It's official: Google bought Writely

Posted Mar 9th 2006 1:41PM by Marshall Kirkpatrick
Filed under: Google, web services

After much speculation and rumor, it was just announced on the official Google blog that the web based word processor Writely has been acquired as part of their strategy to offer a whole host of online services. Writely has a copyright from Google on the bottom of the page already. Their FAQ page has a section on it about Google, but it also still says

How much does Writely cost?

During the beta period, Writely is free.

Yet, check this out:

Will you start showing Google ads in my documents?

There are currently no plans to add advertising to the site. If that changes, we'll let folks know.

And if you were wondering like I was, it looks like Writely has added Mac support. They still aren't taking new users yet, but there's a waiting list.

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Another Web 2.0 free service, called EchoSign.com, enables you to exchange and share signed documents --to make it easier to keep track of them. Check out TechCruch at http://www.techcrunch.com/tag/EchoSign/

Posted at 9:44AM on Mar 14th 2006 by lisa Hendrickson

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