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Brainshark: Add Voice to Powerpoint & Word Docs

israeln — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:27:13 +0000

MyBrainshark is a cool web tool for enchaining your presentations online. It lets you upload PowerPoint presentations, videos, image slideshows or documents and effectively increase their interactivity by adding voice narrations.

Making voice presentations is easy. Just upload your file and then record your voice by calling a phone number provided by MyBrainshark. This tool has support for several video, audio, and document formats, so you won’t have a problem dealing with file conversions to make this service work for you.

MyBrainshark’s core functions are catered to businesses. The app is useful for corporate trainings, business presentations, product demos, proposals, and lectures. But if you are a blogger looking for a personal show-and-tell tool, Brainshark will also work well for your needs. You can also view other presentations from MyBrainshark’s rich content library.

You can register an individual account for free or you can view their small business and enterprise accounts if you are looking to integrate this tool to your business.

Features:

Add voice narration to your presentations, documents, images, and videos.
Support for several video, audio, and document formats.
Add your voice by calling a Brainshark phone number.
Useful for business presentations, lectures, product demos, training videos and more.
Supports free individual and premium business accounts.

Check out myBrainshark @ my.brainshark.com

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Voicethread: Create Powerful Multimedia Slideshows

israeln — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:00:51 +0000

Voicethread is a powerful tool for creating multimedia slideshows and lectures. The application combines different media to create effective teaching materials and projects, stored online and easily shared and commented on by others.

Voicethread works with the idea that each picture is worth a thousand words. User can view slideshows, zoom and pan through images, and leave comments through voice, text, audio file, video, or even via telephone). With Voicethread, viewers are encouraged to actively engage in discussions using these commenting tools. All group discussions (or voicethreads) happen on one simple page.

Voicethreads are more organized than the usual live web conferencing interfaces since each comment are posted one at a time and stored in the thread so that future viewers can see them.

The features are designed to work well for educators in a distance learning environment. Students can create digital stories and reports, and teachers can demonstrate their research or prepare remote lectures.

Voicethread demo video:

Features:

Start group conversations around images, documents, and videos.
Embed and share voicethreads from your website.
Comment in one of five ways: voice, text, audio file, video, or telephone.
Free for educators.
Draw doodles on top of images and videos.
Moderator options for voicethread comments.

Check Out Voicethread @ www.voicethread.com

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MashupArts: Mush Pics & Videos into Interactive eCards for Free

abhijeet — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 20:46:54 +0000

MashupArts is an interesting online tool which takes e-card creation to the next level. Built keeping in mind the social networks like Facebook and MySpace, Mashup Arts lets you create Mashup Cards, which are visually interactive web based e-cards. These cards can have videos, pictures, comments, songs and much more.

You could start creating one by picking a style (greeting, comic or newspaper card) and then customizing it. Easily drag and drop Youtube videos, pictures from Flickr or Facebook albums, mp3s from your PC and even invite friends to contribute to your card. Overall, a nice fun tool to play with.

Features:

Quickly create lively and free animated musical ecards.
Add sounds, pictures and videos from all sources to your cards.
Invite friends and have them contribute to the e-card.
Share easily on Facebook, Twitter and other networks.
Similar web tools: PigSpigot, PenCake, YouTube’s Holiday Cards and Disney E-Cards.

Check out MashupArts @ www.mashuparts.com (by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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ClipGenerator: Cool Personal Video Clip Creator

kaly — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:46:00 +0000

ClipGenerator is a web application which lets you create cool looking music video clips containing your images and videos. There is no download or registration and the whole process involves three simple steps.

1 – Chose one of the music themes.
2 – Customize it by adding images or videos.
3 – Generate cool video clip and receive it via email.

The site provides you with lots of ready to use themes in variety of genres (Pop, Rock, Soul, HipHop, Electronic, Folk… etc.). The images and videos can be either added from computer or imported from your account on Flickr, Picasa, Photobucket and Smugmug.

Once the video is ready, you will get a download link via email. There is also an option to quickly publish it on sites like YouTube and Photobucket. Or you may simply forward it via email to anyone you like.

