The New “Buzz” On The Net

Here is a piece of news for people looking for a good online word processor. Adobe has acquired Virtual Ubiquity’s BuzzWord, a word processing application that is easy-to-use and full of features.

BuzzWord is perfect if you are looking to work with a team. You can grant what role they will have by clicking on the “share” button on the bottom left of the document and entering their email address and role. You can see each other while online and checkout the changes they made.

This online word processing application lets you work with your team in real time. There are three roles that you can assign to other collaborators – co-author, reviewer and reader. The co-author has full editing access while the reviewer can only add comments and the reader, as the name implies can only read the article.

One important feature of this word processor is that, when you take a printout, the page looks just the same as it looks on-screen! Even the popular Google docs sometimes fail to print the page as it looks on your PC screen. The reason is, BuzzWord is built with Adobe Flash and hence can bypass the problem HTML has with the layout of the page. As a result, you can work on your file online and get a hard copy, if needed. BuzzWord also keeps track of different versions of a document so that if needed, you can revert back to any previous version.

The best part of this application is definitely the fact that it is free! It is still in developing stages and Adobe is hoping to bring an offline version pretty soon.

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Facebook Unlinked Google Friend Connect

Recently when Google Friend Connect was launched, Google declared that the application will use Facebook's API to pull Facebook user information. But yesterday Facebook banned Google Friend Connect from using their API stating that this breaches the User Privacy and thus is a violation of Facebook's TOC.

Chris Kelly, Chief Privacy Officer of Facebook, said the issue that is violating their TOC is that after giving permission, its users can not revoke it from the Facebook.com interfce. Also Facebook has no control over the third-party websites where the infomation will be displayed because Google acts as the middletier between them.

David Glazer, Google's Director of Enginnering came up with the counter-agumment that they have an option so that users can "Unlink" a particular social network from the site. Glazer also stated that Facebook's API doesn't have the feature to let Facebook know on exactly which site the user data has been posted. He insisted that Google puts high regards for user privacy.

Let's hope that Google and Facebook will sort the issue soon to make internet more social though as of now it seems unlikely (specially with Facebook Connect around)! The only silver-lining is that both the companies have officially stated that they are keen to sort the things out. While Facebook has shown its willingness to work with Friend Connect provided the privacy factor is well taken care of, Google has also stated that they are in "constant contact" with Facebook regarding this issue.

Don't forget to check back here later for more updates on this drama between Google and Facebook.

Google Friend Connect - Get Social, Get Visitors

Initially there used to be some considerable barriers when websites tried to embed social networking features. Google Friend Connect has arrived to change the whole scenario. With Google Friend Connect, any site can offer “interactive” feel to its visitors. What makes this new Google baby all the more attractive is no programming skill is required to integrate it to websites. Webmasters can add social features on the website even without writing any code.

Google has recently announced the beta release of Google Friend Connect. With the help of this Google product, the websites can now have features like user registration, invitation, members gallery, message posting, user reviews etc. They can also have third party applications built by OpenSocial developer community. When visitors are there on a site using Google Friend Connect, they will be able to see, invite and interact with their existing friends in Facebook, LinkedIn, Google Talk, hi5, Orkut, Plaxo and other social networking platforms.

So let me summarize the key reasons why a website owner like you might be interested to integrate Google Friend Connect to your website:

• You don’t need to write a single line of code. All you need to do is to copy and paste code snippets into your website, sit back and relax. Google Friend Connect will do the rest for you. You do not need to depend on the whims of any programming a team or other social networks. The calculation is simple - Less spending, more profit.


• You will be able to make your site more interactive with social networking features. In this era of web 2.0 and 3.0 revolution, online visitors prefer sites having interactive modules. And it’s a proven fact: The more you can engage visitors to your website, the more chance is that they will keep coming back to your site. Retaining repeat visitors is the key to online success.


