows or macOS devices streamlined access to Google ...

Behind the scenes, apps like Google Drive function in similar ways. Each one takes up phone resources once it is downloaded and installed, and the amount of memory and storage space it consumes may ...

Google is streamlining how Drive users backup and sync their files. The company is rolling out the new Drive for desktop app on Mac and Windows. The new app combines the best parts of Backup and Sync ...

Frankly, there doesn’t appear to be much new in the upgraded app—the update looks like more of a clean-up and unification effort than anything else. Major features include: According to Google’s ...

Swiss software developer Proton's first app was the end-to-end encrypted Proton Mail that launched in 2014. It's a great alternative to Gmail, though having a Google account has its perks; Gmail is ...

In its latest update to Google Drive for iPhone and iPad, Google has added a new Privacy Screen feature that lets users enable Face ID or passcode authentication ...

No matter what computing platform(s) you might choose, you will need dependable cloud storage for all sorts of purposes. You might want to back up files to the cloud, share files with others, or just ...