Below is the sample video clip created using ClipGenerator:

Features:

Cool online video clip creator.
Creates clips from your personal images and videos.
Create as many clips as you like.
Images and videos can be either added from computer or imported from your account on Flickr, Picasa, Photobucket and Smugmug.
Supported file formats:
Max. allowed file size: 20MB per image or video.
Videos can be saved on your computer, uploaded to YouTube or Photobucket and shared via email.
Free, no registration needed.
Similar websites: Animoto, Masher, Pixorial and more in 18 Tools to Edit, Mix and Enhance your Videos.

Check out ClipGenerator @ www.clipgenerator.com

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PrettySlide: Quickly Create Facebook Photo Slideshows

abhijeet — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 01:17:58 +0000

Prettyslide is a nifty website which provides a better way to navigate Facebook albums. It lets you create Facebook photo slideshows from photos shared inside your Facebook albums. While there is no registration on the website, you need to sign in using your Facebook account. Once you’re in, all you need to do to generate a slideshow is choose an album. Quick and easy.

PrettySlide offers various slideshow themes. The slideshows can be shared with others using a permalink that never changes.

The video below shows how PrettySlide works in more detail. Check it out.

Features:

Online Facebook photos slideshow creator.
No separate registration to the site required.
Choose from 5 different slideshow themes to create a slideshow.
Share your slideshow easily using the permanent link.
For more slideshow tools see slideshows section.

Check out PrettySlide @ www.prettyslide.com (By Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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PhotoSnack: Cool Picture Slideshow Maker

kaly — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 07:41:35 +0000

PhotoSnack is a new online picture slideshow maker that lets you create professional looking picture sideshows in no time. All you have to do is upload images, customize them using provided templates and then share with others by embedding of forwarding a link. That’s it!

The application provides free and premium account options, free account supports all the features except that it’s restricted to 250 MB storage limit and has a company watermark.

See sample sideshow below:

Features:

Create professional picture slideshows online.
Create as many slideshows as you like.
Currently lists 6 templates to choose from, more will be added.
Free account is limited to 250 MBs of space.
Clean interface and easy to use.
Share by forwarding a link or embedding.
Similar tools: PhotoPeach, Slide and many more.

Check out PhotoSnack @ www.photosnack.com

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SlideServe: Upload and Share PowerPoint Presentations

azim — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:55:40 +0000

SlideServe lets you upload PowerPoint presentations and then easily share or embed them on the web. Once you upload the presentation, it is converted into a Flash video and all the text from slides is extracted into a separate transcript which displayed on the same page below the video.

You can also check out presentations shared by other users, search and browse them by popularity, rate and leave comments.

Features:

Upload and share PowerPoint presentations online.
Share and embed your presentations online.
Browse presentations shared by other users sorted by popularity, tags and categories.
Download the software plug-in to upload presentations directly from the PowerPoint.
Sign up to upload and comment on presentations.
Similar websites: SlideSix.

Check out SlideServe @ www.slideserve.com

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Stupeflix: Generate Cool Video Presentations

kaly — Fri, 08 May 2009 04:07:33 +0000

Stupeflix is a website that lets you automatically generate cool video presentations out of pictures, music, videos and text. The application provides you with an intuitive editor using which you can upload content and then customize it to your taste. You can organize images in groups, add legends and drag & drop items around. When you’re done Stupeflix will create the video and forward it to your email address.

Additionally, Stupeflix provides an API for web developers, using which they can easily create videos out of content (pictures, videos and text) found on web pages.

See demo videos:

Features:

Create cool video presentations online.
Create as many videos as you like.
Presentation videos can be created from pictures, music, videos and text.
Organize your images into groups
Add legends, soundtracks and text overlays
Download your video and share it with the world.
Visual and XML editors are supported.
Similar website: Animoto

Check out Stupeflix @ www.stupeflix.com (via Techcrunch)

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MyLiveGallery: Instant Online Image Gallery Creator

kaly — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 05:48:45 +0000

MyLiveGallery is a online image gallery creator that allows you to quickly create nice looking image galleries, photo albums and slideshows. The site is really easy to use and to create an album you only need to follow 3 simple steps.

