With the ever expanding amount of options you have with Google, why exclude cloud storage? The Wallstreet Journal has reported that, in the next couple of weeks or months, Google will be launching their own cloud storage service called Google Drive. Many people may be familiar with cloud storage services such as Dropbox or Apple’s iCloud.

The Google Drive service will be a free alternative to the many other popular cloud storage services available. Why, would Google decide to offer this for free? And why are they trying to compete with Dropbox and Apple? Well… If you think about it, Google has actually offered a free cloud storage service for quite sometime. With Google Docs users can store document files, PDF files, images, and many other types of media. Additionally Google has Picasa and Google+ where users can add photos, videos, and other files. So, the bottom line is that Google may be offering this service to consolidate everyone’s files in one location.

Google has already revolutionized the way the world looks at email, let’s see what they can do with cloud storage. If you would like to read up more about the new Google Drive service you can checkout these sources from ReadWriteWeb or PCWorld.