Salesforce has started releasing some official information on the upcoming Spring 12 release.

Once again there will be 100's of new features & functions in all products areas. Also, some long awaited features will finally be available including:

• Cross object workflows
• Exception reporting as well as other reporting improvements
• IM for Chatter
• Extended functionality on Social Contacts to Leads, & Accounts as well as other services like YouTube etc.
• Updated Service Cloud console
• Live agent
• and MUCH more.

Here are some reference video links.

It seems the lessons of internet security and privacy cannot be learned early enough in life and it is never too early for parents to start teaching their kids about it either, it seems.

Getting the kids their first mobile, tablet etc for Christmas ? Well it's time to discuss the risks of internet, their identity and their privacy.

Case in point (true story). Two kids (7 & 9) have been using computers for a few years now and are completely hooked on the site www.moviestarplanet.com. It is a great cloud-based application, where kids build their own characters, put on a show & make their own movies and earn points based on popularity, number of views etc. You get the idea. With these points, they can buy more accessories, clothes etc to make their characters even better.

So I received the new Kindle Fire (color version of Kindle) yesterday, personal delivery from a friend, as Amazon doesn't deliver outside the USA yet.

The intention is to have the device setup for all Nexell users, with a single account, which can be shared so that all technical manuals we need can be purchased and used on the device as well as any other device (iPhone, Android etc), with the Kindle App installed.

First impression of the device is great, look & feel, setup etc, but if you expect an iPad or iPad killer you'll be disappointed. WLAN built in, but no GSM, and as it is a US only device, don't try to download any free Apps as you will get the message "blablabla geographical restrictions blablabla", DRM kicks in. Angry birds anyone ? Forget it, cannot install it, even though it says it is "compatible" with my device. Of course, if you want buy Amazon books etc, no problem. At least I managed to install some CiviCRM & Salesforce.com docs.