Name your album.
Upload the pictures and specify the image size.
Chose and theme and your gallery is ready.

Once your photo album is ready you can share it by forwarding a URL or embed it on your blog or personal profile page.

Features:

Create image galleries, photo albums and sideshows.
Create as many albums as you like.
Currently supported image format: JPG only
Max width/height for images: 1600×1200.
Max picture size: 512kb each and 10 images per album.
Share albums by forwarding URL or embedding on your website.
Another image gallery creator that we profiled earlier is Picupine.

Check out MyLiveGallery @ www.mylivegallery.com

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FlickrSlidr: Cool Embeddable Flickr Slideshows

Kinshuk Sunil — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 03:58:25 +0000

FlickrSlidr allows you to easily generate embeddable Flickr slideshows for your site, blog or personal webpage. You just need to provide a Flickr URL as the source of the slideshow. The URL can be a user’s photo stream, a specific photo set, or a group. You can also select specific images from this source URL based on tags.

Once the URL is entered you can customize the size of slideshow and then click on “Create Slideshow” button. FlickrSlidr will then generate embeddable HTML code that you can grab and use anywhere you want. Done.

See sample FlickrSlidr slideshow below:

You might also want check similar tools profiled earlier like FlickrIn and CoolFlick.

Check out FlickrSlidr @ www.flickrslidr.com (By Kinshuk Sunil from kinshuksunil.com)

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PhotoPeach: Create Cool Slideshows With Music Online

kaly — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 06:20:11 +0000

PhotoPeach is a web application that lets you create cool slideshows with music. The service allows you to grab personal photos from your online accounts (i.e. Flickr, Picasa and Facebook) or computer, add music tracks from YouTube and then generate beautiful slideshows.

The process is really easy, simply follow the following steps:

* 1. Register and create an account.
* 2. Select from where you want to upload the photos; online account or PC.
* 3. Here you should be able to choose the photos you want to have in the slideshow.
* 4. Then click “Next”.
* 5. Search for a music track on YouTube and add it to your slideshow.
* 6. Click on the “save” button and your slideshow is ready.

Features:

Easy slideshow making with music.
Use images from your online accounts or your computer.
The site supports Flickr, Picasa and Facebook.
Share created slideshows with your friends on email, my space and facebook.
Quick and simple.
Similar websites: Animoto, ImageToVideo and Toufee.

Check out PhotoPeach @ www.photopeach.com ( via go2web2 )

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Picupine: Quick Image Sharing Tool

kaly — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:10:00 +0000

Picupine is a quick image sharing app that provides you with an easy way to share a bunch of images online. There is no registration process, simply select the images from your hard drive and click on the “Submit” button. The selected images will then be uploaded to the site and you will be given the URL that you can share with others. The images will be viewable on the page linked to that URL in a slideshow interface. Click here to see how it looks.

The site also allows you to add descriptions to images, edit them online (crop, rotate), and change the order in which they are shown.

Features:

Quick photo sharing tool and online image viewer.
Upload and share up 20 images in one session.
Share as many images as you like.
Options to edit (crop, rotate) your images, change descriptions, add title… etc.
Maximum image size is 5Mb.
Quick and simple.
Shared images can be easily downloaded.
For more similar tools go to MakeUseOf images section.

Check out Picupine @ www.picupine.com

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SlideSix: Upload, Enhance And Share Presentations Online

Venkatesh — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 14:23:37 +0000

Slidesix is free service that allows you to upload presentations, add media (audio and video) and then share them with others online. The process is easy and consists of four simple steps – register, upload, add multimedia and publish. You can narrate your presentations by recording video or sound and add explanatory notes to each slide. SlideSix supports a wide array of presentation formats including: PPTX (PowerPoint 2007), PPT/PPS (PowerPoint 97/2000/XP), PDF (Adobe Acrobat), ODP/SXI (OpenOffice) and MOV (QuickTime)

The site also gives you an option to check out presentations uploaded by others. You can view newest, most viewed and most ranked presentations, add comments and rate presentations you like or dislike. Embedding of presentations on to your site or personal webpage also supported.