• When connected with friends through your site, if a visitor finds anything interesting he/she can refer it to friends instantly. And the process ultimately helps you to increase traffic to your site. If you sell any product or service through your website, more traffic means more potential customers and you get a wonderful opportunity to convert them to your actual customers.

Google Friend Connect is extremely easy to install and offers a very user-friendly interface. The process of inviting friends or to broadcast visitor’s activity is very simple. It is also compatible with several OpenSocial gadgets which makes it all the more interesting.

Currently Google Friend Connect is in “Preview Release” form and is available only to limited number of site owners. You can sign up for it to be selected as a partner.

So, website owners, get ready, it’s time to get social.

Enhance Websites With Google Apps

The name I trust for relevant websites is Google. Now I can choose from a host of applications that Google has planned for businesses, employees, schools, students, members and organizations. At present, this service comes free to me and helps sharing information with friends and colleagues.

No installation or set up is needed and I get a free access to these applications when and where I need. Google offers the service with complete security and compliance with existing emails. These applications have not only made everyday work easy, but it helps as we work in groups- on documents, spreadsheets and making presentations.

The site status wizard helps me find whether my website is being indexed by Google, through the webmasters tools. I can also track what turns on the visitors to my site and build site traffic. Tools like Google gadget help me search from a directory and improve my website. Search-engine that is powered by Google, apart from enhancing the site helps in growing the sales and brings down support costs. While webtoolkit makes AJAX applications simpler, Gears like LocalServer, Database and Worker Pool help developers make web applications that can run offline.

Apart from a host of tools, the new age applications from Google are needed for making simple electronic communication and publish and share online information. The applications are made user-friendly so that users have an easy access with an internet connection.

CubeDesktop Pro - Wonder Web Application

CubeDesktop Pro 1.3 series has finally arrived on the scene. The web application creates six virtual and independent desktops, which gives me more free space. It works best with Windows Vista addons, offers real-time updates and makes desktops more attractive with 2D and 3D effects. It simply feels great working on CubeDesktop Pro!

CubeDesktop has offered a refreshing ‘make-over’ for my desktop. Now I can name the desktop and use it with privacy as I have password protection device. In the 1.2 series, the application was updated with a new effect 3D desktop carousel. The desktop application is compatible with Windows XP series and work with lower-end video adapters. CubeDesktop Pro 1.3 series has brought in a host of applications. These include- 3D Desktop rolls, stability enhancers, attractive wallpapers and icon and button managers that add life to desktops.

With CubeDesktop 1.3 the problem of desktop clutter can be removed. The taskbar shows only the applications that I am using at present. This does not occupy much space and does not create a clutter. Now I can work more efficiently as I get an advanced application and desktop management, even while I am working on a number of desktops over a single monitor. Windows Exposer technology tiles and scales all the running applications over a desktop and makes each of them visible.

Daily Computing Gets Simple With Email Archiving

Browsing through our mails is a passion for most of us and email management and archiving helps me in this regard. Email archiving helps me keep a check on overhead costs and my data is also stored safely. Once the set up installation is done, all the incoming and outgoing mails are stored for three to six years. Moreover the data I store in these files gets checked for spam protection and viruses.

For any office mail that is stored, we have the flag messages option to comply with official policies. Not only is my data stored safely but the offsite storage system offer power backups for disaster recovery. Mails are given proper index that makes the process of sorting easy. I can search mails easily and move or restore the folders. My mails are now safe and stored for a longer period of time with automatic file archiving. Archiving and storage facilities are now offered by Athena Archiver Hosted Services through live demo at www.athenaarchiver.com.

Email archiving and management offers a tagging technology which helps me in organizing the data. Emergency discovery of the stored data, mails and files makes the daily computing experience smoother. The costs of e-discovery are now lesser by about 80% and mails are classified by filters that bring down the number of mails to be reviewed. The mails are classified and labeled and then these are directly sent to my inbox. I can now read the mails, approve or block them with a single click, thanks to email archiving.