Web Docs

Here at PSFK HQ Google Docs are rapidly replacing Microsoft Word and Excel as our day to day tools as we work with writers and contributors working around the world. The demand for online applications surely reflects the change in the structure of the workplace and the rise of the Bedouin Worker. With Adobe joining the web-app market, the BBC has a review of the market:

People using the new feature will be able to post documents directly to an online workspace where friends or colleagues can be invited to collaborate on a document.

Google has already established itself as one of the major players offering free programs that allow users to create documents, spreadsheets and presentations online.

While mainly aimed at individuals, Google also offers a business, or “enterprise”, version that comes with technical support to help people use it…

Adobe [have] acquired Buzzword by buying its developer, Virtual Ubiquity.

“We were inspired by the way today’s youth spend their lives working and playing together online, and how this is influencing the way we all think about collaboration,” said Rick Treitman, CEO of the firm.

BBC NEWS | Technology | Adobe challenges word on the web