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Zoho Office Apps on Facebook - Life just got easier for Facebook users who work online, as Zoho announced its free office applications are now available on Facebook.

Facebook users get a unified view of their Zoho documents, spreadsheets, and presentations, which are all displayed on a single page.

This pioneering mashup of online office applications and social networking lets Facebook users with Zoho accounts create, view, and edit Zoho Writer documents, Zoho Sheet spreadsheets, and Zoho Show presentations from Facebook. Shared documents can also be viewed and edited.

The integration between Facebook and Zoho targets students, who can now collaborate and share information and projects more freely inside Facebook via the Zoho applications. In fact, Zoho is the first office application set offered by Facebook.

The move benefits both companies. Facebook gives its users access to Zoho’s professional suite of free, online office applications. Meanwhile, Zoho taps into Facebook’s established network.

Vegesna said, “We got several requests from many users and well wishers asking us to do this integration. Considering the fact that 30 percent of our users are students, it’s a no brainer.”

“Zoho doesn’t miss an opportunity to connect up with the hot products and services. …While the Zoho Facebook application doesn’t represent a significant market of revenue gain at this point, over time the mashing up of social platforms and applications will become standard. As the gravitational pull of services like Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, Xing, Bebo and others gets stronger, the other on demand applications vendors will follow Zoho’s lead.” Dan Farber, ZDNet.