[amykhar]

Just a little side note. I really wish people would give an overview of what their service is or does in press releases like this. Quite often, I see 'Facebook bought x' or 'Dropbox bought y' and I click to see what it is, and if I would want to use it. More often than not, there's no little blurb that lets me know what their product even does.

[cshimmin]

Agreed... often these sorts of headlines are the first time I've ever heard of "x" or "y". And in many cases, it's probably the biggest publicity hit these companies have ever received.

Except perhaps in the case of an acquihire; if they're going to pull the plug on the service, there's not much point in advertising what you can't have ;)

[Angostura]

Could anyone tell me what it is? Even the test drive link on their home page offers no clues without signing up, and the blog isn't responding.

[dbarlett]

Sort of a hybrid of Google Docs and a wiki. Example from a recent hackathon: https://hackpad.com/Dataset-Wish-List-MeMfcb91BLL

[kiwibulldog]

Sold did a good job on this... See "What was Sold?"

http://www.usesold.com

[orph]

Luckily Hackpad isn't going anywhere so you can go ahead and sign up to try it out :)

[wehadfun]

i would upvote this twice.

It is also really bad when all the links point back to the blog