WATFive : Microsoft Office 2010, YouTube Direct, Google Crackdown, TypePad Micro, LetterMeLater
Microsoft Office 2010 Coming soon -- Hopes pinned
The largely awaited Office 2010 from Microsoft has hit the torrent and is anticipated to be made available for beta users very shortly. Microsoft for long has pinned hopes on Windows 7 & Office 2010 to drive revenue growth in two major cash cow segment of its businesses. Windows 7 till now has seen immense success and office 2010 is expected to do well too.
Office 2010 would see complete overhaul in interface.The office software will include support for cloud computing by synching to windows live and other web services.The new software would also include PDF & Video editing along with remote presentation, screenshot capture,video embedding.
The new office 2010 beta is not officially available now but could be found on torrents or else keep an eye on this page as it is expected to be released shortly.
(Via Labnol)
YouTube Direct – Facilitates free content sourcing for Media companies from YouTube
YouTube has been mentioned on news channels for a long time due to appearance of many ground breaking videos on its site. Now, YouTube has found a way for its users to publicize content by introducing YouTube Direct which allows media companies to request, review and rebroadcast YouTube clips directly from YouTube users.
So how do users submit their videos?
Media companies would be allowed to build customized versions of YouTube’s uploading platform, so that users can submit their videos with just few clicks and get heavy exposure for their content. The videos shared with media companies are still owned by the YouTube users and reside on its repository too.
This certainly looks good for a lot of citizen journalists currently active on YouTube as they can now attain greater exposure in media with their content. At the same time media companies will have a lot of freedom to choose free & exclusive content from YouTube in a fast & regulated manner.
To know more about YouTube Direct here’s their video (below):
Check out YouTube Direct – FAQs: here
(Via Venturebeat )
Google cracks down on Adwords Scammers
Google certainly has made online advertising easy for even small time publishers. This has resulted in a lot of small advertisers in its kitty with frequent Ad campaigns making it difficult for it to monitor scam related links in the advertisements.
Google has thus started a crack down on all the fraudulent advertisers in a way to protect its business from any future allegation as currently it’s happening with scam bugged offers on Facebook. Google has now decided to immediately disable any account found in violation of its Ad policies thus reducing time lag in containing further damages to searchers.
Currently many fraudulent advertisers take part in phishing and malware attacks by bidding high on many Google keywords (Adwords). They profit by installing malwares on visitors PC or phishing them with a look-alike site in visiting links. Google is turning to be a home ground for web attackers as all advertisements in searches are highly trusted by general users. This crackdown would perhaps help Google in retaining the trust of its users.
(Via Silicon Alley Insider)
Six Apart Launches Micro blogging Solution – TypePad Micro
The success of micro-blogging solutions like Posterous and Tumblr has attracted attention of many other blogging platforms to switch to Nifty apps. Six Apart, owners of TypePad has launched TypePad Micro, a micro-blogging solution for short stories and content.
TypePad Micro allows bloggers to post text, images and all kinds of content with help of a bookmarklet. Bloggers are also provided a facility to publish content through phone or mail. The micro blogging solution also has a way for bloggers to follow other fellow bloggers and re-publish their content on site.
The web 2.0 is seeing success and heavy adoption of simpler solutions thus paving way to simplify the blogging method. Micro blogging solution may just be the required solution to make blogging easy and fun even for newbie bloggers.
(Via CNET)
LetterMeLater – Schedule your mails for future
Gmail despite home to many email innovations lacks email scheduling features. Now imagine if you have to get up early in the morning and go online just to send some important mails. LetterMeLater helps Gmail users to schedule their sending without running any software or service at all times. So just schedule your mail and be rest assured as your mail would be sent on time.
To schedule your mails via email just forward the mail content with future date, cc, Bcc to -- me [at] lettermelater [dot] com (More info here). You can also sign up on their site and can easily draft mails with scheduling after verifying your email address.
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