Astonsoft Ltd has launched version 4.5 of both free and Pro editions of its personal information manager, EssentialPIM. Version 4.5, which is also available as a portable build, adds a number of new features and improvements.

The most notable new features is the full sync capabilities with Google Docs and Google Tasks, a new Attachment Manager and support for custom fields and filters in the To Do Module – are restricted to EssentialPIM 4.5 Pro only.

Other minor new features are available to both Free and Pro users. EssentialPIM 4.5 gains support for one-way syncs with all supported online services, with a new option for choosing whether to synchronize First/Last or Last/First names. The password module is also the recipient of several unspecified “improvements”.

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Kingsoft, better known for its dictionary and security software solutions, has released Kingsoft Office 2012 Beta version. The latest version of Kingsoft’s alternative to Microsoft Office similarly consists of Kingsoft Writer, Presentation and Spreadsheet. The English language version follows the earlier release of Japanese and English versions.

The key upgrade for Kingsoft Office 2012 is the Microsoft Ribbon Interface; users can chose to use the old style Interface or the new Ribbon Interface. In addition operation is much faster when compared to previous versions, upto ten times quicker. What’s more the installation file size has been reduced.

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Google has announced that it will acquire Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion. The search and online advertising company is buying the company for approximately $12.5 billion (or $40 per share), in cash. The takeover will boost the rise of Google's Android software in the nascent smartphone market. The $40-a-share deal – which is Google's biggest acquisition to date – is a 63% premium on Motorola Mobility's closing price on the New York Stock Exchange on Friday.

Motorola, the company which has a history of over 80 years of innovation in communications technology and products, and in the development of intellectual property, which have helped drive the remarkable revolution in mobile computing we are all enjoying today. Its many industry milestones include the introduction of the world’s first portable cell phone nearly 30 years ago, and the StarTAC—the smallest and lightest phone on earth at time of launch. In 2007, Motorola was a founding member of the Open Handset Alliance that worked to make Android the first truly open and comprehensive platform for mobile devices.

Now, Android has become an increasingly important platform for Google, as global smartphone adoption accelerates. The platform, launched in 2007, is now used in more than 150 million devices, with 39 manufacturers. Android has become an increasingly important platform for Google, as global smartphone adoption accelerates. The platform, launched in 2007, is now used in more than 150 million devices, with 39 manufacturers.

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The mini laptop Acer D270 is the successor of the immensely popular Acer D260, which is based on the just released Cedar Trail Atom platform. Acer D270 is powered by the new processor of Intel D2800 clocked at 1.86GHz, it brings some serious power to the world of mini laptops.

Here you will see the full features of the Acer D270:

10.1 inch display
1280 x 720 pixel display
Intel Atom D2800 processor
Intel GMA 5650
320GB hard disk
1GB RAM
Bluetooth 3.0
802.11n Wi-Fi
6-cell battery

Intel has done away with the GMA 3150 GPU too in the Acer D270 as it comes with Intel GMA5650 graphics. Acer will be giving it a happy treatment too, so expect it to be available in very bright colors like lime, blue, pink, yellow, and the usual colors - black and white.

To know more about the Acer D270, you can click here to view: The Successor of D260 - Acer D270.

If there is one skill you could wish for yourself to become a better internet marketer, internet marketing advisor or businessman what skill would you choose? Many people would say this and that, but think again. How about great communication skills? Sounds silly? I wouldn’t say so. You see, everything is starting with communication. Life itself is all about communication. There would be no good or bad decisions, cooperations, improvements, and probably, you wouldn’t exist without any communication presence.

So, what do you think good communication can do for you and for your business? The answer is, EVERYTHING. This is very important skill when we are talking about growing your business or selling products. Lack of communication can cause a lot of problems in friendship, family, business etc. Communication is not just talking to others. I am communicating with you right now without any speaking. Your products won’t speak for itself until you sell it and to sell it you need to communicate.

You have probably received many business proposals via email, but this proposals are so bad written that you have probably deleted the emails immediately or you simply did not reply to their offer. You should take this as an example for how to improve your communication skills or at least, what should you never use when sending emails or business offers.

Please imagine you are one of the best SEO expert in the world. Ok. You really are. You have decided to sell your services to some companies and to write a business offer via email. How does this look like:

"Hi, I am the best SEO expert in the world and I will increase your sales with my superior skills.
All you have to do is reply to this email and pay $1.000 USD and I will contact you as soon as possible.
This is your life opportunity!"

I’m sure you fell for this one. Yeah right. You see, this guy could sell his SEO services to anyone if only he could prove that his method works, and if he could prove that his skills are really good. With this communication skills and this example this guy won’t sell a thing. So, there is one bad thing that can happen to you and that is having everything required for good business or project but you simply don’t know how to present it. With bad communication skills you are simply helpless and you are lost in your work and in your progress.

