Whoa, looks like another iOS app developer (not exclusive, though) just ended upĀ engulfed in the Google ecosystem as the search giant announced its acquisition of the popular mobile app productivity maker Quickoffice for an undisclosed sum.
The news arrivesĀ just as we learned yesterday of Google’s intentions to snap up popular instant messaging maker Meebo for a rumored hundred million dollars…
The search Goliath confirmed the acquisition in a post by engineering director Alan Warren over at the official Google blog:
We’re happy to announce that we have acquired Quickoffice, a leader in office productivity solutions.
Google underscored its intention to keep on supporting āa strong baseā of Quickoffice users, reassuring users it will be working on āan even more seamless, intuitive and integrated experienceā. The company alsoĀ acknowledged intentions to bringĀ Quickofficeās āpowerful technology to our Apps product suiteā.
Quickoffice CEO and co-founder Alan Masarek, of course, is full of praise for the combination of āthe magic of Googleās intuitive solutions with Quickofficeās powerful productsā.
It’s unclear how this development will affect Google’s pretty basic Docs app for Android devices.
Quickoffice, which lets users create and edit Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents on their mobile devices, has been a hit across mobile platforms.
Their mobile app is currently installed on over 300 million devices in more than 180 countries.Ā I reviewed their excellent iOS suite over at Geek.com in October of 2009, shortly following the softwareās debut on the App Store.
A few updates later, Quickoffice is still my go-to Office replacement on both iOS devices and AndroidĀ smartphones and tablets.
While there are plenty of Office alternatives on the App Store, hopefully this acquisition wonāt slow down the pace of development in respect to the iOS platform.
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