Furthermore users can create a group or become a member of an existing group to upload and share presentations of a particular category and affiliate themselves.

Feature overview:

Upload, enhance presentation and share them online.
Supported formats:

Your SlideSix presentations can be public or made private and shared only with friends.
Add multimedia (audio, video) to your slides online.
Search and browse presentations of other users.
Check out newest, most viewed and most ranked presentations.
Add comments and rate presentations.
Presentations can be embedded anywhere.

For more info view demo presentations below:

Check out Slidesix @ www.slidesix.com (via TechCrunch) (Contributed by Venkatesh Varalu)

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ImageToVideo: Convert Images to Video

kaly — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:24:24 +0000

ImageToVideo converts your images to video sideshows. First upload a bunch of images to the site, next add an audio track that you want to play on the background, and click “Create Video” button. ImageToVideo will then generate video and give you .mpeg video file for download.

Features:

Convert images to video slideshow.
Add upto 20 images to a slideshow. Create as many video slide as you like.
Supported image formats: jpg, gif, png and bmp.
Save created video to your computer as .mpeg file.
No signup or registration needed.

Check out ImageToVideo @ www.imagetovideo.com

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VoxPix: Create Slideshows With Voice Narrations

kaly — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 21:46:54 +0000

VoxPix is a website where you can quickly build a beautiful slideshow using your photos and voice narrations.

The way it works

1. pull the images from your favorite photo hosting site or upload them from computer
2. join them together
3. add voice narrations using your phone and then share with anyone you want.

Features:

Create sideshows with voice narrations.
Create as many sideshows as you like.
Add images from your hard drive or photo sharing sites (Bebo, Facebook, Flickr, etc.)
Add voice narrations using your mobile phone.
Share ready slideshows by embedding or sending a link via email.
No signup or registration needed.

Check out VoxPix @ www.voxpix.myvox.com

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DailyMugshot : One Picture Everyday

kaly — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 04:37:39 +0000

A newly launched website that helps you capture and share your daily look with others. The idea behing the service is to provide people with a quick and simple way to track their photographic evolution.

It may not sound so, but it’s definitely a must-see one. There is also an embeddable widget that makes it really easy to share daily shots with friends. The only requirement is a webcam.

Just in case you are andering what you may end up with? See video from Noah Kalina who did this for over 2300 days (about 6 years) and later turned it into a video. This video was posted on Youtube and has been viewed over 8.5 million times.

DailyMugshot Features

Get reminders : Free desktop app (Windows and Mac) to ensure you never forget to take a daily shot.
Share your daily photos with others by embeding auto-updated DailyMugShot widget onto your blog or social networking profile.
For additional details go to their FAQ page.
Requirements: Working webcam.

Check out DailyMugshot @ www.dailymugshot.com

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GIFup : Create GIF Animations in Minutes

Aibek — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 18:28:06 +0000

GIFup is a dead-simple online service that allows users to create GIF animations and avatars. Not sure what GIF animations are? You can check out sample GIF animation under the features list below.

Things are quite straightforward. You simply select the images that you want, choose animation settings (speed, size, … ) and let GIFup do all the magic. Once it’s ready, you can save it to your PC or store and share it online. No registration required.

GIFup Features

Upload images from PC (up to 1024 Kb), webcam, from Flickr or grab directly from a webpage.
Compose your animation from as many images (frames) as your want.
Edit individual frames: crop, rorate right/left, flip horizontal/vertical, add effect, add text etc.
Drag’n drop images to arrange them in desired order.
Animation speed settings: fast, normal, slow or super slow.
Individual frame size: Choose between avatar (50-150 px), medium (200px) or large (400 px).
Embed ready GIF animations on your website (see below) or profile page.
Download and save animations to your computer.
Store and share animations with others by keeping them on GIFup servers.
…

Check out GIFup @ www.gifup.com

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Toufee : Flash Movie Maker

kaly — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 02:43:08 +0000

Toufee is a web-based flash movie maker that lets you create and share interactive flash movies without any technical know-how.

