WebProNews » Document Sharing http://www.webpronews.com Breaking News in Tech, Search, Social, & Business Tue, 14 Feb 2012 01:06:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Microsoft, Adobe Scribble Online Docs Products http://www.webpronews.com/microsoft-adobe-scribble-online-docs-products-2007-10 http://www.webpronews.com/microsoft-adobe-scribble-online-docs-products-2007-10#comments Mon, 01 Oct 2007 11:23:27 +0000 WebProNews Staff http://www.webpronews.com/?p=40763 Adobe reached out to snap up Buzzword, an online word processor, while Microsoft looked inward to find its Office Live Workspace.

Who knew the ability to collaborate online over a corp-speak-laden memo or some other document would be so interesting to big tech companies? Adobe and Microsoft will push Google Docs and other firms offering Web-based document products.

The Adobe Max conference is underway, with Adobe’s acquisition of Buzzword via a deal to purchase its parent company, Virtual Ubiquity. That firm built Buzzword on Adobe’s Flex platform, and it runs in Flash.

Buzzword is doling out invites to try out the service. TechCrunch writer Erick Schonfeld tempered enthusiasm by noting a few of Buzzword’s current and correctable shortcomings:

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