Microsoft & Facebook Launch Document Sharing Service Docs.com

With the advent of internet, day-to-day life is becoming much simpler.Would you have ever thought of creating office documents  without even installing a Office software like Microsoft Office or Open Office.Thanks to the wide number of document sharing websites like Scribd, SlideShare and the most popular Google Docs which lets you create documents on the cloud and share them with the world.

Now a similar alternative service is coming up from Microsoft in association with Facebook.

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Microsoft’s new document sharing website docs.com lets you create Office documents and share them with your friends in Facebook, courtesy Office Web Apps and the Facebook Connect.

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You can upload Word documents, PowerPoint presentation & Excel spreadsheets etc., to Docs.com similar to the way do it in other online documents sharing websites like Google Docs.But Facebook integration helps you to share these documents with your friends.You can also grant viewing and editing rights to your selected Facebook friends so that they can edit your documents online, thus making collaboration easier (such collaboration also exist in Google Docs, if you can remember).

Your friends can discover the documents that you shared in the updates just like they discover your photos or videos that you have shared. You can also discuss with your friends about a doc via comments just like you would do with a status update or photo.

You just need a Facebook account to start with.You don’t need to install Office 2010 or you don’t need a Windows Live ID either.Doc.com service is still in private beta though you can use your Facebook account to get notification as soon it becomes publicly available.

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Videos:

Getting Started For Docs

Docs for Facebook – Overview

Google Buzz Official Share Buttons Released

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We had earlier posted about Google buzz counter buttons for websites.

Google has today announced the official Google Buzz share buttons for websites.The unofficial buttons that we have been using till now are created based on Google reader.As Google raises the point correctly, not every Buzz user uses Google Reader nor not every website owner is so tech savvy to implements hacks for using Buzz buttons.

Many sharing platforms including ShareThis , Meebo, Shareholic, AddThis and AddtoAny have added buzz in their sharing services list.

Get’em :

If you are a webmaster and want to get Buzz button widgets for your websites, visit this page and configure the buttons for use and copy-past the JavaScript in your site where you want them to  appear.

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Meebo bar- Drag and Drop Links From Any Webpage

Many people over the internet might have noticed the Meebo Bar, in some popular blogs and websites with huge content which allows you to drag and drop headlines and links, images from the Webpages to popular social networking sites like Facebook,Twitter,Yahoo,or through IM etc..

Meebo bar now has been officially available for all.Any website/ blog owner can get it to their site by registering with Meebo.

Visit bar.meebo.com, grab an account there to get started.

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In the dashboard, you can customize the buttons and choose the buttons form the list of available there.

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As you may have noticed, Meebo bar is now available in this blog too.Just drag the photos inside any of your favourite posts and drag it to the service to which you want to share it with your friends and share the love.