Toufee Overview

Create and save interactive flash movie presentations online.
Add pictures, background music, video files (i.e. Youtube videos), etc. Import media from your Flickr or YouTube account.
Apply transition effects, text notes, add shapes, figures, charts, animated objects, etc.
Embed ready movies on blog, Myspace profile, eBay auctions, …
Collaborate on movies with others.
Includes text-to-speech converter.
Browse Toufee movie samples here.

Toufee Demo: Create Flash Movies Online

Check out Toufee @ www.toufee.com/

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Spresent: Online Flash Presentation Builder

kaly — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 00:24:14 +0000

Spresent is a free online alternative to Microsoft PowerPoint. Using Spresent you can create and share quality Flash-based presentations online. Dead simple to use and comes with more or less same visual interface.

Feature Overview

Create PowerPoint-like presentations online (Flash based).
Add audio files, drawings, add shapes, charts, clip art animations, tables, etc.
Share created presentations via URL or embed them on your website.
Compatible with all popular browsers (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera, Safari, …).
Note: Spresent doesn’t provide any import/export features, so all presentations will remain on Spresent.com.

Spresent Intro and Demo Video

Spresent Demo 2

Check out Spresent @ www.spresent.com

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DivShare: Unlimited File Storage and Sharing

Aibek — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 16:24:27 +0000

Widely popular online file storage (unlimited) and sharing service. Store and share videos, images, and document files.

DivShare Features

No bandwidth restrictions: Unlimited file downloads/uploads.
Embed stored file(s) on your blog, website or profile page.
Facebook Integration: Upload files through the Facebook interface, send them to friends or add them to profile news feed.
Wordpress plugin: upload and add files right from Wordpress admin interface (”Write a Post” page). May come in handy in case you need take some load off your servers.
Keep files online for as long as you want.
Create and share professional slideshows using your video, audio, and image files

Go to DivShare [www.divshare.com]

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ImageShack: Free Image Hosting and Sharing

kaly — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 22:17:11 +0000

ImageShack is one of the most popular free image hosting and sharing websites. Upload images and share them with others, post images on your Facebook profile, add images to eBay auctions, create slideshows and more.

ImageShack Features:

Host and Share images and videos. Hotlinking allowed.
Upload options: from file, from URL, using desktop widget, by email or from mobile.
Create animated photo slideshows.
Supported image/video formats: .JPG, .JPEG, .PNG, .GIF, BMP, TIF, .TIFF and SWF
Maximum image size: 1.5 MB
Bandwidth Limit: 100 MB per hour.
Resize images on upload
Search through millions of publicly shared images.
Extra Tools: Browser toolbar (Firefox, IE), Mac widget, Mac Uploader (for multiple uploads), Image tracking and more.
For more information and image guidelines go to ImageShack FAQ page.

Visit ImageShack [www.imageshack.us]

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BlueString : Create and Share Picture Slideshows

Aibek — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 15:08:57 +0000

BlueString lets you put your favorite photos and videos into an interactive slideshow and share it with others. You can also invite your friends to contribute to a slideshow by adding their own pictures.

BlueString Features

Upload, Store, Share and Manage your media files and documents.
Create interactive slideshows by combining your photos, videos, music, and transition effects.
AutoCopy: Automatically sync. newly added photos, videos, and music files on your PC with BlueString account.
Embed your photos or videos into your blog or website.
Share your files with friends and family.
‘StringIt’ Feature: Share your event slideshows with others (friends, family) and let them contribute their own event-related photos, videos, or music to it to keep the story going.

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Zoho : Feature-rich Web-based Office Software

Aibek — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 00:07:00 +0000

Zoho is a a free, feature-rich and probably the most comprehensive web-based office application. Zoho suite includes all popular office applications (Word, Spreadsheet, Presentations, etc.), task management tool, web conferencing, online notebook, web-based project management, and lots more.

