Zoho launch Zoho People
March 12, 2008
Zoho have announced the launch of Zoho People, a Human Resource management application for HR teams in an organisation. This new business application joins zoho’s other business applications - Zoho CRM, Zoho Meeting, Zoho Projects and Zoho DB.
Organisation Module:
This module is used to define the structure of your organisation including departments, designations/titles and also the Org Chart.
Recruitment Module:
The Recruitment module eases the hiring process in an organisation. It automates the steps involved between searching a candidate from resume database to hiring him an employee. This module also lets managers raise job requirements and admins post openings on the website.
Forms Module:
The Forms module has a set of pre-created forms (mini-applications) for common tasks in an organisation like filing expense reports, reporting leave etc. With Zoho Creator integration, this module lets admins create new forms or customise existing forms and make them available to all employees.
Checklist Module:
This module lets admin automate business processes and define the flow based on conditions. Tasks can automatically be assigned to users or groups based on defined flow.
Self Service Module:
This module acts as a self-service module for Employees and Managers. All the employees have access to this module. Managers can define job openings and organise their team structure. Employees can submit information to the HR department using the forms defined by the HR team (like submitting an Expense Report or informing about a leave etc).
Roles and Permissions :
This module is used by admin to define fine grained access for different roles based on permissions - which drill down to field level, action level and form level.
See this video for a more detailed look
Zoho People from Raju Vegesna on Vimeo.
PhotoBucket Launched Intigrated image editing
March 7, 2008
Photobucket the image hosting site has launched integrated image editing on Photobucket. Now you can crop, rotate, and flip, remove blemishes, smooth out wrinkles, add shapes, play with colour effects or you can add your face to a celebrity and much more.
To edit your images in your album, zoom into full view and you will see the new edit feature.
For more examples of the new editing features click here.
[Source: photobucket blog]
Flock gets an Update
March 7, 2008
Flock, the social web browser has announced the latest release of it’s web browser. Flock 1.1 includes new features such as integration of Gmail and Yahoo, as well as letting you know when you have new messages waiting.
The new version includes key enhancements to Flocks MyWorld page, you can now rename it to make it yours and they have also added a friends activity feed so that you can keep up to speed with the latest actions of your friends from the the people services supported by Flock.
JotSpot re-launched as Google Sites
February 28, 2008
JotSpot, the company that was purchased by Google a while back has re-emerged and has been integrated into a service called Google Sites
Google Sites is the latest offering from Google Apps, a suit of products designed to improve communication and collaboration between employees, students etc…With Google sites you can create a team website, gather information, including videos, calendars, presentations and gadgets, and share it for viewing.
In the last 10 years, the way all of us work has changed. We’ve grown accustomed to always being connected through email and instant messaging. Consequently, people are working together in teams more often, with larger groups, and with others who may be in different parts of the country or the world. We are shifting our focus from personal to team productivity. It’s less about “you” and more about “us.”
But with this explosion in collaboration, how do you bring together everything your team needs to work? How do you take information, whether it is on your desktop or online, and share it with specific groups of people — your team, the company, the public?
Meet Google Sites, the newest addition to the Google Apps product suite. It was designed to allow you to easily create a network of sites and share them with whomever you choose. Google Sites lets you pull together information from across Google Apps by embedding documents, spreadsheets, presentations, videos, and calendars in your sites. Of course, we also harness the power of Google search technology so your search results are always fast and relevant.
Here is a Google Sites Tour
Zoho Writer gets an Update
February 27, 2008
Zoho Writer, the online word processor has today announced a few new features following up on the last batch of new stuff which included Pagination, Headers & Footers and Offline Support.
Some of the new features include
DocX Support:
Zoho Writer now supports exporting to DocX, the new Microsoft OOXML file format for Word. Ofcourse, we already support ODF Export/Import in Zoho Writer. Currently you can export any of your documents in Zoho Writer as a DocX file. This is added in addition to the already available export options - DOC, TXT, HTML, PDF, ODF, SXW and RTF. We will soon be supporting DocX import as well.
Thesaurus:
We now added Thesaurus option (in 10 languages). Right-click on a word, choose the ‘Thesaurus’ option from the contextual menu to view the synonyms and related words. The current version of Thesaurus is used more for lookup purposes. We plan to enhance this functionality further to replace the words with selected ones from thesaurus in the next version.
