We just solved a bug related to the DeskAway and FreshBooks integration. Earlier, when someone else in your DeskAway project would add time (within a DeskAway project that is integrated with a FreshBooks project), the time would get added under your name (assuming you had setup the integration) within that project in FreshBooks.

We were not checking to see if this user was indeed a part of the project in FreshBooks. This issue has been fixed today.

We check to see if the person in your DeskAway project is also a member of the project in FreshBooks (their email address should match up). If this is true, we send the time to your FreshBooks project under this person’s name. If this is false, then this person will not see the task drop-down within the timesheet section (see image below).

In a nutshell, everyone adding time from DeskAway also needs to be a part of the project in Freshbooks (same email address).

If you own a BlackBerry, Nexus One, Nokia, HTC Android or any other smartphone, you can now track your projects, tasks and messages from the comfort of your phone.

This feature is open to all our users - free as well as paid! Simply open up the browser on your phone and point it to your DeskAway account address e.g. http://something.deskaway.com.

Currently, only the following features are supported:

• Track global and project activity.
• Add task lists, tasks and task comments.
• Send messages and comments.
• Update your status.

Do try it out and let us know what you think by emailing supportATdeskawayDOTcom!

If you are using Mac OS X system, you might have an issue while unzipping the exported zipped file that you received after initiating a backup/export of all your DeskAway projects. We have seen this happen a couple of times with the inbuilt Mac Archive Utility. To overcome this issue here are 2 solutions:

1. See if the zipped file is corrupt by running this command in your Terminal window:

unzip -t filename

2. If all is well, then use this command to unzip the file. This should most likely work:

unzip filename

3. We have had success with using this application instead of the default archiving tool:

http://wakaba.c3.cx/s/apps/unarchiver.html

Hope this works!

Out of 112 applicants from India ranging from age 19 to age 35, DeskAway has been chosen in the 30 finalists for the Business World Young Entrepreneurs Awards for 2010.

These 30 young start-ups and their founders will now be evaluated by a separate six-member jury comprising prominent entrepreneurs, investors and other experts. Five winners will be chosen by the jury and announced later.

Excited!

We have released a revamped version of the Docs Section. Some of the changes are as stated below:

1. Chronological listing of Docs.
2. Older Docs show up after the “Browse Older” button is clicked.
3. After adding a new Doc you are taken to the edit window automatically.
4. Updated Doc editor
5. The editor opens up on the same page. Earlier it opened up in a popup.
6. Allowing you to create a template out of a Doc. Earlier, you could only add templates to a Doc.
7. Cleaner interface and formatting of items.

You can also check out the FAQ’s for this section.