MakeUseOf Directory » communication http://www.makeuseof.com/dir Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:01:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Convore: A Web-Based Group Communication Service http://www.makeuseof.com/dir/convore-group-communication-service/ http://www.makeuseof.com/dir/convore-group-communication-service/#comments Mon, 14 Feb 2011 19:01:25 +0000 TehseenBaweja http://www.makeuseof.com/dir/?p=27260 With literally hundreds of group communication services available on the web, it is hard for a new one to stand out. Convore is different from other tools because of its super-easy and interactive interface. It doesn’t take a new user more than 5 seconds to get familiar with what Convore has to offer which includes participating in discussions on a particular topic, creating or joining existing groups, seeing which other members of the group are online with a glance and searching for posts with specific terms.

Signup is painless with your Twitter or Facebook credentials and the tool even has a Twitter-like “Mention” tab to see if somebody has mentioned you in one of their messages. You can star a message, invite friends to a group and see a quick profile of any group member. Convore does have quite a few features but with a good bit of organization it is in no way cluttered like some of the other tools out there.

group communication service

Features:

  • Group-based communication tool.
  • Create or join groups to discuss your favorite topics.
  • Search messages, invite friends and interact with other users.
  • Similar tools: Beluga, Nurphy, Tgethr, Re:Subj and Phuser.

Visit Convore @ www.convore.com [Via TechCrunch]

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A flow creator controls who is a part of the conversation. No one gets off-topic messages and only the relevant people become part of the flow. Once you join a flow, you can post comments, documents, emails, events, maps and media files, all in one place. All the attached files can be viewed with a built-in document viewer by anyone without installing any additional software.

messaging and collaboration

You can post content to the flow from your computer or from a mobile phone. To try, sign up for a Free plan that offers 25 MB of storage, unlimited members and lets you create up to 5 flows. You can upgrade at any time to one of their paid plans that start from $20/month, offer more storage and more flows.

Features:

  • Follow relevant conversation threads (“flow”) instead of sending and forwarding messages.
  • Flow creator controls who is part of the conversation. Add and remove people from the flow at any time.
  • Only relevant people participate in the flow and are not bothered by off-topic information.
  • Create multiple flows to organize different projects and teams.
  • Attach files (images, documents, media files, charts, maps etc) to the conversation.
  • Preview files right within the flow via built-in document viewer.
  • View all the relevant pieces of conversation in one place -comments, files and participants.
  • Share your emails from Yahoo!Mail, Live Mail, Gmail on a flow by installing a bookmarklet.
  • Follow your conversations from your PC or from your mobile.

Check out ShareFlow @ www.zenbe.com/shareflow

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send free fax via internet

After the fax been sent MyFax sends sender an email message stating whether the fax was successfully delievered or failed. When the fax delivery is failed MyFax attempts to resend the fax up to three more times.

Features:

  • Send free fax by internet to 41 countries including US, Canada, most of Europe, China, Japan, and South Korea.
  • Send 2 free faxes per day, each up to 9 pages long.
  • There is a 10 MB file size limit per fax.
  • Supports 178 file formats.
  • No sign up needed.

Other sites to send free fax via internet are GotFreeFax, TPC, FaxZero and eFaxFree.

Check out MyFax @ www.myfax.com/free

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