Monday, September 23, 2019

“Google Play Pass launches subscription service with 350 games and apps for Android - CNET” plus 2 more

“Google Play Pass launches subscription service with 350 games and apps for Android - CNET” plus 2 more

Google Play Pass launches subscription service with 350 games and apps for Android - CNET

Posted: 23 Sep 2019 02:20 PM PDT

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Google on Monday launched Play Pass, a monthly subscription service that gives people access to a library of games and other apps on Google's Play Store, as the search giant experiments with new pricing models for its products. The service, which costs $4.99, includes more than 350 apps and games, including Monument Valley, Risk and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. But Google said it wants the service to go further, so it's also bundling other types of health, fitness and photography apps. That includes photo retouching, weather and camera apps.

Play Pass is a $4.99 subscription service.

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"Games are super important, but we're going beyond that," Austin Shoemaker, a group product manager at Google, said in an interview last week. "It doesn't just appeal to hardcore gamers." 

Play Pass is similar to Apple Arcade, a service from the iPhone maker that launched last week and also costs $4.99. Apple's offering, though, focuses solely on games and has a library of about 100 titles. Asked about the comparison to Apple Arcade, Shoemaker didn't specifically address the competitor. He did say, though, that the company thinks of Play Pass as "much broader."

The Play Pass launch comes as Google makes a big push into gaming. In November, the search giant is releasing its Stadia platform, a service that lets people stream games from the cloud instead of playing them on a console. Tech giants and media companies have also been more broadly experimenting with subscription services. For example, firms including Disney and NBC have announced plans for their own streaming video services. Meanwhile, Google has been building out Google One, a subscription service for consumers that gives people more storage for the company's suite of apps, including Google Photos and Drive. 

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Google says the Play Pass service includes more than 350 games and other apps.

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Play Pass also gets rid of ads, in-app purchases and paywalls. For now, Google is offering a promotion that lets people pay $1.99 per month for the first year, with a 10-day free trial. Google will also let people share the subscription with up to five family members. 

To use Play Pass, subscribers will see a new tab with a ticket logo in the Google Play app. The page includes featured apps and recommendations that have been curated for the service. Google said it will share subscription revenue with app developers, but declined to provide details on how the money would be split.

Shoemaker said the service won't come with any exclusive content, but that could change in the future.

This article was originally published on Sept. 23, 2019 and has since been updated. 

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Maven Wave Publishes New eBook at Google Cloud Summit Seattle: The Top 5 Barriers To Building A Modern Data Platform (And How To Overcome Them) - JSA

Posted: 17 Sep 2019 11:26 AM PDT

Today, to kick off Google Cloud Summit Seattle, Maven Wave announces the publication of its new eBook, The Top 5 Barriers To Building A Modern Data Platform (And How To Overcome Them). The piece, written by Maven Wave's Managing Director, Todd Truesdell, examines why too many companies end up curtailing or pausing their journey to the cloud and provides strategies for avoiding these roadblocks. Truesdell also provides a glimpse into the best practices and tools Maven Wave implements when supporting customers with their IT modernization efforts.

The eBook breaks down impediments most companies encounter when planning and executing cloud migrations into five primary barriers and offers strategies for mitigating them:

  • Security – concerns that the cloud is less safe than traditional environments can be ameliorated with zero-trust policies and automation, actually rendering you safer.
  • Understanding and Controlling Cloud Costs – mapping traditional IT in its existing configuration to the cloud typically increases costs, but with expert assistance, you can better understand your assets before and after migration to optimize TCO.
  • Transforming Your Team's Technology Skills – downstream organization resistance can be eliminated with a strong change management regiment.
  • Complexity of the Existing Data Environment – trying to transform a labyrinth of legacy applications is incredibly discouraging, but a piecemeal approach starting with the most high-impact use cases galvanize teams to support the effort.
  • Lack of Mature Cloud Data Operations – lack of familiarity with data operations prevents many companies from extracting the most value out of their modernization effort, but embracing Agile upfront, to educate stakeholders.

