For the last two years Quip has offered a new solution for collaborating on a living document. The application incorporates docs, spreadsheets, chat, and tasks lists all in one. Allowing for work or school teams to easily and quickly communicate on one easy to use app. Quip’s CEO, Bret Taylor, is not new in the technology realm having a hand in Google Maps, and creating Facebook’s “like” button.
Quip is a combination of having Word, Excel, and messaging all in one application. Recently, Quip resigned the app with a new feature called the “inbox”. Instead of having to do with an e-mail inbox, Quip’s inbox serves as a list of all the documents being worked on that gets updated with changes to the shared files. Helping to cutback on the need for e-mails about updates needing to be sent, or even attaching the updated versions in e-mails. Taylor says ‘The core thing is that these documents are constantly changing and being updated, and we really want to orient the product around that”. Allowing teams to effectively use the app to see what changes have been made, and not struggle to find the updated versions through old e-mails and attachments, which is the current standard.
With so many new applications struggling to generate revenues and the reports of layoffs and mark downs at large companies, Quip’s new update might be seen as a way to improve revenues. However, Taylor says the redesign was strictly done to accelerate the growth and help redefine the work collaboration space. Moving forward Quip is excited to continue to improve how teams collaborate, and offer a simple solution on one application. “It’s not about file attachments but really communicating inside of these documents”, Taylor says of Quip’s goals moving forward.
http://www.businessinsider.com/quip-redesign-comes-with-an-inbox-2016-2
I thought this was a very interesting application. The technology that is allowing us to share information is becoming better and better each year. I have never heard of this particular application, but the way you described it and the article described it, it seems to be similar to Google Drive.
ReplyDeleteGoogle is one of the most dominant companies in the technology market. Because of this it makes it very hard for other companies to compete. However I think that from what you described, it looks like Quip is looking to differentiate themselves and provide a better service to their customers that will put them above the competition. The “inbox” feature sounds very interesting and seems like it could create better efficiency and collaboration between their customers when working on projects. This feature even makes me want to try Quip out with my next group project and see how well it works. Staying organized is the most important thing during a team project and Quip seems to strive to make organization easy for its customers. I think this is a great example of information sharing. Thank you for providing awareness for this application and explaining its capabilities. Very good job.
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ReplyDeleteVery cool. I liked that Quip is working "to completely ditch emails at work." Keep an eye on this.
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