System and method for synchronizing data objects in a cloud based social networking environment

An online collaboration server system, comprising:

• a processor that is configured to:
• configure a set of access privileges to define a sharing configuration to allow sharing of a set of data objects between a group of computing devices comprising a first computing device and second computing devices;
• receive an updated data object from a sync client of the first computing device, in response to saving the updated data object;
• and
• automatically synchronize the updated data object with a cloud-based database;
• and
• automatically push the updated data object to the second computing devices to share the updated data object in accordance with the sharing configuration.

An online collaboration system for synchronizing and sharing data objects among a group of computing devices that are communicatively coupled to the online collaboration system, the online collaboration system comprising:

• a cloud-based database configured to store data objects;
• and
• an online collaboration server that is configured to:
• configure a set of access privileges to define a sharing configuration to allow sharing of a set of data objects between the group of computing devices comprising a first computing device and second computing devices;
• receive, upon saving the updated data object, an updated data object from a sync client of the first computing device;
• automatically synchronize the updated data object with the cloud-based database;
• and
• automatically push the updated data object to the second computing devices to share the updated data object in accordance with the sharing configuration.