Google proceeds to 'acquire' JotSpot

Google continues its online empire expansion by acquiring JotSpot, a company that develops mini web applications, or "Wikis" yesterday.

But unlike the big deal worth $ 1.65 billion of YouTube acquisition shares three weeks ago, the value of Google's takeover of JotSpot this time was not announced. Information is also posted on the weblogs unofficially, without claims.

The term Wiki originates from the "wiki-wiki" dialect in Hawaiian, which means very fast. It is currently used to refer to websites that allow visitors to change content, but Wikipedia's online encyclopedia is the best example.

Portrait JotSpot

Founded in Silicon Valley three years ago, JotSpot has developed a series of online office software that has many features similar to Microsoft Office applications such as Word or Excel. But instead of running on one's own computer, JotSpot applications are provided as Web services.

Earlier this year, JotSpot just launched the JotSpot 2.0 Internet application software, claiming it was an "evolutionary step in how people share and edit websites". Rather, JotSpot 2.0 is a "Wiki" computer application, which allows users to schedule work, edit Spreadsheets spreadsheets, share photo albums .

JotSpot 2.0 is designed so that even the most technologically advanced "a, b, and c" users can easily design websites with full features like slide shows, links and video clips extracted from sites. like YouTube.

Google's ambition

In an effort to challenge Microsoft's dominance, Google in turn brings free services such as spreadsheets, calendars and online word processing. Instead of spending money to buy proprietary software to install on your computer, now users only need to go online, open the application and use "instant noodles". This is part of the Web revolution called "Web 2.0".

After the pioneering step of JotSpot, Google and many other companies have jumped into this promising Web service market. "Tiger" and the fiercest is still the search giant when earlier this year, the company bought Writely word processing software and introduced many new Web applications like Google Spreadsheets (competing with Excel) and Google. Calendar (a calendar management application).

" The goal is a nested book for wikis. They are extremely convenient and useful, but are still locked in cots, " JotSpot's CEO said.

Trong Cam