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Starting things off with Zoho

Starting things off with ZohoZoho is always up to something. The company that seems like it never stops to breath has released another update to their Zoho suite, Start.

The Start beta is a not another Zoho application, it is merely an integrated Start page for all of your other Zoho applications. Think of it as a desktop for all things Zoho. When logging in at zoho.com, users are forwarded to start.zoho.com which aggregates all Zoho data for the user account. The current version of Zoho Start integrates Zoho Writer, Sheet and Show, with all data having the ability to be tagged with keywords, shared, exported and organized all from this simple interface.

Thanks Zoho, for making it extra difficult to choose between Zoho's suite of applications, and Google's Docs/Apps.

What online office suite do DLS readers prefer?

Filed under: Business, Finance, Internet, Text, Utilities, Features, Windows, Macintosh, E-mail, Web services, Google, Microsoft, OpenOffice.org, Freeware, Open Source, web 2.0

Web 2 Cool for school - A rundown of online applications for students

Web 2 Cool for school - A rundown of online applications for students.With some students already in school, and some preparing to enter yet another journey into a new semester, let DLS make your studies that much more organized with a few free desktop and web applications that will make your school life that much more enjoyable.

From free document creation applications, online to-do's and organization applications, users are faced with a decision, go for the costly desktop versions and upgrade every few years, or stay ahead of the curve with free web based applications that are constantly updating with new growing feature sets. The choice has never been easier.

This DLS special feature lists out current tools that are floating around the web as highly competitive alternatives for both students and professionals.

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Filed under: Internet, Web services

Simple Spark: a directory of web applications

Simple SparkNeed to find an image hosting service, online spreadsheet, or task management solution? Simple Spark can help.

Simple Spark aims to be for web applications what Google is for pretty much everything else online. The site has an index of more than 3000 web applications, covering everything from online travel services to accounting and investing web sites.

Each web app includes a brief description, a few screenshots, and reviews when available. It'd be nice if you could sort your search results by popularity. For example, when you search the photos category, Flickr shows up at the bottom of the list, even though a number of other services built around Flickr, such as 123flickr , show up near the top.

If you register for a free account, you can bookmark web applications and save them to a "Simple Sparks My Apps" folder so you can easily find them again later.

[via TechCrunch]

Filed under: Business, Internet, Office, Web services, Google, Social Software

Google has acquired JotSpot

google aquires jotspot

Joe Kraus of Jotspot, has announced today that they have been acquired by Google. Jotspot is a leader in hosted wiki application development. Jotspot was founded in 2004 as the first company to offer this type of hosted wiki solution. Jotspot's goal was to make wiki websites that anyone could update and add to, without knowing coding. Jotspot had a simple WYSIWYG editor, with advanced search and email integration components. Jotspot was not only aimed at smaller personal projects, it was also aimed at corporate intranets, project management, and help desks.

Jotspots hosted plans once sat from a $199 month for 5000 hosted wiki pages with unlimited users. To a simple Personal account with 5 users, 10 pages, for free. Could we possibly see the integration of one giant free plan from Google?

Currently, Jotspot is offline to users. The Palo Alto based company says to stay tuned to regain access to the system. Google is most likely merging all data and transferring the Jot system over to Google's servers. This is an exciting move by Google, again, in the online application environment, adding to their online suite of applications with the likes of Documents, Calendar, Gmail, Spreadsheets, and Apps for your Domain.

Check out some Jotspot screenshots after the jump...

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Filed under: Business, Internet, Web services, Microsoft

Microsoft online applications in the works?

microsoft online applicationsIt looks like Microsoft could have finally realized that the future of software is all about online applications. Microsoft has said that they might be considering launching an online free, ad supported version of its software. The software it might be planning on integrating for online usage is Microsoft Works, which retails for $50 currently. Works has a calendar, spreadsheet, web browser, and email. It is currently a pretty basic home use software package, but at least Microsoft is stepping into the new software generation, and thinking about providing it for free online use.

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