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Best Online Collaboration Tools

If you are looking for the best online collaboration tools, maybe this will help you. These tools are easy to use, simple, and not that expensive. There is Basecamp, Skype, Trello, and Sync.in.

Basecamp is designed for small businesses, entrepreneurs, business groups, and freelancers. The company says it has over 4 million users who have used the program to help them with different projects. The application lets you upload, edit, store, and share files and documents online. It also provides people with an overview of their project schedule and more.

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Technology giant and leader of the desktop operating system market Microsoft has announced that it will soon "retire" its instant messaging tool called Windows Live Messenger and switch to Skype. Microsoft already owns Skype, having bought the company for $8.5 billion about 18 months ago.

The company has announced that it will stop supporting Live Messenger by March 2013, except in China, where it will continue to support the older messenger for some more time. Since it owns Skype, this should be seen as part of Microsoft's strategy to offer a better messaging solution to its users.

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We all have a classic image of a CEO. The Chief Executive Officer will usually be very well dressed in business attire and will conduct business in a very large and elegant office. The office will frequently be located in a business district with a view overlooking the scores of other office buildings in the area.

Of course, there are other “looks” that a CEO can embody depending upon the industry sector the business is involved in. It is not uncommon for CEOs to maintain an elegant office in a business district but the daily business attire might very well be jeans and a t-shirt. Such are the perks of working in an entertainment or software related business sector.