The Mobile Messaging Landscape

It is increasingly important for companies to enable travelling employees with corporate information on their mobile devices. This indeed is the age of the "mobile worker". It is no wonder then that providers of communication, collaboration and productivity solutions include mobility features, where users have the option of accessing information on their mobile devices. This also accounts for the popularity of mobile messaging solutions.

Google Apps is no different, in that it allows users to access and sync Gmail with the native applications of their mobiles, and also keep Google contacts and calendars in sync with their mobile devices.

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Google and Microsoft have started to create extensive documentation comparing their productivity, messaging and collaboration solutions with the other. This includes white papers (Microsoft), videos (Microsoft), blog entries, online calculators (Google), and even dedicated sites (Microsoft, Google) both Google and Microsoft have put up to prove their superiority to the other.

The Google Bee himself brings you a collection of Google Apps and Microsoft comparisons, as well as resources you can study.

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1. Introduction      2. Mail Client       3. Mobile Support       4. Access Options                    .     5. Calendars, Contacts, Tasks      6. Folders vs. Labels       7. Collaboration Features       .   8. Exchange Alternatives        9. Conclusion

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Today, Microsoft made Office Web Apps available for everybody to check out, use, collaborate or do whatever they want with it. This closely follows Microsoft's May 12 launch of Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010.

Users just need to access their live.com account, and will find options that allow them to start creating documents, spreadsheets and presentations.

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Attention starved as we are, the biggest inertia we have to get over before trying a new service is the cumbersome registration process. Sensing this, and part of the latest move by Google Apps to create new customer-magnetic marketing tools (remember the cloud calculator), Google just made testing Google Docs simple, like, REAL simple.

All you need to do is visit the Google Docs demo page (docs.google.com/demo) and start typing away in a Google Docs document open right in front of you. No registration required, no Google Account required. WOW! Similarly you can start working on spreadsheets, or even drawings. if you want to collaborate with someone else in real time, just share the link with them.

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Yesterday, Microsoft sprung a surprise when it announced a new app for FaceBook called "Docs".  As the name suggests, Docs bring MS Office functionality to FaceBook users, where users can open and edit Office documents right from inside their FB account, share them with friends, or even share them with the world.

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