Web Office Zoho Writer Adds New Features Zoho Writer, part of the online Zoho office suite, was updated this morning to include some new features that users have been asking for. These new additions, which include support for the DocX file format, a thesaurus, a "sharing with groups" feature, and enhancements to headers/footers and endnotes/footnotes, bring Zoho Writer that much closer to… Sarah Perez View comments
Analysis Distributed Mass Customization: Is Etsy the Next eBay? A lot of people scratched their heads when Etsy raised $27 million. What on earth? Handmade goods, that's about as low tech as you can get! Then Umair Haque, a well respected blogger and strategist - albeit one who is known for being a bit “out there” - asked Is Etsy the next Google? Maybe Umair was just saying that this is big. One of… Bernard Lunn View comments
Contests Comment of the Day: Bee-ware of Freeconomics In our post Beware of Freeconomics, Alex Iskold explained why the 'free' economy proposed by Wired's Chris Anderson may not be a bed of roses. Commenter SJones had an interesting 'bee' metaphor that furthered the discussion. "It is not enough to build a killer app", said SJones, "they [startups] have to build a killer honey pot." Read on to find… Richard MacManus View comments
Facebook Ultimatums: Using Facebook to Organize Social Action Just yesterday we wrote about how people are beginning to use social networks to organize protests, boycotts, and other consumer and social actions. Specifically, we noted how MySpace and YouTube were instrumental in coordinating the recent seller revolt at eBay, and that Facebook was recently used to launch a massive protest of Colombian rebel… Social Josh Catone View comments
Facebook Will Facebook Profile Tabs Lead to Better Apps? One of the big social news stories this evening was Facebook's announcement that it is actively working on a redesign to user profiles that would break the profile page down into three, main tabbed components. A "Wall" tab that would mash up the current mini-feed and message wall, an "About" tab that includes bio information, and a "Photos" tab… Social Josh Catone View comments