Google Acquires JotSpot

Submitted by Clancy on November 1, 2006 - 16:16.

Some of you nerds may already know this, but Google has acquired JotSpot (more at CNET, and a handy FAQ about the acquisition). So, what, that's Blogger, Writely, YouTube, and now JotSpot! Google is cleaning up. What does Yahoo have besides Flickr?

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how rude!

Submitted by cel4145 on November 1, 2006 - 23:10.

I resent that slight. I definitely knew about it, but I'm not a nerd. I'm a geek!

;-)

Yep. Interesting stuff. Apparently, Google will not be charging JotSpot customers anymore. Sounds like free wikis for everyone.

I think Google is taking over the world. Microsoft better watch out. We'll all soon be able to run Linux because we won't need anything but a browser.

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JotSpot has become marvelous

Submitted by Clancy on November 2, 2006 - 11:17.

I reactivated my wiki there (if you don't login to it for 90 days, they put it in "hibernation"), and all of a sudden there are all these new features -- to-do lists, spreadsheets, photo pages, file cabinets, calendars, project manager, etc.

 

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JotSpot and Google Docs

Submitted by platypus matt on November 2, 2006 - 11:35.

I haven't used JotSpot before, but I intend to check it out soon. I'm just wondering how it compares to Google's other wiki-like product, Google Docs (the app formerly known as Writely). Is there some overlap here or what?

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other wikis

Submitted by bobwhipple on November 2, 2006 - 14:24.

What will PBwiki,WetPaint, schtuff, and other free wiki systems do, I wonder?

 

 

 

writely & jot +Gparanoia.

Submitted by jeffwhite on November 2, 2006 - 19:10.

I read...somewhere, and I'm sorry I can't re-find it now...a discussion of how JotSpot may be the foundation for a better structured "Google Office." Because, as Clancy noted, JotSpot already has many of the integration of features Google has acquired or built independently. If they take the best of the Gmail, Writely, Picassa, Calendar, Bookmarks, News, Groups, Browser-sync, Video, Stored Search histories, and the kitchen sink from their current services and overlay them on the work JotSpot already has done, I suppose it could be pretty powerful.

However, is Google becoming something to fear? I use gmail, docs&spreadsheets, a personalized google home, browser sync, & calendar...I reckon Google can know where I am (which machine I've most recently synched up from), where I'm scheduled next, what I last wrote and/or shared, and what news and email I've gotten recently...

Is anyone else a bit worried about this? (umm...not about MY privacy, but yours...or ours?)

jeff

in defense of Yahoo!

Submitted by Zach Chandler on November 8, 2006 - 16:25.

What does Yahoo have besides Flickr?

umm, del.icio.us comes to mind. Taken together, Flickr and del.icio.us keep them near the front of any list, imho.