Freebase is an open database of the world’s information. It is built by the community and for the community—free for anyone to query, contribute to, build applications on top of, or integrate into their websites.

What makes Freebase unique is that it spans domains—but requires that a particular topic exist only once in Freebase, even if it might normally be found in multiple databases. For example, Arnold Schwarzenegger would appear in a movie database as an actor, a political database as a governor and a bodybuilder database as a Mr. Universe. In Freebase, there is only one topic for Arnold Schwarzenegger, with all three facets of his public persona brought together. The unified topic acts as an information hub, making it easy to find and contribute information about him.

Here are three good reasons to contribute to Freebase:

1. You’ve got a bunch of data that you’d like to share with the world. Freebase gives you a place to do it. A related benefit: once your data is in Freebase, you or anyone else can run MQL (Metaweb Query Language) queries against it.
2. You’ve got a bunch of data that you’d like to share, and said data would benefit from the knowledge and refinement efforts of other people. Freebase gives you a place to share it and others a place to improve it.
3. You don’t have data, but you’re an authority on something, and you like sharing your expertise. Freebase lets you dive into the details and improve or add to existing data.

Tags: Content, File Sharing

A.nnotate is an online web service for sharing notes on documents and web pages using a web browser. No software or plugins need to be installed - it works within the web browser and currently supports Firefox, Internet Explorer 7, IE6 and Safari.

Supported document formats include: PDF, Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Excel, Rich Text Format, OpenOffice documents and spreadsheets, HTML web pages

Key FAQs you should know

Do I need to download or install anything?
No - it runs entirely within the web browser so there is nothing extra to install. The current version requires Firefox (Windows / Mac OSX, Linux), Internet Explorer 7 or IE6 (Windows) or Safari (Mac OSX / Windows). People can review documents online without needing to start Word or any plugins like Adobe Reader or Flash.

What can I annotate?
You can annotate documents and snapshots of webpages. Documents can be uploaded or emailed as attachments. Accepted document formats include PDF, Microsoft Word (.doc), Excel (.xls), Powerpoint (.ppt) and OpenOffice text and presentation formats.

Can I add a.nnotate capability to my blog / web site?
Yes - it is easy to add an ‘annotate this page’ button like the one below to your own web page or blog. You can add this button to your web pages completely free of charge. See detailed instructions and sample HTML.

Tags: Content, Webware

Whether you are an individual or a small business, DeskAway helps you organize, manage and track your projects from a central location. Get an accurate view of how your projects are doing and eliminate common problems and guesswork when working in teams: email spam, multiple file versions, lost files, task accountability issues, lack of reporting & work transparency.

DeskAway is an online software, so, there is nothing to download or install on any computer. All you need is an Internet connection and a web browser.

DeskAway is ideal for:

1. Professional service firms (Eg. web design, development, PR/marketing, architects etc.)
2. Teams within larger organizations (Eg. research, marketing, front office etc.)
3. Startups & Non-profit organizations

Tags: Collaboration, Content

If you enjoy going out to lunch as often as possible, and with as many friends as you can pull together, and can’t stand eating alone, then lunchn.com is exactly what you may need.

lunchn.com helps provide an answer to the question that you and your friends ask each other almost every single day. “Where are we going for lunch?”

Here are some of the features that you can enjoy as a member of lunchn.com!

1. Join or create lunch groups with all of your lunch buddies
2. Find or add your favorite lunch spots, and add them to your groups
3. You and friends vote on the restaurants that you want to go to each day. The restaurant with the most votes will be the place that you all go for lunch
4. Add a car to your profile, and offer to drive your friends when you vote.
5. Post comments on restaurant and group pages
6. See how many lunchn voters and groups are planning on going to each restaurant every day!
7. Tie breakers to help resolve tied lunch votes!
8. Create or join as many groups as you like in order to accommodate for the different combinations of friends that you go out to lunch with.

Tags: Content, Socail

ActionThis comprises a web application, which can be accessed over the Internet, and premium features including client software that allows ActionThis to work with Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Excel.

You can choose to use the web application for managing your tasks, in conjunction with whatever email application you use. For a premium experience, the ActionThis Client for Outlook is recommended.

Key Features

1. The features of ActionThis are designed to help you and your team work more effectively together. Key features include the ability to send tasks – or action items, as we call them – to anyone with an email address, and allow these tasks to be tracked and reported on.
2. Users can send and manage tasks using the ActionThis web application, or can use the client for Microsoft Outlook to seamlessly process these alongside their email messages.
3. A full range of reports are available to allow users to look at the status of any report, and to understand their workload.

Tags: CMS, Content, Office