It’s no surprise that the online world is starting to merge with the workplace. We see new tools that synchronize details across services to save us time, but cause us headaches until we get it just right. More recently, we are seeing new ways to collaborate, outside of email, across groups ranging from small office to enterprise solutions.

For example: Google Wave is one of the newest freebies for collaboration, where as something like Action Method Online, costs some coin. Each system has its differences, but ultimately they are designed to bring teams together and to make sharing simple.

How does your organization get past the silos and enable creativity and team work? Do you use Google Apps or Google Docs? Does your CRM solution give you this ability already?

It’s no surprise that the online world is starting to merge with the workplace. We see new tools that synchronize details across services to save us time, but cause us headaches until we get it just right. More recently, we are seeing new ways to collaborate, outside of email, across groups ranging from small office to enterprise solutions.

For example: Google Wave is one of the newest freebies for collaboration, where as something like Action Method Online, costs some coin. Each system has its differences, but ultimately they are designed to bring teams together and to make sharing simple.

How does your organization get past the silos and enable creativity and team work? Do you use Google Apps or Google Docs? Does your CRM solution give you this ability already?

As time goes by, we hear more and more in the media about failing negotiations between Google and the government of China, and rumours of an April 10th, 2010 pull-out deadline. Although this does not seem to affect the rest of the world, consider this; Google’s main business strategy (in my opinion) is to be at the center of as many communication channels as possible, and to organize and share the worlds information (with respect to privacy of course).  So what happens if you take out all of China’s contributers to all of Google’s services?

After all, it isn’t just Google Search that is pulling out, but possibly all of Google’s services. You can see it’s status here. » Read more: China loses Google support

What happens to your online profile after you pass away? That’s exactly the question that Jacqui Cheng looks into on her article for Ars Technica.

According to Jacqui, Social Media sites are faced with an interesting situation when someone passes away, and that a specialized policy needs to be created. Some sites have already done this. » Read more: Life after social media

It is no longer a secret that Google’s twitter challenger “Buzz” hit some rough spots with concerns around privacy. Privacy concerns aside, Google is a great company with a proven track record. I think we can rest assured they will make it right in a timely fashion. To learn more about Google Buzz, read their official blog here. » Read more: Google Buzz-Off!

Long gone are the days of mashing the B button or A button  on your Nintendo Entertainment System. It seems like most console systems are experimenting with motion these days, even PCs are starting to use facial tracking as a login to your windows account, in which motion is required to get a full profile of your face. » Read more: Being the input device