Google Prepares Its Office Solution

The search giant is that kind of company that owns a huge number of services and tries to make them even more powerful by creating interoperability between them to provide one another functions and abilities. The best example is probably represented by Gmail and Google Talk, two programs that allow you to send and receive mail messages as well as communicate with your friends and family using a simple instant messaging client. Because the two solutions are now compatible, you can chat via Google Talk directly from Gmail's web interface using a simple client incuded in the interface of the mail solution.

Some time ago, many users started to talk about a potential Google Office Suite that can compete with the one provided by Microsoft, Google refusing to comment the rumors every time. Recently, several bloggers discovered a Google document that contains information about a presentation tool designed by the search giant so the Office rumors are again in the spotlight.

Today, Amit Agarwal from Digital Inspiration published an article to sustain the company is preparing a new Google Apps - Docs & Spreadsheets interoperability that will cause some unpleasant changes for the users. It seems like Apps will be no longer free, but the search giant will release two versions of the service for both companies and home users.

"Soon, it's expected to add word-processing and spreadsheet services to the suite, which includes an online calendar, chat service, and Web page builder. In coming weeks, Google Apps will turn into a real business as Google begins charging corporations a subscription fee amounting to a few dollars per person per month. Organizations accepted by Google during the Google Apps for Your Domain beta period are eligible for free service for their approved beta users even beyond the end of the beta period, as described in the Terms of Service," Amit Agarwal sustained in the article, according to the BusinessWeek.