Google buys the maker of Word Lens, the augmented reality translation app The app and language packs are now free, and the team will bolster Google Translate.

What follows is a look at Microsoft’s newest offering, Word Web App, which was introduced Monday with the kickoff of Office Web Apps. I’ll be comparing Microsoft’s Word Web App to Google’s ...

Google Docs is a free, online word processing and workplace collaboration app.

The tech titan buys Quest Visual, which makes the Word Lens written-word translation app for Android, iOS, and Google Glass.

Google has acquired Word Lens, the mobile app that can translate text in real time using your smartphone’s camera, along with its development team at Quest Visual.

Microsoft Word was my go-to writing app for typing documents and stories, but I eventually moved on to Google Docs due to its simplicity and cloud-based design. Google Docs isn't bad, but I found ...

Google Docs and Google's Cloud Connect toolbar for Microsoft Office combine to let you do simple editing of Word and Excel files on an iPad without having to pay for a separate app.