Our first update has been released!

Date: I bet some of you noticed that we're now showing the date and authors on the note Info bar now - this gives you succinct information about when the note was last updated and who the authors of the note are. You can now go ahead and brag about your new cool looking cyn.in bliki to all your friends. :)

Multiple authors: When a note has more than one author, we show the first names of as many authors we can on the Infobar. Of course, the full names of the authors can be seen by clicking on the Show Info link on the right.

Bugfixes & Enhancements: Under the hood there have been several enhancements and fixes. This includes better error reporting, enhanced single note view (click on the title of a note to see the note in it's full glory), and numerous other small fixes to solve problems that would have manifested themselves over time.


How do you upgrade?
If you're a site owner, all you have to do to upgrade is....... nothing! Your site has been upgraded automatically as part of this cyn.in maintenance release. Upgrades are automatically provisioned to all sites as soon as they are ready. You don't have to do anything - no installations, no configurations, no worries - your site has been automatically updated to the latest release without you lifting a finger. Now is that cool or what? :)

Roger Kondrat tries to find the answer in the cyn.in Enterprise Bliki. It feels great when a writer comes along and writes about cyn.in, works in boosting the team morale. Here's an excerpt mentioning cyn.in, the article is worth a read-through as it covers cyn.in in easy to understand tone.

"From what I can see this content management system (now CMS) is pretty amazing, and not only is it feature rich but its being delivered as an SaaS which means no need to hire more techies, software developers, etc."

An extensive and well written overview of cyn.in

cyn.in is a service based software delivered over the Internet. The SaaS approach, gives the enterprise the option to migrate only selected teams to cyn.in.

Since all your information is stored in a central location, on the Internet, team members can access and work on the same document or file from anywhere. All you need is an active Internet connection and a browser!

cyn.in helps you to create a consistent business environment for your teams over the internet.

Fast moving organizations

In fast moving entrepreneurial companies, speed and flexibility are key characteristics. Opportunities have to be reacted to quickly. Customersatisfaction is of prime importance and at the same time processes have to be defined and implemented. In such a charged environment, the company cannot afford to spend the time and resources to develop new processes or technology. They have to constantly increase their capabilites.

cyn.in helps reduce the response time of the employees of such an organization. cyn.in’s SaaS model gives you the power to perform and not worry about the technology or infrastructure. Any number of new employees can be quickly integrated into the company’s process by simply moving them onto your cyn.in. Start-ups

In the startup phase of a company, research is imperative. The knowledge gained has to be disseminated throughout the organization and a large amount of exchange of information takes place. This knowledge is critical since it will play an active role in deciding the company’s strategy. Even small amounts of unshared or non-harnessed information might turn out to be a significant risk to the early stage company. cyn.in helps start-ups create, manage, share and publish knowledge with ease and in an affordable secure manner. cyn.in being a SaaS based solution gives a start-up an opportunity to first understand the software and measure it’s long term value at very low costs. The large technology investments are also waived off as the software is hosted with cyn.in. cyn.in is great for Information collaboration & management for Enterprises and the SaaS model just adds the cherry on the cake. Simply erfect! You can now use the free Professional Edition of cyn.in and experience the power of cyn.in delivered as a Service.

Sumant points out on his cyn.in site, Friends.cyn.in how a student from a college in Kerala, India has pioneered a high capacity storage device out of ordinary paper. Sainul Abideen, the whizkid student, has built the whole technology out of his college labs under professorial guidance and has already been acknowledged on the Deccan Herald, a daily Indian newspaper and online site.

Audio Podcasts have become the recent rage in the blogosphere, with everyone from Scoble's new podtech company to Kevin Rose's hugely popular Diggnation podcast, participating in interviews, sending out words to huge  audiences of listeners and blog readers is the new fad. The spoken word is definitely more powerful than the written one, especially so when the speaker knows the topic and speaks well. Podcasts are now a raging phenomenon because:

a. They are based on RSS technology which is now adopted, extended and used more widely than soap (or so it seems, at least!)b. A complete plethora of playing mechanisms and audience. You name it - nearly every device that is coming to market has podcast support.