All Zoho Services

1. Zoho Writer: Web-based word processor.

Create, access, edit, share, and collaborate on word documents online.
Import existing documents from Microsoft Word (.DOC), OpenOffice(.ODT & .SXW), HTML, RTF, JPG, GIF and PNG files

2. Zoho Spreadsheets: Web-based spreadsheet processor.

Create, Share spreadsheets with friends/colleagues. Publish documents online.
Collaborative on spreadsheets online.
Import/Export Excel files.

3. Zoho Show: Online Presentation Builder/Viewer.

Embed your presentations in your blog or website.
Import Microsoft PowerPoint(.ppt, .pps) or OpenOffice, Presentation(.odp, .sxi).
Access, import, and edit presentations from anywhere.

4. Zoho Meeting: Web-based conferencing tool.

Have a live meeting with your colleagues or friends.
Embed meetings on your blog, website or any web page.

5. Zoho Notebook: Online Notebook.

Create notes out of text, image, audio, video, etc.
Share notes with colleagues. Flexible sharing options.

5. ZoHo Planner

Create and Manage Todo’s online. Set and schedule reminders.
Upload and store task related images and files.

6. Zoho CRM: Inventory Management, Sales & Marketing , Customer Support & Service, Reports & Dashboards

7. Zoho Creator: Create Online Database Applications

Build powerful applications online.
Create online form and embed them in your website/blog

8. Zoho projects: Web-based project management tool.

Tasks & Milestones: Create tasks online, assign tasks to others, specify deadlines, etc.
Calendar: View tasks, milestones & meetings all on a single page calender view.
Reports: Create reports with Gantt charts for at-a-glance status of the projects.
Time tracking: Track project duration.
File sharing: Upload and manage files online.

9. Zoho Viewer: Web-based document viewer.

Upload document and share it with others (via URL). No sign up required.
Supported formats: Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Adobe PDF, OpenOffice documents, OpenDocuments documents, etc.

10. Zoho Challenge: Create and Publish tests and surveys online.

11. Zoho Polls: Tool to create and publish online polls.

Embed polls on your blog, website, or profile page.
Browse user-created polls by tags.

12. Zoho Chat: Team chat. Embed chats on any website/webpage.

13. Zoho Wiki:

Create, edit, and collaborate on wiki-style environment (using WYSIWYG editor).
Keep modifications history for each page.
Add unlimited number of pages and subpages.

14. Zoho start: One place to organize and manage all of your Zoho documents.

Single page destination to create, edit, share and view all your documents.
Organize documents into folders.
Integrated search across documents, spreadsheets and presentations
Know the web presence of your Zoho Chat contacts for easy collaboration.
Switch between list and box views.

15. iZoho: Access and View documents from your iPhone.

16. Site 24×7: Website Uptime monitoring service

Get Instant Email/SMS/RSS alerts if your website goes down.
Reports: View website uptime performance over a period of time.

Additional Tools:

MS Office plugin: Access and Edit your documents both online & offline
Zoho QuickRead: Open web documents directly in Zoho (Firefox, Internet Explorer).
Zoho widgets: Zoho on your windows desktop
Outlook Plugin: Synchronize Contacts, Tasks & Calendar.

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Empressr : Create Flash Presentations Online

kaly — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 16:25:31 +0000

Empressr allows you to create, store and share Flash-based rich media (incl. audio, video, etc.) presentations online. It’s easy to use and works with all popular browsers (IE, Firefox, Safari, etc.).

Empressr Features:

Embed audio, image (JPG, JPEG) and Flash video files (SWF, FLV) to your presentation.
Add object shapes, Clip Art animations, and charts to slides.
Share presentations via link or embed them on your webslte (see below).
Free account lets you create and store up-to 5 presentations.
Browse user-created presentations by category (Arts, Business, Education, Entertainment, etc.)
For more details go to Empressr FAQ page.
What’s still missing: Option to Download presentations and open them in PowerPoint.

Embedding Random Empressr Presentation:

[Video Intro] Empressr Composr Sneak Peek

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Slide : Photo Slideshows with Music

Aibek — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 20:42:44 +0000

Slide is a popular image hosting and slideshow publishing service aimed at heavy social networking users. It allows users to create highly interactive photo sideshows, add background music, and share them with others on their profile pages.