You have two options: hiring someone to do it for you or learn communication skills and start to grow your business.

I will write more about this topic in one of my next articles with some good examples and tips on how to improve communication skills and make some good progress with it.

Resource: http://www.getfulltraffic.com/the-art-of-communication-is-internet-marketing-must/

If you still haven’t noticed the importance of your personal financial management, you should pick up your pace right away to start. I began to track and plan my expenses when I was at college and I have tried several money control tools, some of which are good but too expensive, while some are poor, so I did my money management off and on. Once I tried My Home Software, I thought I found the right one. It is a multi-functional tool to help track and organize your finances.

As the name implies, My Home Software is powerful enough to manage the whole family’s everyday life finances. It is not only about keeping track of your spending, but also helps you calculate and plan about the loans and budgets. My Home Software consists of three useful tools Book Accounts, MHS Financial Calculators and Easy Print Envelopes, which can also be purchased respectively. Let’s look into the three parts one by one.

Book Accounts aims to keep track of all your checking, savings and credit cards. You can mannually enter your monthly transaction and reconsile your accounts easily. When you enter the information of your accounts, it will generate real-time pie chart or bar chart, from which you can see where your money goes.

Besides, Book Accounts offers a budget planner that you can set your budget for each category and take charge of them. A bar chart will intuitively show your budgets details and you will be alerted if the total remaining is below. The tab next to “Budgets” is “Bill Schedules”, which helps you manage your bills to avoid late fee. Book Accounts also has a calendar reminder that you won’t miss any appointment. After you set up your accounts, you can have a “Overview” about all your finance status in different catogories like balance, balance after credit card debt,etc. Book Accounts is really full-featured personal financial management tool that contains almost every part we need in money management. It has many columns and items that involved most of our daily expenses and savings.

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I have to say that after I tried WhiteSmoke 2011, I decided to write my blogs with it from then on. It is impressively intelligent and offers an all-in-one solution to your English writing.

WhiteSmoke contains a sophisticated grammar, spelling, style and punctuation checker, writing review, full-text translation, ready-to-use templates and a multitude of English writing features. New version WhiteSmoke 2011 added many new features that will correct and enhance your English writing with more comprehensive checks.

After a quick installation of the program, I submitted an e-mail address and went straight forward to the main interface. It caught my eyes immediately, and I couldn't help trying it right away. You can see its four main modules on the top and a sticky note standby. To check if WhiteSmoke is properly working, open a Word document or your Notepad, enter text and click the F2 key on your keyboard. WhiteSmoke will then check the text automatically. That's a very convenient design, you can use WhiteSmoke with a wide range of software applications like Word, Outlook and more. When your writing was finished, you just click "Apply" to put your correction to your original document. Read the rest of this entry »

Google released Google Docs app for Android, allows for the creation, editing, and collaborating, provides a native environment for the service, as well as some convenient new features. Google Docs app is more of a document manager than a solid word processor.

Google Docs app allow users to do what they most likely wants to do, which is search through documents, share them with contacts, and upload and convert the files into the Google documents format. Changes that are made will be done in real-time, and an Internet connection is required to edit new documents. Google Docs App is not really intended for creation, but consumption.

Next week, Microsoft Mac Business will be released with the first Service Pack of Office for Mac 2011 cross platform suite, which provides increased stability, security, and some new features, including improved Outlook syncing support as well as some performance enhancements.

Microsoft's Office for Mac 2011 will enable calendar syncing between Outlook for Mac and Apple’s Sync Services, allows user’ Outlook calendar as well as contacts, notes and tasks with any service or device that supports Sync Services, including their iPhone and iPad. The first service pack for Office for Mac 2011 will have a number of enhancements to increase stability and security fixes.

It is strange that the Service Pack won't sync with new MobileMe calendar using Sync Services and hence the Outlook for Mac calendars won't sync.

The table below outlines the supported services in Outlook for Mac 2011 SP1:

Today, Microsoft published five new plans for Office 365 cloud Service Suite mainly aimed at offering educational institutions to get the hosted Office Services, and licensed version of the Microsoft Office software.

Microsoft announced that the educational version of Office 365 Service which will be available for the K-12, primary and junior education institutions, later this year. This service give the K-12 institutions 5 services options, such as the free plan which is the lowest level and the highest level of 17$ per month. The free plan offers services like Web e-mail and anti-virus, as well as the 17$ plan brings the combination including VoIP and Microsoft licensed Office Professional Plus for staffs and faculty of K-12. Besides, the same plan for students takes 5$ per month.

As a part of the new plan, Microsoft offers the students Lync Online communication platform and SharePoint Online for free, while the faculty and staffs has to pay 10$ per month per user for this plan. Read the rest of this entry »