Virtual Ubiquity: Adobe Acquires Collaborative Online Word Processor

Adobe Systems recently announced its intent to acquire Waltham, Massachusetts-based Virtual Ubiquity, makers of the ultra-cool, Flash-based online word processor, Buzzword. “For over a decade, Adobe® Acrobat® software and PDF have been the standard way people share and collaborate on high value documents across platforms, with perfect fidelity. Buzzword will build on that leadership and enable fundamental improvements in how people collaborate on documents,” said David Mendels, senior vice president, Business Productivity Business Unit at Adobe, in a recent press release. “At the same time, it is an exciting showcase …