Google buys Writely
DownloadSquad report about how Google has purchased Writely and how their plan for a web based office suite is starting to fall into place.
“Another piece of Google’s fabled web-based office suite falls into place with the big G’s acquisition of Writely, the web-based word processor that we (and everyone else) have been keeping an eye on since its beta launch last year. To refresh your memory, Writely is the flagship product of Upstartle and lets people collaboratively write and edit documents in their web browser. Writely shares its category with heavy hitter 37signals’ Writeboard, Zoho Writer, and many more that seem to be popping up weekly.”
I have been using Writely for some time now and I must admit I am liking it more and more. The way you can easily share the documents with others and edit them together is wonderful – it is a glimpse of what the web app field is starting to do.
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