Maven Wave helps customers establish modern data platforms by refactoring workloads in a conscientious piecemeal approach to guarantee success. Applications are migrating to the cloud with full understanding of their unique specifications to maximize the value of data warehouse assets.

Click here to view the eBook now available for download.

Maven Wave is a Signature Sponsor at Google Cloud Summit Seattle, taking place on September 17th at the Washington State Convention Center. If you are attending the event,  stop by Booth S-04 or attend our speaking session, "The Top 5 Barriers to Building a Modern Data Platform and How to Overcome Them," taking place from 11:40am to 12:10pm PT.

To learn more about Maven Wave, please visit www.mavenwave.com.

How to sync Google Drive with OneDrive - TechEngage

Posted: 17 Sep 2019 11:50 AM PDT

Nowadays, cloud storage is becoming more and more popular as a means of storing and backing up data. Among multiple cloud drives, Google Drive and OneDrive are the two most popular and influential cloud services which are widely used around the world.

Google Drive offers 15 GB of free storage and pocket-friendly upgrade options to users and is charged monthly. OneDrive, created by Microsoft, has been a well-known brand in the cloud storage industry for many years. With 5 GB of free storage and a suitable pricing plan, it has a large user base.

Most people may have Google Drive and OneDrive accounts, such as using Google Drive to store work files and OneDrive for personal data. Therefore, they may need to transfer files from Google Drive to OneDrive or transfer images from OneDrive to Google Drive.

The method users use often is to download files from a cloud drive to your computer and upload them to another cloud. This method is actually effective if the file size is small, and you don't need to move the data frequently. Albeit it takes time and is not efficient.

So is there any easy way to sync Google Drive with OneDrive? Absolutely yes!

Here are different ways of sharing files on Google Drive and OneDrive:

Method 1: The Basic Way to sync Google Drive with OneDrive

  1. Sign in with your Google Drive account.
  2. Select the file you want to sync and click the "Download" button to download it to your computer.
  3. Sign in with your OneDrive account.
  4. Click the "+New" button to add the files downloaded on a computer to OneDrive.

Note: This method relies on network speed, which affects the time of downloading and uploading. And if you need to synchronize frequently, it will take time and effort.

Method 2: Use Google Takeout to sync Google Drive with OneDrive

Google Takeout allows users to export their data from Google Photos, Google Drive, YouTube, etc., to help users transfer data to a computer, Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive.

Sync using Google Takeout

  1. Log in on the Google Takeout website.
  2. Select the source drive which you want to export the file and click the "Next step" button.
  3. Select the "Add to OneDrive" and click the "Link Account and Create Archive" icon.
  4. Sign in with your OneDrive account, and you can view the exported data in "Google Download Your Data" folder from "Files."

Note: This method can help you avoid constant downloading and uploading, but it still requires a high-speed network. And the synchronization process needs to be restarted if the Internet is interrupted.

So is there any way to avoid all these problems? Let's take a look.

Method 3: Use MultCloud to sync Google Drive with OneDrive

  1. Create a MultCloud account for free and login. Click the "Add Cloud" button to select Google Drive. Next, add OneDrive to MultCloud with the same operation.
  2. Click on the "Cloud Sync" icon, select Google Drive as the source cloud, and OneDrive as the destination cloud. Then click "Sync Now" to sync files from Google Drive to OneDrive.

Compared to the two methods mentioned above, MultCloud has the following outstanding advantages:

  1. MultCloud allows you to use multiple cloud drives at the same time without repeated downloading and uploading.
  2. The entire synchronization process runs on the MultCloud server without worrying about the connection or speed of the network.
  3. MultCloud allows you to schedule a synchronization mission to automate synchronize files in the future.
  4. MultCloud has eight synchronization methods: Simple Sync, Two-way Sync, Mirror Sync, Move Sync, Cumulative Sync, Update Sync, Incremental Backup Sync, and All Backup Sync. Make sure you can find the right synchronization way which is suit for yourself

Conclusion

If you don't need to move the data frequently and the file size is small, the first two methods mentioned are enough. However, if you often sync large files between different cloud drives, then the cloud file sync tool 'MultCloud' is the best choice for you.
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