Adobe Share – Access and share files and documents online
Posted on January 7, 2008 - Filed Under Industry News | 3 Comments
It seems like everyone and their grandmother is coming out with some kind of online Office or online document management suite these days! Just today, I wrote about the new Microsoft Office Live Workspace service that allows users to store and share Office documents online.
Before that, I wrote about a cool web service called DocSyncer which takes all of the documents on your computer, stores them online for free and allows you to open them online using Google docs!
Vista SP1 available, Picasa on iPhone, Yahoo shortcuts WordPress plugin, and Google Analytics updates
Posted on December 13, 2007 - Filed Under Industry News | 2 Comments
Today’s a pretty happening day when it comes to new features, new software patches, and new programs in the tech world! There have been a couple of cool items announced recently that really kicked up my interest, so I thought I would share some of it with everyone as it will probably effect you in one way or another!
Adobe BuzzWord – New online web-based Word Processor
Posted on November 13, 2007 - Filed Under Industry News | 1 Comment
Adobe has recently opened up it’s much anticipated web-based Word Processing application called BuzzWord to the public and after playing around with it for a new minutes, I have to say it’s WAY better than Google Docs and other online word processors. Adobe BuzzWord uses some of the newest Adobe technology to create one of the most advanced online word processors ever made!
Microsoft Office Online is now called Office Live Workspace
Posted on October 18, 2007 - Filed Under Industry News | 3 Comments
Update: After reading a comment left by the Microsoft Office team, I realized that my title is wrong! Office Online is another business unit that is completely separate from Office Live Workspace, which is part of the Live initiative! Sorry for the confusion.
Microsoft has released some screenshots of it’s new Office Live Workspace product that will be coming out very soon. Of course, everyone has been waiting for something from Microsoft ever since Google released Docs and Spreadsheets. The new Office Live Workspace will be an online companion to Microsoft Office. Here’s a quick list of the features from the Beta web site:
IBM offers alternative to MS Office with Lotus Symphony
Posted on September 20, 2007 - Filed Under Industry News | 2 Comments
Everyone thought that only Google was out to take on Microsoft’s dominant Office suite of products, but apparently IBM is now in the fight too! Yesterday they officially announced that the release of a new suite of free office productivity tools named Lotus Symphony. The suite consists of a word processor, spreadsheet application, and a presentation software. The new software is based on the Open Document Format (ODF), which is nice since it means you’re not locked into any kind of proprietary file format.
Yahoo! Mash Beta – New social networking site
Posted on September 17, 2007 - Filed Under Industry News | Leave a Comment
Yahoo is on the verge of releasing it’s new re-vamped social networking web site called Yahoo! Mash. After the failure of Yahoo 360, rumors started that Yahoo would be coming out with a new site that would go against the powerhouse social networking sites like MySpace, FaceBook, and Orkut. However, it’s now official and current in private beta testing. You can get invited to use the new service by going to InviteShare, sign up and then request an invite for Yahoo Mash.