So? Addressing an audio podcast audience is really easy with cyn.in - we made sure that content broadcasting is easily doable for all customers. Audio podcasting is really as easy as 1 - 2 - 3 in cyn.in;  let me show you how: Step 1: Create audio: To podcast audio, you need to have one or more audio files. Audio files in podcasts are usually in the MP3 file format and MP3s can be created from just about anywhere these days, too. For the purpose of podcasting, you could record your voice using various software tools, I'll be profiling these (if the time-space continuum permits, of course) later. You could even go full steam ahead and record a Skype or telephonic interview, I'll put in a few words about these too, if I can. In essense, you need to have an audio file to broadcast / podcast it. It really is that simple. Step 2: Create a note: All you really have to do to podcast your audio files in cyn.in is upload them into a note and publish it. cyn.in will take care of the rest. Have you seen the Audio Podcast feed yet? :) Step 3: Podcast!: You can now proceed to publicize your podcast feed. How do you do that? Simply copy-paste the Podcast feed URL into any podcast consumer and you're set. Read on, I'll show you how.

	Create a note: First, we need to create a note that will have our audio files. Simply press the New Note button (on the top left) in your cyn.in site. Put in a title, and some content in the body - these will be used in your podcast, so do put in some sensible stuff.
	Upload Files: Select one or more mp3 files to add to this note. These files will appear in your podcast feed. SlashTag this note something meaningful (/audio would be a good bet) and....
	Publish it! Don't forget to publish it to the web, this is important. The podcast feed will still be available if you don't publish to the Web Space, but will require user authentication to be used (of course if this is what you intended, then you're The Boss!)

Now that you got the drearily simple task of creating a note with files out of the way let's get to the more fun, podcasting parts. :) Podcasting Podcasting deals with two flip sides of the same coin. On one side there is broadcasting (cyn.in) and on the other, there is pod-catching (devices, other web2.0 services, etc.). What we've set up until now is the broadcasting side of the podcasting coin. Let's check out some possibilities of using the content that we just created. First, a test Let's see how our podcast feed looks (and sounds) like in Google Reader, a full-featured, free, online RSS  ggregrator service from Google.

	Let's copy and paste the URL of the podcast feed from the Web Space SlashTag /audio/TheMatrix.
	And voila! our feed shows up with the standard Google Player. And hmm....... I think I liked the old Google Reader layout better - it was more readable. Whatever.

I'll also take some screenshots from my odeo odyssey, as well. Odeo seems to make it excessively difficult to add an external feed, I had to look in the FAQ. Anyways, let's see what the odeo playlist creator and player do with our audio podcast feed. Hmmmm........ not bad. There's an inbuilt player. With a single click to play any item on the podcast playlist. Not bad at all. :) So what's all this for. Really. Everybody's been looking at the Podcast medium to be the next big, no really big explosion. You can be at the forefront of all this, by creating targeted, concentrated spoken content, easily and quickly. Simply record your "Save The World" plan, or your big marketing pitch and save the mp3 file into a note. That's all it takes for you to get started. Your viewers can use any audio podcast listening service or device to hear all you have to say, without jumping through multiple hoops or you having to bother with how the whole thing works. Try our pre-populated demo today, or better yet, get yourself a cyn.in site. Site pricing starts at $60 for 2 users, and reduces steadily as you add more. Buy yourself a cyn.in site, today.

That's what Jerry Bowles felt after collaborating on cyn.in for a week with his colleagues. Jerry has reviewed cyn.in on his blog Enterpriseweb2.com and in a very explicitly has explained the simplicity and concept of cyn.in. These were by far the most encouraging words that I have read about cyn.in.The honor is truly ours, to accept your accolades. cyn.in is the most promising offering we have ever had, because apart from inheriting a rocket science technology base from all our previous work, It has been designed to very simply communicate with its customers. We have spent 5 years building cyn.in to give our customers 'the perspective of a smooth ride.'. Thanks for the excellent review, Jerry!