Google Acquires Quickoffice
Mobile productivity software provider Quickoffice has been acquired by Google . Quickoffice allows users to create and edit documents from various mobile devices .
Google did not disclose the terms of the deal . The deal will help Google compete with Microsoft and others in the mobile space , letting users create , open and edit Microsoft formats such as Microsoft Word , Powerpoint , Excel etc .
Alan Warren, Google's engineering director, called Quickoffice "a leader in office productivity solutions."
"Today, consumers, businesses and schools use Google Apps to get stuff done from anywhere, with anyone and on any device. Quickoffice has an established track record of enabling seamless interoperability with popular file formats, and we'll be working on bringing their powerful technology to our Apps product suite," Warren said on the Google blog.
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Mobile productivity software provider Quickoffice has been acquired by Google . Quickoffice allows users to create and edit documents from various mobile devices .
Google did not disclose the terms of the deal . The deal will help Google compete with Microsoft and others in the mobile space , letting users create , open and edit Microsoft formats such as Microsoft Word , Powerpoint , Excel etc .
Alan Warren, Google's engineering director, called Quickoffice "a leader in office productivity solutions."
"Today, consumers, businesses and schools use Google Apps to get stuff done from anywhere, with anyone and on any device. Quickoffice has an established track record of enabling seamless interoperability with popular file formats, and we'll be working on bringing their powerful technology to our Apps product suite," Warren said on the Google blog.
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