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Is Yahoo working on its own online document creation and collaboration software? That’s the question which immediately comes to mind upon hearing news that the company has now picked up a Bangalore-based startup called Bookpad, makers of Docspad, a service aimed at developers looking to add document viewing, annotations and editing features within their own applications.
What differentiates Docspad from rivals like Google Docs, however, is that instead of being aimed at consumers looking to simply create or edit documents, spreadsheets, or slideshows from the web, then share those files and collaborate with others, Docspad is designed to bring a Google Docs-like ease-of-use to any other application a business may need, including things like applicant-tracking systems, conferencing solutions, learning management solutions, and more, co-founder and CEO Aditya Bandi explained in a recent blog post.
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