- Picnik - Photo editor
- Mindmeister - Mindmapping tool
- Google Docs - Complete online office suite
- Free Conference - Conference call service
- AVG - PC Anti-virus
- Zoho - Online Office Suite with man additonal services
- Ubernote - Online note keeping service
7 Free Services that you’d still use even if you had to pay
July 24, 2008 By Leave a Comment
In the last month we've reviewed 7 free services that are so good, you'd still use them even if you had to pay for them. We thought we better recap the list to give you another chance, with links to our original review.
What’s that mean? Get the definition fast
July 10, 2008 By 2 Comments
Sometime you’re sitting at your desk and you want to know what a word means and want it fast. That’s when you need Definr.com. Definr calls itself an “incredibly fast dictionary” and they’re right.
Very simple, too. Just enter the word to be defined and your definition is sitting there in the time that it takes to hit the return key.
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July 10, 2008 By 2 Comments
Today we’re going to take a look at the Zoho Office Suite, another free online alternative to Microsoft Office.
In addition to the standard office components: word processing, spreadsheet and presentation, Zoho offers a wealth of other online applications. Some aimed at providing the services to run your business.
In addition to the standard office applications, Zoho offers:
| Zoho Notebook | Online Notebook for Note Taking |
| Zoho Wiki | Easy-to-use Wiki for sharing data |
| Zoho Planner | Organizer |
| Zoho Chat | Chat that can be embedded in Web and Blog pages |
| Zoho Mail | Mail Client currently in closed beta |
| Zoho Project | Project Management Software |
| Zoho CRM | Customer Relationship Management Software |
| Zoho Invoice | Online Invoicing |
| Zoho Meeting | Web conferencing |
| Zoho DB and Report | Online Database and Reporting |
| Zoho People | People and Recruitment Management |
| Zoho Business | Consolidated Online Business Solutions (in private beta) |
Some of the business-oriented applications have premium (paid) levels for more users or more projects. Currently these are Zoho Project, Zoho CRM, Zoho Invoice and Zoho People.
The applications themselves are very feature-rich and can be compared favorably to commercial desktop applications doing the same core function.
It can’t be overemphasized the convenience of having these applications available online which doesn’t require any installation, backing up, is available at home and at work and can be used on any computer with Internet and a browser. And is free.
Zoho applications, like Google Docs, takes advantage of Google Gears which allow them to work when offline. Zoho also offers a plug-in to Microsoft Word and Excel that allow them to work together seamlessly. This can be convenient if you have Microsoft Office at work but don’t want it at home.
All-in-all, Zoho is a very good deal and a great way to have access to online applications to help you be productive at the office and at home.
