This time, the Mountain View giant announced the acquisition of the company that develops applications Quickoffice suite. The value of the transaction was not disclosed, but considering that the Quickoffice Pro for Android has between 100,000 and 500,000 installations and a license costs between $ 30 and $ 40, we can say that several million dollars out of the coffers of the company commanded by Larry Page. The announcement was made by Alan Warren, director of engineering at Google.
Alan says the suite will be integrated with the company's products: "Today, users, businesses and schools using Google Apps to do their jobs anywhere, with anyone and on any device. Quickoffice has a good track record in enabling interoperability with major file formats, and we will be working to bring its powerful technology to our Apps suite of products. " Google is known for buying companies and freely available products that were previously paid.
So it was with Analytics, Urchin derived from expensive, and the technology behind the freemium Picnik, which was implemented in Picasa. Nevertheless, there is no evidence that the $ 14.99 charged by Quickoffice for smartphones or the $ 19.99 version for tablets to be cleared soon.
We do not know exactly how Google will help Quickoffice, but the huge base of users of the suite (more than 300 million installations) should help a lot with new customers, especially corporate, Google Drive. Moreover, rumors about a possible Microsoft Office iOS coming later this year, Google makes a product to enter the fray of mobile office suites. What are your bets?
Alan says the suite will be integrated with the company's products: "Today, users, businesses and schools using Google Apps to do their jobs anywhere, with anyone and on any device. Quickoffice has a good track record in enabling interoperability with major file formats, and we will be working to bring its powerful technology to our Apps suite of products. " Google is known for buying companies and freely available products that were previously paid.
So it was with Analytics, Urchin derived from expensive, and the technology behind the freemium Picnik, which was implemented in Picasa. Nevertheless, there is no evidence that the $ 14.99 charged by Quickoffice for smartphones or the $ 19.99 version for tablets to be cleared soon.
We do not know exactly how Google will help Quickoffice, but the huge base of users of the suite (more than 300 million installations) should help a lot with new customers, especially corporate, Google Drive. Moreover, rumors about a possible Microsoft Office iOS coming later this year, Google makes a product to enter the fray of mobile office suites. What are your bets?
