<s>
EditGrid	B-Application
was	O
a	O
Web	O
2.0	O
spreadsheet	B-Application
service	O
,	O
operated	O
via	O
Internet	O
access	O
(	O
web-based	B-Application
application	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
offered	O
both	O
a	O
free-of-charge	B-License
service	O
to	O
personal	O
users	O
and	O
a	O
subscription	B-Architecture
service	I-Architecture
to	O
organizations	O
and	O
was	O
available	O
on	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
partner	O
sites	O
and	O
channels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
EditGrid	B-Application
was	O
shut	O
down	O
on	O
May	O
1	O
,	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
EditGrid	B-Application
was	O
developed	O
,	O
provided	O
and	O
maintained	O
by	O
Team	O
and	O
Concepts	O
,	O
a	O
Hong	O
Kong-based	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
public	O
beta	O
release	O
of	O
EditGrid	B-Application
was	O
launched	O
on	O
7	O
April	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2007	O
EditGrid	B-Application
started	O
to	O
offer	O
organization	O
accounts	O
for	O
free	O
trial	O
and	O
also	O
became	O
available	O
on	O
com	O
's	O
App	O
Exchange	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
14	O
February	O
2007	O
,	O
EditGrid	B-Application
officially	O
declared	O
out-of-beta	O
and	O
launched	O
its	O
subscription	B-Architecture
service	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2007	O
,	O
EditGrid	B-Application
announced	O
a	O
$1.25	O
million	O
series	O
A	O
investment	O
from	O
the	O
WI	O
Harper	O
Group	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
EditGrid	B-Application
announced	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
changes	O
to	O
its	O
business	O
in	O
September	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2009	O
Apple	O
had	O
bought	O
EditGrid	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Touted	O
as	O
the	O
most	O
advanced	O
and	O
well-polished	O
Ajax-enabled	O
spreadsheet	B-Application
,	O
EditGrid	B-Application
included	O
features	O
for	O
shared	O
access	O
and	O
online	O
collaboration	B-Application
on	O
top	O
of	O
conventional	O
spreadsheet	B-Application
functionalities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
Real-Time	O
Update	O
(	O
RTU	O
)	O
feature	O
allowed	O
multiple	O
users	O
to	O
see	O
changes	O
on	O
a	O
spreadsheet	B-Application
immediately	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
was	O
considered	O
a	O
winning	O
feature	O
among	O
similar	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
Remote	O
Data	O
feature	O
was	O
able	O
to	O
retrieve	O
live	O
data	O
on	O
the	O
web	O
,	O
while	O
its	O
My	O
Data	O
Format	O
(	O
MDF	O
)	O
feature	O
allowed	O
users	O
to	O
customise	O
the	O
output	O
format	O
using	O
XSLT	B-Application
,	O
such	O
as	O
live	O
KML	B-Application
for	O
Google	B-Application
Earth	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
features	O
included	O
multiple	O
access	O
control	O
levels	O
,	O
revision	O
history	O
,	O
charting	O
,	O
live	B-Application
chat	I-Application
,	O
permalinks	O
and	O
more	O
than	O
500	O
spreadsheet	B-Application
functions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apart	O
from	O
access	O
from	O
its	O
main	O
site	O
,	O
spreadsheets	B-Application
hosted	O
on	O
EditGrid	B-Application
could	O
be	O
accessed	O
on	O
third-party	O
websites	O
by	O
means	O
of	O
its	O
post-to-blog	O
feature	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2007	O
,	O
the	O
EditGrid	B-Application
iPhone	B-Device
Edition	O
was	O
launched	O
at	O
the	O
Office	O
2.0	O
Conference	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2008	O
,	O
EditGrid	B-Application
had	O
launched	O
its	O
JavaScript	B-Language
Macro	O
support	O
,	O
enabling	O
user-programmed	O
macros	O
to	O
manipulate	O
EditGrid	B-Application
spreadsheets	B-Application
using	O
JavaScript	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
EditGrid	B-Application
was	O
available	O
as	O
a	O
module	O
on	O
Netvibes	O
,	O
Pageflakes	O
and	O
Google	O
Personalized	O
Homepage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
EditGrid	B-Application
was	O
also	O
available	O
on	O
com	O
's	O
AppExchange	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
EditGrid	B-Application
also	O
formed	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
offering	O
of	O
Central	B-Protocol
Desktop	I-Protocol
,	O
ShareOffice	O
and	O
ThinkFree	B-Application
Office	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
developers	O
could	O
make	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
EditGrid	B-Application
API	B-Application
to	O
build	O
custom	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
were	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
EditGrid	B-Application
add-ons	O
that	O
mashed	B-Application
up	I-Application
other	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
these	O
,	O
Grid2Map	O
,	O
turned	O
longitude-latitude	O
pairs	O
into	O
placemarks	O
on	O
Google	B-Application
Maps	I-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
default	O
English	O
version	O
,	O
EditGrid	B-Application
was	O
available	O
in	O
eight	O
languages	O
:	O
German	O
,	O
Spanish	O
,	O
French	O
,	O
Japanese	O
,	O
Dutch	O
,	O
Brazilian	O
Portuguese	O
,	O
Simplified	O
Chinese	O
and	O
Traditional	O
Chinese	O
,	O
largely	O
thanks	O
to	O
a	O
community	O
localisation	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
EditGrid	B-Application
was	O
available	O
to	O
organisation	O
users	O
on	O
a	O
software-as-a-service	B-Architecture
basis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Organisation	O
users	O
were	O
supported	O
by	O
SSL-encrypted	O
traffic	O
,	O
user	O
account	O
administration	O
and	O
management	O
reports	O
on	O
top	O
of	O
the	O
features	O
available	O
to	O
personal	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
EditGrid	B-Application
organization	O
accounts	O
had	O
become	O
completely	O
free-of-charge	B-License
for	O
all	O
users	O
since	O
September	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
EditGrid	B-Application
had	O
been	O
developed	O
on	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
software	I-Application
architecture	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
ran	O
on	O
Catalyst	B-Language
as	O
the	O
web	B-Application
application	I-Application
framework	O
and	O
used	O
Gnumeric	B-Language
as	O
its	O
back-end	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
adopted	O
Ajax	B-General_Concept
technology	O
at	O
the	O
front-end	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apple	O
,	O
Inc	O
acquired	O
EditGrid	B-Application
in	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
