Xobni, the useful little Outlook plugin that makes finding emails and information so much easier, is extending the services into other data sources and social networks. Now, when you look at the history for one person, you can now see any emails you’ve exchanged with that person on Yahoo Mail and also lets you connect with them on Skype.
Now, in addition to providing LinkedIn information, Xobni will now poke through Facebook and show you information about a user, like their recent status message and picture.
Add to that the fact that with a connection to Hoovers, where it will return information …read more

During the Office 2.0 Conference 200, ZoooS LLC introduced a web-based office suite which tries to put OpenOffice.org 3.0 in the web. ZoooS Office comprises of different tools similar to that of OpenOffice.org 3.0. These includes ZoooS Write, ZoooS Spreadsheet, ZoooS Presentation, ZoooS Draw, and the ZoooS database. And accordingly, 80% of its features are similar that of OpenOffice.org 3.0.
Hisham El-Emam, CEO of ZoooS LLC, said “ZoooS Office looks exactly like OpenOffice.org 3.0, using the same icons, dialogs, and …read more

The latest update with Zoho Suite is trying to defeat Google Docs, the Zoho Docs.
Introduced during the Office 2.0 Conference recently, Zoho Docs now allows users manage Documents, Spreadsheets, Presentations created using their tools. Now, it can be stored and manage in a central place insid ethe Zoho Docs environment. Still, with this upgrade, you can share your documents for collaboration, label your documents, and allow control access.
With  Zoho Docs, your Zoho Writer, Sheet and Show are now integrated in one environment which makes you easy to move around and edit files.
Zoho Docs gives you 1GB of storage space and …read more

I am enrolled to a Mandarin class this semester at school and learning Mandarin Chinese is really difficult, especially when you don’t have any background about the language. Like me, I really find it hard at the first few meetings. The instructor told us that we will begin the lesson learning the basic pronunciation and later learn some Kanji.
As we go along, I may say that I am still a beginner with the new language and has to learn more. Well, I then visit some Chinese websites to have a more hand-on with the language. Applying and practicing what you …read more

Recently, eXpresso by eXpresso Corp., released a newer version of their Microsoft Excel Offline Plugin tool. With this Excel Adds-in, you can now access your online spreadsheets and edit it directly toy your Microsoft Excel environment. Still, it allows you to sync, share and collaborate with your colleagues.
Spreadsheets opened “off-line” in Excel® are locked for editing by other users. Once the spreadsheet owner has saved any changes made back to eXpresso and closes the spreadsheet, the lock is released.

You can download the eXpresso Excel Plugin here.

If you have an iPhone or iPod Touch and wants to take Google Docs with you, you can download MiGhtyDocs and install it instantly. It’s a free utility tool developed by Thomas Post (aka v1ru8) and you can download it directly via iTunes, just click this link. iTunes will open and will directly you to iTunes Store where you can download the tool and install it to your iPhone or iPod Touch.

With the power of Google Docs Offline access, you can now have access to your documents in your pocket. You can view and make changes to your documents and …read more

Alfresco is an Open Source Alternative for Enterprise Content Management (ECM). And with its latest version, Alfresco Labs 3 has 4 major components:

Microsoft Office SharePoint Protocol Support
Alfresco Surf Platform
Alfresco Share
Alfresco Repository API

This new Alfresco Labs 3 will help you build collaborative websites and dynamic web applications. You can see more details at http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Alfresco_Labs_3.
John Newton cited in his blog, “We believe that the Enterprise Content Management market is evolving from specialized software for information intensive activities to become a major component of business and infrastructure for knowledge workers. Although over 90% of the Fortune 1000 have at least one type of …read more

I know backing up is not an easy task to do when you have lots of files to manage. I personally don’t do backup and if I do.. maybe twice a year or so.
Now I can do real-time backup with Syncplicity. It offers ease backup, synchronization and sharing, all in one software. This is a free service and all you have to do is download and install it to your computers. You can enjoy the following:

Syncplicity offers plenty of storage.
No configuration is required.
Works with the folders & websites you do.
Exclude any folder, keep syncing the rest.
Just one click to sync …read more

Yeah! Google Docs now comes with templates where you can choose from to work with your documents. Whether be it document, presentation and spreadsheets, they all got it for you. You don’t have to worry anymore for the layout and format when creating this document, just visit Google Docs Templates and click “Use this Template” button. Also, access the template via the “New” button from the Google Docs menu.

So, I gave the new template a try. Here’s a demo using the template.

These templates is delivered in conjunction with Avery Dennison, Vertex42.com, TemplateZone, and Visa Business.
[ via Google Docs Blog ]

Here’s a video tutorial on how to use Google Docs for Feeds: