Google Docs as your cloud based file store. Support for arbitrary file types

Google Docs now support arbitrary file type upload with quota of 250MB/file with total limit of 1GB for premier edition users of Google Apps. Google will be rolling this functionality out to standard edition shortly. We are very happy to announce that Socialwok users can now use Google Doc as their cloud based file storage service to store file types beyond the traditional file types for users with Google Apps premier edition domains.

Support for uploading unlimited file type and size limit of 250MB. Uploaded file "docs images.zip" to Google Docs

Support for uploading unlimited file type and size limit of 250MB. Uploaded file "docs images.zip" to Google Docs



List of files stored in Google Docs. "docs images.zip" has been successfully uploaded to Google Docs

Socialwok Gadget released for Gmail! Access Socialwok without leaving Gmail!

We work very closely with our users to get feedback on their use of Socialwok. The most commonly requested integration is with Google Mail (Gmail) as it is probably the most used application in Google Apps. We are happy to announce the production release of Socialwok gadget for Google Mail. You can now access all features of Socialwok without leaving Google Mail

Access all functions of Socialwok from within Gmail canvas using the Socialwok Gmail Gadget

Access all features of Socialwok without leaving Gmail

• View, post and comment on updates
• Access files and Google Doc listing
• One click navigation button for feeds
• Search for posts, people, feeds, files, Google and presented with multi-tab search results

Search Socialwok from right in Gmail. Open various feeds using one-click navigation bar

New mobile web version released! Android and iPhone

We just released a new and improved version of our mobile web interface with HTML 5 support for Android and iPhone mobile browsers. Mobile sharing and viewing of pdfs and Google Docs just got easier! We support preview, download and delete of pdf, doc and Google Docs right in your feeds. To try it out, point you mobile web browser to http://app.socialwok.com

New features

• Added support for "Like" and "Follow"
• Basic file management for Google Docs: Preview, download or delete files (pdf,doc,ppt,Google Docs) from mobile
• Mobile login to Google Apps optimized for iPhone and Android

Click photo or here for more screenshots on Socialwok mobile web

Mobile file management for Google Docs: Preview, download or delete files (pdf,doc,Google Docs) from mobile using Google Docs online viewer

Preview and view through supported mobile file types like Google Docs, pdf

Preview and view powerpoint slides from your mobile

Users can click "like" for all updates

Brand new Socialwok UI released: Thank you for feedback from users!

We are very excited to announce the release of a brand new Socialwok for 2010! We have listened to your feedback; to simplify and make more intuitive the Socialwok user experience.

The new release includes:

• Multi-tabular interface - You can open and browse between multiple feeds at the same time without waiting 
• One click feed navigation menu - One click is all you need to show all the feeds in your network
• New update counters - You can see in one glance how many new updates there are in each feed

• Search results by type - Each search generates results in a new tab. You can search based on different types: people, post, feed, file, Google Doc

• Email sharing for Google Docs and Google Calendar - You can share Google Docs or Google Calendar events using email addresses right from inside the Google user interface

Entering feed email address right in Google Docs

• File listing - You can view, update and delete files in your domain listed in a table form sorted by date

• FAQ section - Get the latest suggestions from us on features and answers to commonly asked questions on Socialwok

We will be writing more blog post over the next few weeks highlighting some of the new features and user interface changes in our new release. Look out for later posts.

Socialwok at Google I/O Developer Sandbox (19-20 May 2010)

Great news! We will be attending and presenting at Google I/O 2010.

Socialwok has been chosen to be one of the showcase companies for AppEngine technology at the Google IO Developer Sandbox. As you know, Socialwok is very tightly integrated with Google Apps and we use a lot of Google technologies:

• Our application is deployed on Google AppEngine Java. (AppEngine Developer Profile)
• Our user interface is built using Google Web Toolkit. (Google GWT Youtube interview)
• We integrate with Google Apps and Google accounts using Google GData APIs 

This is really exciting news as we will be announcing our next big add-on service for the Google Apps ecosystem at Google IO. We will be releasing screenshots of the service as we get closer to IO. Follow this blog and our twitter channel (@socialwok) to keep updated.

We will be demoing our add-on service to the various conference participants and googlers at IO. If you would like a demo, we love to hear from you (info@socialwok.com) and drop by our sandbox.