Slide Features:

Create and Share interactive slideshows from photos.
Add special effects, bubbles, background music, skins, themes, and more.
Embed slideshows on personal blog or profile page (Facebook,Myspace, Photobucket, Flickr, Slide, Bebo, etc.)
Slide Screensaver: Get favorite slideshows as a screensaver.
SkinFlix feature: Create Youtube playlists (up-to 300 videos) and share them in a custom video player.
FunPix feature: Upload and Host your images for free. Add custom text and enhancements to your images.
GuestBook feature: Interact with friends using video comments, photos and more.

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MyPlick: View and Share PowerPoint Presentations Online

kaly — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 13:41:20 +0000

MyPlick allows you to store, enhance, view and share PowerPoint and other slideshow presentations online. Upload your presentations, add enhancements (narration, sound effects, background music) and invite people you would like to share it with.

Feature List

Upload, Enhance, and Share presentations online.
Enhance: Add narration, sound effects, background music, etc.
Synchronize slideshows with background audio using easy-to-use sync tool (MP3, WAV, WMA, and AU).
Embed presentations to your website or blog (see demo below).
Get feedback on your presentations (via ratings and comments).
Stay up-to-date on the number of people visiting your slides.
Browse slideshow gallery by category or popularity (Most Recent, Most Viewed, Most Thumbed, Most Commented, Most Favorite).
Download shared presentations: as PDF or PowerPoint.
Restrcitons: Max. presentation size: 150 slides. Max. slide size: 50 MB.
Supported slide formats: PowerPoint, PDF, and OpenOffice (ODP). MyPlick can also convert Word, Excel, JPEG, GIF, and plain text documents.
More Questions? Go to MyPlick FAQ page.

Demo Presentation

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Animoto: The easiest Slideshow Creator ever

Aibek — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 20:22:30 +0000

Animoto is an impressive slideshow creator that takes your pictures and music and automatically generates awesome-looking, 100 % custom and unique, professional slideshow video.

Animoto: “a web application that automatically generates professionally produced videos using patent-pending Cinematic Artificial Intelligence technology and high-end motion design.”

Animoto Features

Quickly create professional wide-screen videos from your pictures and music (it’s all automatic, you will be only asked to upload files).
Upload images from your PC or retrieve them from Flickr, Facebook, Smugmug, Picasa, and Photobucket.
Background music: Upload your own tune or choose one from Animoto’s gallery (Hip Hop, Electronica, Indie Rock).
One-click video remix: Generates new and 100% unique video mix upon every click.
Create slow or fast paced videos (all depends on your choice of background music).
Embed videos on your blog, website or web profile (Myspace, Facebook, etc).
Upcoming cool features: get video mixes on your iPod, send video to mobile and more.
More Questions? Check out 60 sec, video demo below or go directly to Animoto FAQ page.

Animoto Video Demo

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PrezentIt : Make and Collaborate on Presentations Online

Aibek — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 17:59:30 +0000

PrezentIT is an attractive and easy-to-use web-based presentation builder with sharing and collaboration features. Here you can easily create (alone or together with others), store, share and display your presentations. One of the features that make PrezentIt standout and make it very conveninet is the ability to download and view created presentations offline using a web browser.

PrezentIT Features:

Create, Store, Share and Collaborate on presentations online.
Simple and easy-to-use presentation builder.
Each stored presentation gets its own web address.
Presentation builder is compatible with Firefox, Internet explorer and Camino browsers.
Download and view presentations using only a web browser. Even if there is no internet connection.
Get 250 MB of storage space for images.
Store and collaborate on as many presentations as you need.
Try Prezentit presentation builder now (no resgistration required).

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ViewBook

kaly — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 13:12:27 +0000

ViewBook is a professional, artist-oriented web application to easily create and share exceptionally good looking photo albums, portfolios and sideshow-style presentations.

The need to present work and design sketches to clients inspired them to build ‘viewbook’. Viewbook is now used by a vast amount of professionals around the world and is growing rapidly.

