Why create a plain old web presentation when you can create a virtual magazine?

Formatpixel is an online application that gives you a WYSIWYG layout editor for creating your very own virtual magazine, fanzine, brochure, catalog, or portfolio.

The build your own magazine option is actually pretty cool looking. You are given a good number of tools and templates to create the 'zine so that in the end it actually looks like a magazine..The program allows you to import your own images and video files into the presentation and then blend those objects together in any way you choose. You can check out a full list of what you can do with the site here.

Accounts on the site are limited with regard to the number of projects you want to have available, as well as the size of those projects. The site offers free accounts that are limited to 512k and one project. The next version up offers 5MB and five projects for £15 (about US$30), and largest package offers 20MB for £40 (about US$79) a year.

[via TechCrunch]

Zoho offers a complete line of powerful office suite and productivity tools, all through the use of a browser.

The Zoho toolset includes:

• Zoho Show - online presentation
• Zoho Writer - word processor
• Zoho Sheet - spreadsheet application
• Zoho Virtual Office - email, document and calendar
• Zoho CRM - CRM
• Zoho Creator - create web applications
• Zoho Planner - Online organizer
• Zoho Chat - chat

Zoho also has a set of online utilities including website monitoring software, and online poll solutions.

Online applications that run in the browser is part of this whole Web 2.0 social software era, and it looks like Zoho is in the forefront with a great complete application list. They have almost any application you would require to run your business directly from your browser. And Free! Zoho produces pretty much all of their applications with a $0 price tag.

They do give access to demo versions before you decide to signup and try their browser based tools. So check them out, they look really good!

[via TechCrunch]