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Quickoffice Connect Offers Usable, Simple Document Access

January 19th, 2011 | No Comments

It’s awkward to have to break out a laptop in a crowded airport just to make minor changes to a document, but the Quickoffice Connect Mobile Suite makes it possible to get into the details from the screen of an iPad or iPhone. Excel spreadsheets and Word documents are easily created and edited, documents can be moved across WiFi, and cloud-based storage providers can be used with Quickoffice, without pain. Although there are many options for reading and editing documents created with the legacy file formats of Microsoft Office, Quickoffice Connect can also use the Office OpenXML formats introduced with Office 2007. For users who simply need remote file access and viewing capabilities, the company also offers the free Quickoffice Connect, and when advanced editing is on the menu but remote access isn’t, there’s Quickoffice Mobile Suite at $4.99; the full-blown Quickoffice Connect Mobile Suite is available from the Apple iTunes App Store for $9.99. – …

Epicor Tax Connect 1099 Provides Automated Tax Reporting

December 20th, 2010 | No Comments

Tax Connect 1099 acts as an in-house tax service, providing 1099 tax preparation reporting solutions and research. – Epicor Software, a provider of enterprise business software solutions for
the midmarket sector, announced the general availability of Tax Connect 1099, a
cloud-based 1099 tax reporting and processing platform available with a company’s
enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. The latest Epicor …

Google Cloud Connect: Threat to Microsoft Office?

November 23rd, 2010 | No Comments

Microsoft Office faces a new competitor with Google Cloud Connect, which seeks to draw Office users into using Google collaboration software. – Google has released Google Cloud Connect for Microsoft Office, which allows
users to save their Office documents in Google Docs. Offered as a Web-based
alternative, the free software plug-in represents yet another Google foray into
cloud productivity. The question is, how much of a threat does it…

Google Cloud Connect for Microsoft Office Evolves from DocVerse

November 22nd, 2010 | No Comments

On Nov. 22, Google Cloud Connect for Microsoft Office was released; it will help users build Office documents, save them to Google Docs and share them with other users. – Google finally integrated its DocVerse acquisition and on Nov. 22 released
it as Google Cloud Connect for Microsoft Office, a free software plug-in that
people can use to create Office documents and save them to Google Docs.
Google Docs is the search engine’s document, presentation and
spreadshe…

Adobe Connect 8 Posted By : Jacob Wilson

November 16th, 2010 | No Comments

Outsourcing has really become a prevalent phenomenon yet creates an extra concern that organizations are now dealing with: How do you develop a powerful business culture in a business context that includes outsource service providers, virtual assistants, freelancers, and consultants?

Twitter, Apple Ping Connect for Music Discovery

November 12th, 2010 | No Comments

Twitter and Apple are now syncing up to let iTunes users of the Ping social network port their posts as Twitter tweets, a pairing that could spur Facebook to connect with Ping. – Twitter said Nov. 11 that it is now connecting with Ping, the Apple iTunes music social network that failed to get in sync with Facebook earlier this year.
Based on the technology Apple acquired from Lala, Ping is packaged as part of the new iTunes 10. The social software lets users follow iTunes’ …

Table connect makes a huge iPhone screen, App Ninjas Swiper, Vertex headphones

November 3rd, 2010 | No Comments

We have seen some tables before that were made to look like an iPhone but those were mostly just for show. A couple geeks have designed a table that has an iPhone input that actually puts the working iPhone interface on the table in 58″ size with multitouch. App Ninjas have debuted a new hardware [...]

Adobe Connect 8: Five Facts Developers Need to Know

November 1st, 2010 | No Comments

Adobe Connect 8, announced Nov. 1, is a significant update to the company’s Web conferencing solution for powering Web meetings, online training and Webinars. Based on the Adobe Flash Player software, the latest version provides enterprises and governments worldwide with broad capabilities for delivering rich experiences across multiple devices, while maintaining easy, reliable meeting entry. Adobe Connect is an enterprise Web conferencing solution for online meetings, e-learning and Webinars used by corporations and government agencies. And it’s based on Adobe Flash technology, so you can deliver rich interactions that participants can join easily. Powerful new capabilities in Adobe Connect 8 include a simpler and more intuitive user interface for improved usability, enhanced audio/video features for richer participant experiences, a new optional desktop client for improved access, an enhanced SDK (software development kit) for even greater solution extensibility and tighter session management for increased security. With these new features, Adobe Connect 8 makes your Web meetings, online training and Webinars more efficient, more effective and more engaging than ever. This slide show gives five reasons to like Adobe Connect 8. – …

Adobe Connect 8 Launched

November 1st, 2010 | No Comments

Adobe Systems unveils Adobe Connect 8, the latest version of the company’s Web conferencing software. – Adobe Systems has announced
Adobe Connect 8, a new version of the company’s Web conferencing solution.
Adobe officials said Adobe Connect 8 represents a significant
update to the company’s Web conferencing
solution for powering effective and engaging Web meetings, online training and Webinars.
…

How to Utilize the Cloud to Connect Your Global Supply Chain

October 20th, 2010 | No Comments

The economic upheaval of the past 12 to 24 months has brought to light operational and strategic limitations in many of today’s global supply chains. Many companies made ill-informed decisions as they drastically cut production assets, ultimately undermining their efforts to maintain high customer service levels and profitability. Here, Knowledge Center contributor Karthik Srinivasan shares three core aspects of cloud utilization that are vital for building nimble, efficient supply chains in today’s global marketplace. – There are a number of operational and strategic limitations in many of today’s global supply chains. The continuous globalization and outsourcing of today’s value chains have only made matters worse, increasing both complexity and risk.
It is no surprise then that the traditional product capabiliti…

