January 14, 2008
Another quick guide from MakeUseOf, this time it’s on group calling and conference apps. The ones that are simple, quick to setup, free, and probably something you would want to use. What do you get? Make instant calls to a group of friends, video chat with play mates, schedule conference calls with colleagues, live brainstorming [...]
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January 10, 2008
By TechDune Geeks need to shoot files over to someone all the time – video clips, movies, pictures, games distros, software programs etc. Most of the email providers restict you with a max. 10-20 MB attachments so sending files by email isn’t an option. Additionally, there are so many file sharing tools out there that [...]
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January 7, 2008
While writing my own blog actually I found that a Wiki was the best way to convey some information. If you too own a blog you may want to write some more detailed guides, build knowledgebases and so on. I can think of at least a dozen of reasons why you may need one. Show [...]
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December 4, 2007
Remote desktop access is nothing new – Windows has had it for years – but as with everything else, Microsoft is rapidly losing the monopoly by smaller companies determined to bring out their own alternatives. One such alternative is Crossloop. I have been watching Crossloop for a while and so far I have been extremely [...]
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November 9, 2007
A bunch of really useful email contacts: PDF converter, invisible personal assistant, scanner (for real), quick document sharing, and an excellent group conversation starter. (1) PDF@koolwire.com Koolwire is a simple, no-login required PDF conversion service. Simply send the document (DOC, PPT, XLS, JPEG, GIF, RTF, and TXT.) to “˜PDF@koolwire.com’ and shortly after get it back [...]
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September 13, 2007
Here you go, free and easy-to-setup screen-sharing and remote-access tools. There are several ways you can benefit from these apps: (1) Remote-Control: Help out your friend or mom with PC problems remotely, (2) Screen-Sharing: Collaborate on running programs and documents with friends. (3) Remote-Access: Access your PC files from work, school, etc. Screen-Sharing and Remote-Collaboration [...]
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June 28, 2007
Web-based office applications have reached top heights these days: bringing together several features you won’t find in traditional office software i.e. Microsoft Office. These include: document sharing, group collaboration, support for all popular Office file formats, and remote access and editing. Although it’s still yet to reach a stage where it can be used as [...]
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June 14, 2007
From basic all-accessible (students, PR folks, etc) multi-person live brainstorming dashboards TO feature-rich, techy diagram creation tools. Basic Mind-Mapping Tools (1) ImaginationCubed – awesome looking, simple to use, live brainstorming tool. Invite your partner and share single dashboard to create mind maps. Draw, add objects, type, etc. (click to enlarge) Features: Demo live collaboration send [...]
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May 13, 2007
In case you never came across any ‘Web Annotation’ service before, than basically what it is, is a bookmarking tool (usually in the form of browser addon or bookmarklet) that allows users to annotate (add sticky notes, highlights, etc.) any desired webpage and store it online. There are many cool things you can do with [...]
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February 23, 2007
Check out our round up of online to do lists and task management services. There are task manager apps out there. There are those that focus on features and provide pretty much every possible feature users wish for and those that take minimalist approach and focus only on a few essential features. To-Do Lists Additional [...]
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February 5, 2007
cl1p Free, simple-to-use and in some way unique application for keeping your notes/scraps online. Cl1p lets you instantly create a page(or multiple pages) where you can store notes and related files. Each such page gets its own address under cl1p.net domain(ex; http://cl1p.net/makeuseof) and can accessed or edited from that address only. So, you have to [...]
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January 27, 2007
During 2006 most of online calendars evolved into excellent time management tools, both in terms of features and visual interface. They became smarter, better-designed and much more interactive. Google calendar is my favorite, it’s free and has everything I need(sharing, RSS, natural language support, etc). However, it’s not an only good calendar application, there are [...]
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January 19, 2007
wrike.com Wrike is an awesome project collaboration tool, it lets you efficiently collaborate with other people(employees, team members, etc…) on different projects, regardless of their location. It’s an extremely fast and simple application that has all the necessary features, nothing extra. And on top of all that, it’s totally free. To start using it you [...]
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December 8, 2006
Online powerpoint applications are among top productivity tools letting you create, edit and share .ppt (powerpoint) and some other presentation formats online. They’re extremely useful if you need regular access to presentation files from different locations(for viewing, presenting or editing) working on collaborative projects, with multiple people working in the same document or just feel [...]
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October 14, 2006
Recently we have reviewed writely an ‘online word solution’. Now google released Google Docs and Spreadsheets, which is mainly a combination of formerly separate Google services, Writely and Google Spreadsheets. Google Spreadsheets does same things as Writely but for spreadsheet type documents. By using it is possible to create/edit/share spreadsheet documents (ex; Excel documents) online. [...]
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