As we approach 2010, a number of new efforts are underway to make documents more social. One consultant told us how recently a client tried to turn Sharepoint into a Twitter client. That's a monster!
But we have to give SAP credit for developing a more innovative way to add social elements to Power Point presentations.
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Last month, SAP launched a free Power Point Twitter tool. Yesterday they made a number of upgrades to the service, including:
Auto-tweeting An additional feedback slide An option for secure internal use The ability to pre-format slide with Twitter values. Full story...
Buzz, Google's controversial attempt to unseat Facebook as the most mainstream of social activity stream readers, just made some much-needed changes that Facebook could learn from as well.
Upon first glance we were skeptical. Generally when someone says they're launching a business directory it's an SEO play with little value to users.
During today's SXSW keynote, social media research Danah Boyd, who works for Microsoft Research New England and is a fellow at Harvard University's Berkman Center for Internet and Society, talked about online privacy.
It's SXSW weekend so you may be pretty burnt out on conferences - or just sick and tired of hearing about them - but if you're in New York City this week, don't miss what's sure to be a profound and fascinating
Our top stories this week were about cutting the strings that tie us to our desks. And also about stalking celebrities at SXSW.
Aviary, the online creative platform is a visionary tool. When it launched a few years back, the irony of a Flash based Photoshop competitor was, well, ironic.
We're seeing a lot more discussion on the topic of single-sign on for SaaS environments. The issue is becoming more important as security emerges as a top concern for companies considering making the move to cloud-based environments.
Kaiser Kuo presented today at SXSW about Google in China. He spoke about how the Google situation will impact Chinese Internet users, other companies and the Chinese government.
Once upon a time, smartphones were mostly about connecting busy professionals with their email accounts while on the go.
Everyone has been talking about how this year's SXSW will be the "year of location" as Foursquare and Austin-based Gowalla go head-to-head in a location-based battle royale.