ViewBook Features:

Create, Manage and Share professional presentations, portfolio pages and photo albums.
Embed your presentations, albums and portfolios on your blog or website.
Get your own public portfolio page at username.viewbook.com.
Photo Manager: Has powerful image management tool. It allows you to archive, filter and publish your images with ease.
More Questions? Check out to Viewbook tour here.

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circaVie

kaly — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 13:27:02 +0000

circaVie allows you to create awesome-looking chronological timelines about your (or your company’s) life and share it with others. It can have special events, relationships, memorable vacations, noteworthy achievements, hobbies, celebrations, announcements and anything that is worth remembering. Timelines may include text notes, pictures and even videos.

circaVie Features

Embed timelines on your blog, websites, etc.
Make timelines private/public
Monitor Timeline updates via RSS feed
search through timelines or Browse: Featured Timelines
Supports OpenID (What is OpenID ?)

Check out embedded timeline below

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Vuvox

Aibek — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 14:51:29 +0000

Create highly interactive and customizable slideshows from your pictures, videos, music and audio files. Quickly share your creations on your website, blog, MySpace, Facebook, etc.

Vuvox Features

Create and share highly interactive slideshows
Explore publicly shared slideshows (featured, recent, most viewed, etc. )
Get Vuvox on your Facebook via Vuvox Photo Slide. Read more …
More Questions ? Check out demo below or go to Vuvox FAQ section

Check out demo below to see Vuvox in action

Go to Vuvox (http://www.vuvox.com/)

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MixBook : Online Photo Book Creator

Aibek — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 16:19:24 +0000

Mixbook is a handy web service that lets you create and share interactive photo books. You can either do it alone or invite your friends and do it together.

“Mixbook allows you to create books with your friends and family about the things that are important in your life. Mixbooks can be shared online or as coffee-table quality printed books.”

Additional features:

Browse through mixbooks created by other users (by Category, or by Popularity)
Order printed version of your mixbook. Read details here
Feedback: Rate and comment on mixbooks
Embed it onto your blog/website or MySpace profile page (see below)
Track views, ratings and comments for created photo books.
Need more? Check out detailed MixBook guide here

Some random mixbook:

View this book full size or get a printed copy at Mixbook

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JayCut

Aibek — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 15:05:35 +0000

Jaycut is an easy-to-use application that lets you mix videos and create video slideshows.

“With JayCut you can create your own movies and slideshows, so called mixes. It is simple to do and free of charge, alone or together with friends. Finally, you can export the creative masterpiece to YouTube, your computer or your blog.”

Jaycut features

Cut and mix movies, photos, and music.
Add special effects (mirror, gresyscale, brightness, gamma, obscure, captions, and more)
Add transitions (picture in picture, dissolve)
Organize your files by tags or albums
Share you mixes: download mixes to your PC or iPod, embed them on your blog/website, add to your MySpace, …
Make your mixes public/private
More questions ? Check out Jaycut FAQ section OR video intro below

Jaycut video intro:

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PictoBrowser

Aibek — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 19:31:38 +0000

PictoBrowser is a simple-to-use widget that allows you to display your Flickr images on your blog/website as a slideshow. (No registration or sign-up required)

How To use PictoBrowser ?

1. Click on the “Info” button on the bottom right corner of the Pictobrowser demo
2. Enter your Flickr username (you aren’t bounded to your account only it can be any Flickr user)
2. Select pictures you would like to show (by tags, sets, or groups)
3. Cope the code to your blog, website or profile
4. Done!

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FlipTrack

Aibek — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 00:49:37 +0000

Fliptrack lets you put your photographs into a custom video slide show accompanied by music of your choice (from a selection of licensed songs) and share it with others.

Features:

Completely legal as all accompanied music is from a licensed source
Option to add photos from your computer, URL, and MySpace/Friendster/Flickr/Facebook/Photobucket accounts
Customize every video (choose order of photos, add animation (transition, cropping etc), text and more)
Share created videos via link or embed it on your blog or profile page (MySpace, Facebook etc.)

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