Zoho Discussions launches as FriendFeed-forum hybrid to help groups track online conversations
After somewhat of a dry spell, Zoho has finally launched a new product: Zoho Discussions. Designed for companies and groups to carry on internal, time-lapse conversations, appears to be a combination of FriendFeed and traditional internet forums.
The simple interface lists all the topics on a… Continue Reading
Web tools leave the cloud: Zoho available for SharePoint
As online office software tries to move into big corporations, it’s starting to work more closely with entrenched solutions — which often means technology built by Microsoft. In the latest example, Zoho just announced plans to offer its collaboration services as an add-on for SharePoint,… Continue Reading
Roundup: 18 Android phones coming this year, MySpace hoping for innovation, and more
Here’s the latest action:
Google: Expect 18 Android phones by the end of the year — That number could be as high as 20, says Andy Rubin, senior director for mobile platforms.
News Corp. and MySpace execs say MySpace needs to innovate — During an interview at the All… Continue Reading
Add Zoho to other sites with Zoho Gadgets
Zoho provides useful and free Web applications for productivity and business, just like Google does. But Zoho has done a particularly impressive job integrating all these applications together. Now it’s integrating those apps with non-Zoho websites, in the form of “gadgets” that can be added… Continue Reading
Zoho Chat opens to Google, AIM, and more
Zoho, a company offering a wide range of low-cost web applications for productivity and business, is launching version 2.0 of its instant messaging client, Zoho Chat. The biggest change is both simple and absolutely crucial — Zoho Chat now allows users to log in to… Continue Reading
DEMO: How new technology makes us more productive
More companies are catching on to the ways that technologies like the Internet, smartphones, and social networking can help people work with others and get more done.
These ideas become even more compelling in the current economic climate, when it’s a truism that everyone needs to… Continue Reading
Don’t despair, Google Notebook users: Import to Zoho
When Google announced it has stopped active development on Notebook, the tool for saving ideas and web pages, there were cries of dismay from a corner of the web. A small corner, but still — users created an online petition to save Notebook (as pointed… Continue Reading
Who did Apple hurt with its Macworld announcements?
[Disclosure: The author previously worked at Flickr, one of the companies mentioned in this story.]
In yesterday’s keynote address at Macworld, Apple unveiled a series of software product upgrades that will potentially encroach on the territory of a handful of startups and larger companies. Should you… Continue Reading
Grab data from Zoho’s software with Zoho CloudSQL
Business software maker Zoho announced today that it’s making it easier to send and retrieve data from its web applications through a new technology called Zoho CloudSQL.
Basically, Zoho CloudSQL allows customers to interact with the data in their Zoho applications using commands in the well-known… Continue Reading
Roundup: Intel cuts estimates, iPhone games taking off and more
Here’s the latest action:
Intel cuts fourth quarter estimates — The chip maker says sales could fall by as much as 19 percent, and things look similarly bleak for chip companies Applied Materials and National Semiconductor.
IPhone takes on Nintendo and Sony in portable gaming — Among other things,… Continue Reading
Roundup: FCC opens airwaves, Google slows hiring and more
Here’s the latest action (aside from a certain election):
FCC agrees to open up the airwaves — A section of the radio spectrum known as white space has been set aside for public use, a move pushed for by tech companies like Google and Microsoft.
Google slows hiring —… Continue Reading
Zoho uses Google Gears to go offline — what about Gmail?
There’s a lot to like about Zoho Mail, the next step in Zoho’s rapid roll-out of a broad range of business applications . But for a non-Zoho user, there’s one thing that’s kind of galling: You can access your Zoho Mail through integration with browser… Continue Reading
Business software company Zoho opens application marketplace
Zoho is expanding beyond its broad range of business applications today with the launch of the Zoho Marketplace, where developers can sell the apps they build using Zoho’s Creator tool. The launch, which was announced last week, is a sign that Zoho is serious about… Continue Reading
Zoho Docs ties documents together
Zoho continues to roll out its ever growing lineup of inexpensive (indeed, mostly free) online office software. Today’s addition is Zoho Docs, an application that allows you to access the text documents, spreadsheets and presentations created in Zoho Writer, Sheet and Show, respectively, through a… Continue Reading
Zoho adds document sharing to its growing lineup
Zoho, a company that offers a growing variety of cheap and free online office applications, just launched Zoho Share, a service for sharing documents on the web or within your company.
Now, all documents, presentations, spreadsheets and PDFs created using Zoho Apps can be viewed as… Continue Reading
Roundup: Apple remote app deactivation, the $1,000 app vanishes, Zoho hits 1 million users and more
Here’s the latest action:
Apple can deactivate iPhone apps remotely? — The device can apparently phone home (to Apple), check your applications against a list of unauthorized ones and deactivate them remotely. iPhone Atlas found a URL that appears to contain the banned app list. If this… Continue Reading
Zoho ups visibility in online app market by opening up to Google, Yahoo
It just got a little more tempting to use startup Zoho’s suite of online applications — users can now log in using their Google and Yahoo accounts.
This is a smart move, because it lets users try out Zoho’s products (which cover the gamut of office… Continue Reading
Zoho releases enterprise-grade CRM
There are already numerous customer relationship management software offerings out there that target large corporations. So you’d think it was game over as far as new CRM entrants was concerned.
But start-up Zoho has launched an “enterprise edition” of its low-cost CRM products, in yet another… Continue Reading
Zoho’s business offerings still growing with online invoice tool
Zoho has added another product to its constantly growing suite of online office and business applications — Zoho Invoice, which allows you to create and track invoices online.
Zoho evangelist Raju Vegesna outlines the product’s new features here. It’s pretty straightforward: You add customers, products or… Continue Reading
Zoho launches HR app for smaller companies
Zoho, a company that claims to offer a wider range of productivity and business applications than anyone, has launched a human resources app called Zoho People. Unlike most HR apps, Zoho People is aimed at relatively small companies, says Zoho evangelist Raju Vegesna — in… Continue Reading