History Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides





writely web-based word processor created software company upstartle , launched in august 2005. began experiment programmers sam schillace, steve newman , claudia carpenter, trying out then-new ajax technology , content editable function in browsers. on march 9, 2006, google announced had acquired upstartle.


xl2web 2web technologies web-based spreadsheet application, acquired google in 2005 , turned google labs spreadsheets. launched test limited number of users, on first-come, first-served basis on june 6, 2006. limited test later replaced beta version available google account holders, around same time official announcement press release issued.


in september 2007, google released presentation program google docs, originated company s acquisition of tonic systems on april 17, 2007.


in july 2009, google dropped beta testing status google docs.


in january 2010, google docs started allowing users upload file type 250 mb, 1 gb of free space , paid storage available $0.25 per gb per year. cloud storage feature reworked when google drive introduced in 2012. google drive serves cloud storage service google, while docs, sheets , slides serve office suite inside google drive.


in march 2010, google acquired docverse, online document collaboration company. docverse allowed multiple user online collaboration on microsoft office-compatible document formats such word, excel, , powerpoint. improvements based on docverse announced , deployed in april 2010.


in june 2012, google acquired quickoffice, leader in office productivity solutions , particular emphasis on quickoffice s seamless interoperability popular file formats .


in october 2012, google documents, spreadsheets , presentations renamed google docs, sheets , slides, respectively. @ same time, chrome apps released, provided shortcuts services on chrome s new tab page. google announced in august 2016 support chrome apps end on microsoft windows, apple macos, , linux computers between 2017 , 2018.








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