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Google Gunning for PowerPoint?

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In March, Google bought an online word processor, Writely. Recently, it launched the Google Spreadsheet (I did a piece on this recently for Bloggingstocks.com).

What's next?  Maybe a Microsoft PowerPoint wannabe?

That's what a recent report from Gartner speculates. Actually, the scenario is that Google will buy Thumbstacks, which is a Web2.0 presentation app.

Interestingly enough, Gartner thinks Google's Office-type strategy is really to target the newbie crowd (such as "soccer moms").  In fact, it is a way to make Google's site more sticky, which has been a problem for the company (after all, users mostly go to Google to search, not stay around).  If Google can keep users on its site longer, there should be more opportunities to rack-up even more ad revenue.

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