For those of you who have been waiting to use Google Storage, we’re happy to announce that effective immediately, you can get a Google Storage for Developers account without needing to request an invitation.
We’ve also launched several significant enhancements to the service, including more flexible and powerful security features, simplified sharing, the ability to store data in Europe, support for larger objects (up to 5 TB), team-oriented accounts and a completely free promotional tier.
OAuth 2.0 Support
OAuth 2.0 is the new recommended Google Storage authentication and authorization scheme. OAuth 2.0 is an industry standard that we’ve adopted across Google, offering many benefits:
Simpler - never sign a request again! OAuth 2.0 uses access tokens for authentication, which obviate the need for complicated signature schemes. We recommend that all OAuth 2.0-authenticated requests be made over SSL.
More flexible and powerful - OAuth 2.0 allows for three-legged authentication, where a user can grant an application permission to access Google Storage on their behalf (and revoke the grant at any time if necessary).
Read more: Google code blog