Monster attacks Google
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Google is about to launch a new App Store, focused around creating software for Google Apps. Google’s plan is to sell software built by third party developers to enhance Google’s suite of apps (e.g. Gmail, Docs, Calendar, Sites, Gtalk). These outside apps could be for adding more security, enhancing word-processing features or porting information into Google Apps.
A Google Apps store would work in the same fashion Android or the iPhone App Stores operate, which developers set a price and Google and the third party share in the revenue. It’s a model that has proven very successful. If it took off, it could create a whole new marketplace and a new stream of income for the largest online search engine. It could even pave the way for app stores within Google’s consumer products.
It has been announced to commence around March, although now that news has broken, it’s likely an official blog post from Google will come sooner. However, The Next Web proclaims that Google already has an “app store” known as Google Solutions Marketplace (http://www.google.com/enterprise/marketplace/) but ‘Google Apps’ may just sound a bit cooler.
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