Google Inc. has acquired a California startup that develops online collaboration tools known as wikis.

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3.45pm: Google has acquired a start-up that develops 'wikis', the online collaboration tool popularised by digital encyclopaedia Wikipedia. By Mark Sweney.

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Google has today acquired Jotspot, a three year old California-based company which develops platforms for building wiki-based applications. Wikis, popularised by the online encyclopedia Wikipedia, are platforms for user-generated content. Users can create, modify and even delete information, to build up pages, in a structured format.

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Google has acquired wiki service Jotspot for an undisclosed sum. A wiki allows multiple users to add, remove and edit content and provides, allowing for programmers or writers to collaborate online. The technology is best known through the Wikipedia online encyclopaedia.

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