<p>Google Drive and Picasa will now share 5GB of free storage. (Photo: Google)</p><p>As Google continues its "spring cleaning," the company plans to consolidate the amount of storage it offers across all services by tying them into Google Drive.</p><p>Prior to this announcement, Google offered 5GB of free storage with Drive and 1GB of free storage on Picasa, the company's photo sharing service. Now, all of your data will be stored in Google Drive's 5GB limit. Essentially, if you're active on both Google Drive and Picasa, you're losing a gigabyte of storage.</p><p>Like Us on Facebook</p><p><a href="http://www.idigitaltimes.com/articles/11550/20120930/google-drive-pricing-google-drive-storage-picasa-storage.htm">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2410400,00.asp">Google Performs More Spring Cleaning for Lesser-Used Features</a> (PC Magazine)</p><p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/google-shutting-down-more-services-30249719/">Google shutting down more services</a> (SlashGear)</p><p><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/10/01/google_kills_more_products/">Google shovels more small-fry apps on Larry Page&#039;s pyre</a> (Register)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&ned=us&ncl=dAEplzN4o1qRtiMjpEwy1q453QDFM">65 additional articles.</a></p>