Google bought Word online rival
Upstartle , a Writely online text editor, was acquired by Google. Rumors that such a deal may take place in the near future have already managed to fly around the Internet, but now they are confirmed by a message in the Writely developers blog.
Upstartle employees are extremely excited about this event, and report that the transition under the patronage of Google has already begun. In connection with it, registration of new users of Writely is suspended for now. It is said that this is due to the fact that work has begun on integrating Writely into the Google services system.
Already registered users of Writely, however, may not worry yet and continue working with a text editor as if nothing had happened. Details of the future Writely remain secret. The only question that the authors of the service were able to answer with confidence is whether the personal documents of users will remain as safe as they were before and whether they will remain as private (apparently, they meant collecting statistics similar to what Google keeps on from Gmail mailboxes).
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It is argued that the data will remain one hundred percent private, and that Google’s policy here will not only not be an obstacle, but also vice versa - will guarantee the preservation of documents. The remaining questions are given vague answers, which boil down to the fact that the creators of Writely themselves do not know any details. In particular, it is not known whether contextual advertising will appear on the pages of the editor, whether their appearance will change at all, and whether it will be necessary to register an account with Google to use the service.
Such a dynamic expansion of Google in the field of web services can not fail to impress. The recent news that Google plans to provide network drives for storing personal data and rumors that an updated version of the calendar is being prepared at GMail further reinforce this impression.
Upstartle employees are extremely excited about this event, and report that the transition under the patronage of Google has already begun. In connection with it, registration of new users of Writely is suspended for now. It is said that this is due to the fact that work has begun on integrating Writely into the Google services system.
Already registered users of Writely, however, may not worry yet and continue working with a text editor as if nothing had happened. Details of the future Writely remain secret. The only question that the authors of the service were able to answer with confidence is whether the personal documents of users will remain as safe as they were before and whether they will remain as private (apparently, they meant collecting statistics similar to what Google keeps on from Gmail mailboxes).
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It is argued that the data will remain one hundred percent private, and that Google’s policy here will not only not be an obstacle, but also vice versa - will guarantee the preservation of documents. The remaining questions are given vague answers, which boil down to the fact that the creators of Writely themselves do not know any details. In particular, it is not known whether contextual advertising will appear on the pages of the editor, whether their appearance will change at all, and whether it will be necessary to register an account with Google to use the service.
Such a dynamic expansion of Google in the field of web services can not fail to impress. The recent news that Google plans to provide network drives for storing personal data and rumors that an updated version of the calendar is being prepared at GMail further reinforce this impression.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/9465/
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