Google tailors online software to a dozen languages

0 Comments | AFP, February, 2007

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) — Google announced that it had adapted its free online document and spreadsheet service to a dozen languages.

Google Docs and Spreadsheets is available in French, Italian, German, Spanish, Korean, Turkish, Polish, Dutch, Portuguese, Russian, and in traditional and simplified Chinese as well as in English, the company said.

Google has also made its Firefox web browser control bar compatible with those languages, according to Kevin Systrom, a marketing manager at the Mountain View, California, Internet search engine.

Google has been making computer applications available online in a move seen as part of a "Web 2.0" trend that spares people from having to install and maintain programs on their machines.

© 2007 AFP

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