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As Coda Rolls Out its AI Beta, Now May Be the Right Time to Reflect on What a Modern Document Is

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Bill french
Jun 13, 2023
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In early 2006, just before the iPhone was released, Google Docs became a thing. It was originally called "Writely”, a web-based word processor created by the software company Upstartle. Google acquired Upstartle in 2006 and rebranded Writely as Google Docs. It became part of the Google Workspace suite of productivity applications, which also includes Go…

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