Using the iPad to Connect

October 14th, 2010 | No Comments

The Wall Street Journal turns its attention to parents using iPad and iPad apps to educate and communicate with special needs children. Shannon Rosa, an advocate and writer whose nine-year-old son, Leo, has autism and uses an iPad says, â€œItâ€™s portable and something he can carry, and yet itâ€™s large enough to be accessible. Thereâ€™s no cursor analogy he has to work through; itâ€™s a direct connection.â€ Holly Gray, whose daughter, Caleigh, has been diagnosed with cerebral palsy, uses an app that speaks the words associated with pictures she touches on the screen. Says Gray, â€œWeâ€™re not having to fight to prove to people that she is a smart little girl anymore, because itâ€™s there once they see her using the iPad.â€

Sanofi-Aventis’ iBGStar Glucose Meter to Connect with iPhone, iPod Touch

September 24th, 2010 | No Comments

Sanofi-Aventis unveils the iBGStar mobile device at the EASD diabetes conference to convert the iPhone and iPod Touch into a glucometer. – At
the European
Association for the Study of Diabetes conference in Stockholm, Sweden,
pharmaceutical firm Sanofi-Aventis took the wraps off its iBGStar Blood Glucose
Meter, which will attach to the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch.
The
iBGStar uses a technology by medical device manufacturer Agam…

Using Satellite Internet and TV to Connect Your Vacation Home Posted By : Paddy Chang

August 9th, 2010 | No Comments

Live Internet TV | Online TV technology allows you to watch over 4,500 HD channels right on your PC.

Amazon, Facebook Connect for Social Shopping

July 30th, 2010 | No Comments

In a new social recommendation beta from Amazon and Facebook, when Amazon users click on the recommendations link from their Amazon home page, they can opt to connect the social network with Amazon to enhance the shopping experience. – It’s just a small button on Amazon users’ recommendation Web pages, but the
e-commerce giant’s integration with Facebook Connect could light the torch for
a major social shopping shift.
Beginning this week, when Amazon users click on the recommendations link
from their Amazon home page, they see…

Doctors Embrace Smartphones, but Struggle to Connect with Colleagues, Study Says

July 28th, 2010 | No Comments

The results of a Spyglass Consulting Group report show that 94 percent of physicians are using smartphones. However, 78 percent of physicians reported they have difficulty with timely smartphone communication with colleagues. – A
study by Menlo Park, Calif.-based Spyglass Consulting Group revealed a fragmented smartphone
landscape among health care professionals, yet 94 percent of physicians are now
using the mobile phones.

Physicians
have widely adopted smartphones yet still have difficulty communicating with
coll…

Microsoft Dynamics NAV: It Can Connect An Entire Business! Posted By : Jay Vasdewani

June 14th, 2010 | No Comments

Microsoft Dynamics Navision services brings together matchless functionalities and latest features which include capturing, organizing, sharing and regulate the flow of information across your organization. It covers a wide range of domains including financial management to customer service, from supply regulation to online business.

Vodafone introduces its latest Mobile Connect Packs

May 12th, 2010 | No Comments

Vodafone Essar has unveiled a couple of new Vodafone Mobile Connect Packs called Vodafone Mobile Connect 499 and Vodafone Mobile Connect 1400 for its prepaid subscribers in Kolkata.
The Vodafone Mobile Connect 499 charge Rs. 499 that provides the users 10 GB of data usage free valid for 30 days.
While Vodafone Mobile Connect [...]

FCC Broadband Plan Looks to Connect 100 Million Households

March 17th, 2010 | No Comments

As expected, the FCC officially unveiled its National Broadband Plan on March 16, which looks to connect up to 100 million American households to high-speed broadband service. In addition to rolling out new 100-megabit-per-second service to homes, the FCC plan calls for freeing up 500 megahertz of spectrum for wireless use.
– The Federal
Communication Commission officially unveiled its ambitious National Broadband
Plan on March 16, which calls for massive overhaul of the United States’
Internet infrastructure during the next decade and opening up the countrys
wireless spectrum to accommodate new devices.

The FCC p…

Twitter Follows Facebook Connect with @Anywhere

March 16th, 2010 | No Comments

Twitter March 15 unveiled @anywhere, a service that will extend much of the functionality of its successful microblogging platform to third-party sites such as Amazon.com, Microsoft Bing, Digg and eBay. Web site publishers will only need to add a few lines of JavaScript to their sites to enable this functionality, according to Twitter Co-founder Biz Stone. One thing that shouldn’t be overlooked is how @anywhere resembles Facebook Connect, the service for letting users log into Web sites using their Facebook credentials.
– Twitter March 15 unveiled @anywhere, a service that will extend
much of the functionality of its successful microblogging platform to
third-party sites such as Amazon.com, Microsoft Bing, Digg and eBay.
As the name implies, @anywhere comprises a set of frameworks
for adding the Twitter experienc…

Google Buzz Must Connect to Facebook, Twitter to Thrive

February 13th, 2010 | No Comments

With its new Google Buzz service, Google believes that if it can mimic some of the sharing functionality that makes social networks so successful, it will keep its Gmail users from going to Facebook and Twitter. In a best-case scenario, Gmail would gain millions of new users via Buzz, with Google pairing relevant ads with the service. Analysts say Google Buzz isn’t going to take much market share from Facebook and Twitter, the social sharing services with which it is geared to compete, unless it connects with them.
– Social media experts aren’t sold that Google Buzz is going to take much
market share from Facebook and Twitter unless it adequately connects with the
social sharing services with which it is geared to compete.
Google Buzz lets users post status updates and share Picasa
photos, YouTube videos, Tw…