Posts tagged Microsoft Office
Google acquisitions may signal big push against Microsoft Office (via postie)
Dec 22nd
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I use Google Docs for almost all of my writing, and I’ll be the first to admit that it’s pretty bare-bones compared to Microsoft Office. But that may change next year.
For one thing, Google has been making a number of acquisitions that are clearly Docs-related. Over the weekend, TechCrunch reported that the search [...]
Google acquires AppJet. Maybe Wave will become usable now
Dec 4th
AppJet’s EtherPad collaborative browser-based word processor is, many people say, much easier to figure out and use than Google Docs, with a much more intuitive, attractive user interface. Talk is cheap, but Y Combinator-funded AppJet has proven itself by getting a small number of customers to pay $8 a month for its Professional Edition, which [...]
Google search marketing gets all touchy-feely
Nov 20th
Google hasn’t traditionally engaged in large-scale advertising campaigns. Instead, it has relied mainly on word of mouth to become the $180 billion company it is today. However in the last year, the company (as many mature brands start to do) has rolled out bigger and bigger paid advertising efforts. That includes the Go Google campaign [...]
Former Microsoft evangelist Don Dodge joins Google, discovers Gmail
Nov 17th
Don Dodge, the Microsoft startup evangelist whose layoff earlier this month was much-bemoaned in the tech community, has landed on his feet, and then some. He has accepted a new job at Google, where it sounds like he’ll be occupying a role similar to his job at Microsoft — convincing startups and other developers to [...]
Syncplicity becomes the latest sync service for businesses
Nov 10th
It looks like there’s a real business need for file synchronizing services — at least, that’s what Syncplicity is hoping, since it’s announcing a new business version.
The San Francisco company follows SugarSync, which launched a small business version last week. The basic goal of both products is the same — to allow users to access [...]