Languages supported in Thesaurus: English, Czech, German, Greek, French, Irish, Italian, Polish, Russian & Slovak. We will keep adding more language options in future updates.
Sharing with Groups:
You can now share documents with groups. This makes it a lot easier to share documents with multiple people avoiding entering of multiple email addresses each time you share a document. To share a document with a group, click on ‘Share’ and select the ‘Share with Groups’ tab. You can create new groups in your ‘My Account‘ section. These groups will be visible across all Zoho Applications.
Enhanced support for Endnotes/Footnotes:
As you may know, we recently added Endnotes & Footnotes capabilities in Zoho Writer. This updates enhances this functionality further. All your Zoho Writer documents when exported to DocX, ODF, SXW & RTF will retain the endnotes/footnotes correctly. We now also import endnotes/footnotes from DOC, ODF, SXW, RTF files.
Enhanced support for Headers/Footers:
Headers/Footers support is further enhanced in this latest update. Full support is available when you export documents to DocX, ODF, SXW & RTF.
[Via Zoho Blog]
eBay Desktop 1.0 is now available
February 27, 2008
eBay Desktop 1.0 is now available for download. This free application has been made as an alternative to the website. You can use it to search, browse, bid and keep track of your auctions.
The 1.0 release contains lots of bug fixes and performance enhancements and from user feedback some new features. eBay desktop takes advantage of the Adobe AIR platform which was recently released.
We have worked on the project for nearly 2 years, and I am very pleased with the end result. We have lots more enhancements planned for the coming weeks and months, but this the most important milestone so far. The eBay Desktop team from Effective UI has worked incredibly hard on this, and I’d like to thank them all: Sean, Greg O., Greg C. Jason, and all the project alumni: thank you! And thanks to all the eBay members who have provided great suggestions, ideas, bug reports, and words of praise. I hope that we can continue to provide great user experiences that make the eBay marketplace more fun and dynamic, and help connect more individuals through the simple act of commerce.
You can download the destop client here
[Via eBay Desktop Blog]
Animoto Getting Massive Upgrade Tonight
February 23, 2008
Just seen this post on the animoto blog
Tonight at 11PM EST, we’ll be undergoing a massive system upgrade. The process will take about 6 hours.
What’s this all about? Well… we’re glad you asked.
Over the last few months, we’ve been hard at work… redesigning our entire system. This upgrade serves as the foundation for a bunch of new Animoto possibilities, and it marks the first of many cool feature & product releases to be announced over the next several months.
Thanks for your patience! We promise it’ll be totally worth it.
Can’t wait to see what these guys have in store…more to follow
Photobucket release simpler slideshow creator
February 20, 2008
Today photobucket released an upgrade to it’s slideshow creator
some of the new upgrades include
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20 new slideshow frames and styles have been added from Flektor
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Slideshow frames/styles are listed in an icon bar on the right side of the slideshow creator, allowing you to preview styles.
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If you have a free Photobucket account, you’ll now be able to add more images per slideshow (up to 30). If you have a Pro account, you can add up to 50 images per slideshow.
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All styles will support titles and captions allowing you to tell a story within each slideshow
Photoblogging with twitxr
February 17, 2008
Twitxr is like Twitter but with pictures and geolocalization. The idea is, you take a picture with your iPhone or other mobile device, you write something related to the picture and this picture gets posted on the Twitxr site for your followers to view.
The photo will also then be posted as a link into your twitter stream and onto your facebook account as well.
With a Jailbroken iPhone you can use the client, which can be easily installed through installer.app, you should find it under the networks tab.
They are currently working on other mobile platforms such as the Symbian and Android, and the API is public so anyone can develop a client.
Try it out for yourselves here
Box.net announce Collaboration Beta
February 8, 2008
Box.net, the online storage service has released the beta of the new Collaboration functionality. The new feature enables you to share folders with colleagues, friends and family with box.net accounts.
Collaboration is fully compatible with OpenBox, so you can edit documents in a shared folder with Zoho, picnik and so on. Everyone can participate in as many folders as they’re invited to. Free accounts, however, will only be able to create 3 collaboration folders.
And due to demand they are releasing Version history for any file located on box (premium members only). Which means that any photo or document that you are changing or editing can now have a version history.
Check it out at Box.net
