TextGrid is a virtual research environment for text-based humanities scholarship. It offers a variety of tools and services for collaboratively creating, analyzing, editing and publishing texts. The TextGrid environment is split into two components, the Laboratory housing the tools and services, and the Repository for preserving reserach data and making it available to other scholars.
A marketing technology company offering cloud-based digital asset management that facilitates finding/organizing/sharing images, and media files (video, etc.) Although pricing is custom built based on required features and users, they do offer discounts for non-profit and education institutions.
Features include:
On-the-fly file conversions for images, audio & video,
Image watermarking,
Unlimited user roles with configurable permissions,
Fully configurable metadata schema with read/write ability,
Asset group level security for lifecycle management.
Available as a web-based service and as an app for iOS, Mac, PC, and Android, Google Drive allows users to create, store, edit, and share files across all their devices. Online and offline file access available. Requires a Google account for use, but allows files from Drive to be shared with non-Google users.
Drive allows users to upload, store, and share any type of file (e.g., JPEG, MP4, JS, INDD, AI). The majority can be previewed, and many can be edited within Drive. Some files (e.g., DOCX, XLSX, PPTX) can be converted into compatible file types for editing, commenting, and more. Drive is the platform for Google Sheets, Docs, Slides, and many other approved applications. Files saved in Drive sync to all other devices, with an activity monitor that can be useful for version control (see what edits have been made and when, and revert back to previous instances if needed).
Offers both free and paid accounts, priced by data capacity: 15 GB (free), 100 GB ($1.99/month), 1 TB ($9.99/month), 10 TB ($99.99/month), 20 TB ($199.99/month), 30 TB ($299.99/month). Teams with more than five people can purchase unlimited storage for $10/user/month.
WikiPack is a web based personal information organizer and Markdown editor that uses Dropbox for synced storage. Using plain text Markdown files and WikiWords, WikiPack gives information context and links entries together by turning your Markdown pages into a private, password protected wiki. The easy to use Markdown language lets you create and edit your wiki pages without having to learn complex wiki syntax. WikiPack features page history/versioning and visual change comparisons in the browser-based GUI and store all of your files in your Dropbox account.
You can import existing markdown files to sync WikiPack with other apps and services using Dropbox, or use the quick-start template to set up new wikis.
WikiPack includes a GUI markdown editor with syntax highlighting, built-in markdown reference, support for Multimarkdown table, and toolbar buttons with keyboard shortcuts and tools for common formatting. WikiPack works in the browser so you can use it on any desktop or mobile device that has an internet connection and Dropbox functionality.
Dropbox is a file hosting service that includes cloud storage, personal cloud, file synchronization, and client software across multiple platforms. Dropbox allows users to create a folder on each of their computers where any type of file can be saved, synchronized, and made available across all computers. Contents of the Dropbox folder are also accessible via dropbox.com and mobile applications. Individual files and folders can be shared with other Dropbox users or made publicly accessible.
Dropbox for Business is a paid service targeting organizations by providing administrative controls and auditing functionality while allowing users to create a work account that is completely separate from their personal account but the two are viewable side by side.
A server-side software application that enables databases conformant to a relational data model to be created, managed and queried. Information, most commonly text may be stored as one or more records contained within a table. The table may exist in isolation or have some relationship to other tables. Information may be manipulated using a set of T-SQL or ANSI SQL commands. Several editions of SQL Server 2014 are available, including SQL Server Business Intelligence, Developer, Enterprise, Express, Standard and Web.
Features:
Service Broker
Replication Services using transaction, merge, or snapshot replication
Analysis functionality to perform data mining, OLAP and other services
Report generation services
Enterprise scalability across compute, networking, and storage
Consistent data platform on-premises to cloud
Easy integration with Microsoft Azure
For $10/month, users can buy fee-based services including private maps and custom branding.
Users have complained that Crowdmap is glitchy and unreliable. It is hard to find recent examples of successful projects built with the app. There is no other free and open source tool that fills the precise niche. For a freemium closed source service that allows crowdsourced point data only, try ZeeMaps. For a fee-based, open source crowd mapping tool, try the shared tables function of CartoDB.
Ushahidi is a software for information collection, visualization and interactive mapping, to build tools for democratizing information, increasing transparency and lowering the barriers for individuals to share their stories. It has been used for election monitoring, crisis and emergency response, civil society, city/community building, arts and even where to find the best burger.
Specific tools:
Crowdmap: A simple map-making tool, built on an open API, that allows for collaborative mapping
Swiftriver: Curate real-time data and analysis from a variety of sources, including social media streams
CrisisNET: A consolidated source of global crisis data
Ping: Two-way multichannel group alert during an emergency
SMSSync: Create a two way gateway with an Android phone and local SIM anywhere in the world
BRCK: Supports connectivity in remote locations, self-powered, mobile WiFi device
Google Docs is an online environment for editing and sharing documents, spreadsheets, presentations, forms, drawings, and tables. Google Docs documents can be public or private, or shared with anyone with a Google account, e-mailed, or downloaded in various formats, including conversions to PDF and other formats not identical to the original or to the proprietary format used at creation. Designated people with whom items are shared can be given permission to comment or edit the files, thus providing a quick way to collaborate on creating and editing documents and presentations.
Edublogs is an educational blogging service for teachers and students to create, manage, and publish on their own WordPress sites. Provides cloud hosting and a simplified interface, as well as additional account options at the university level.