Facebook Apps for business and career enhancement

Posted on April 21, 2008
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There are hundreds of Facebook applications available and honestly I find some Facebook applications are fun and others annoying, especially when I get hundreds of invites to install apps that I would only use once. While reading my email today, I stumbled upon a list of useful Facebook applications on zdnet.com that will help improve productivity in your business and career. The author of the article, Aseem Kishore shared his choice of Facebook applications for business and career enhancement. It is quite an interesting list of Facebook applications and the applications range from office suite to project management app, file sharing instant messaging in Facebook.

Take a look at the list of Facebook applications:

Zoho Online Office Suite
Have all your office files – documents, spreadsheets, presentations – online for free. Access them from inside Facebook (also from anywhere). Share/collaborate easily and instantly with your network of friends. No more storing of your office files in your computer & emailing them to your friends to-and-fro.

Slates
Publish almost anything in almost any language. Styled text, images, movies, audio & links embedded in Blogs, stories, poetry, lyrics, notes, journals, diaries, travel logs, books and more.

My List
Create any kind of list (to-do lists, movies you saw in college, books you want to buy, grocery lists, invitee lists and so on. Share it with every one you know; let them add or edit your lists.

SlideShare
Share presentations with friends using SlideShare. SlideShare supports many formats including PowerPoint (ppt, pps), Open Office (odp), and PDF.

To Do List
To do list helps you organize all the stuff you have to do, in a super simple way. The are no hard to find, or hidden features, the application is very easy to use, and will help you organize your lists.

TooDooz Project Management
Toodooz is an online project management Facebook app that helps you coordinate, prioritize, and manage projects.

Ayos iShare
File sharing Facebook app. It is 100% free and gives you a nice 2GB of storage space.

Facebook Files
Another file storage and file sharing application.

DivShare
Yet another file sharing application. You can share documents, photos, music, and video by sending them to each friend individually, posting them to your profile, or by adding them to your news feed.

MyDocuments
MYDocuments is a simple application that lets you post any type of document to share with friends.

30 Boxes
Online calendar application. The 30 Boxes Facebook app also includes SMS reminders, a built-in to-do list, and integrates with blogs, Flickr, and more.

My Google Calendar
My Google Calendar is a very simple application that allows you to embed your Google Calendar into your Facebook profile and Application/Business page.

my!TeamPlanner
my!TeamPlanner provides tools to organize, coordinate, and collaborate on any activity for all of your team information.

myOffice
Another collaboration application.

Babuki Desktop Instant Messenger
Babuki IM lets you chat to your Facebook, MSN, AIM, Yahoo!, Gtalk, ICQ, Livejournal and MySpace friends from within Facebook.

Meeting Room
Meeting Room enables live, face-to-face meetings using your webcam where you can share photos, files, drawings, and more on a whiteboard with friends.

LinkedIn Contacts
Allows you to view and share your LinkedIn contacts.

TravelersTable
TravelersTable is a free online tool to meet people offline, whether you are at work, traveling, or at home.

Microsoft Dynamics Connect Beta
You can use Microsoft Dynamics Connect to discover, connect and collaborate with other business professionals.

Jobster Career Network
Get personalized job alerts based on your career interests.

Jobs Indeed
Job search application.

Yahoo HotJobs
Another job search application.

Smart Links
Facebook application that enables you to organize your friends, groups, applications, and external links into folders.

FindMe
For Blackberry or Windows Mobile Smartphone users, FindMe Facebook app will let your colleagues know where you are and find out where they are personally, automatically and securely.

SplashCast
SplashCast allows you to create your own personal multimedia channel with podcasts, videos, documents, photos, and music.

ClassNotes
Class Notes is a Facebook app that takes advantage of the cool features of scanR. scanR turns your phone into a scanner, copier, or fax. It allows you to take a picture of documents using your cell phone camera and sends it you as a PDF.