If you've ever wanted to find a way to play the audio and video files stored on your Mac or PC when you are off on a trip you will know what a pain it can be. Airplayit is a next-generation video and audio streaming application for smartphones that solves that problem without asking you to spend ages copying them from your computer for watching and sharing. It works in two parts. One part sits on your computer sharing your files on your hard drive or iTunes library while the other sits on your iPad or iPhone and allows you ... Read more
Attention all you actors (and waiting staff, of course) and casting agents out there - this one is for you. Voices.com is a unique jobs and employment application for iPhone which presents a chance for voice talent to connect with casting agents and deliver audio and video representations of their work and vocal capabilities. Equally, it's a place for casting agents to listen to audio samples from all over the world to find exactly the right person for the job they have in mind. Voices.com has designed an app to cater for both those hiring talent and voice talent ... Read more
Some think the 140 character limit to your Twitter tweets is too many characters while there are others who want to pontificate until the cows come home. You can't please all the people all the time. Given some of the inane ramblings of some tweeters it is probably a blessing in disguise that there is a limit but sometimes you just can't get your story across in that small amount of words and that's where Twishort comes in handy. This Twitter and blog tool let's you get your message up with a link for your avid readers to follow to ... Read more
LocAlerts is a damned good geolocation based reminder board that would be absolutely brilliant for a road trip or a holiday away. Keep this search and reminder tool on your iPad or your iPhone and it will give you the perfect way to research your trip as well as giving you the ability to add stuff as you go. So its easy to note down a virtual to-do list before you go and add details like addresses and phone numbers of friends and sights and any other stuff that you need to make a note of along the way. And ... Read more
How would you like to build an shopping site in a flash with a fully functioning shopping cart? iKomee is a no programming ecommerce and web design application that provides over 150 tools to build a product inventory and shopping cart that works across all currencies, accomodating multiple payment methods, shipping precedures, a great search engine and as a complete management system to run it. What's more, you don't need any great design skills to put it together and you can be up and running the same day. iKomee is an ecommerce website builder which has unique click and ... Read more
Are you one of those people who relies on your memory to remember stuff or are your pockets full of bits of paper with things written all over them? The GTD in GTDfaster is short for Getting Things Done and this productivity tool is the full free version of the popular organization iPhone application. It encourages you to note your thoughts onto your iphone rather than try to remember everything or fill your pockets with bits of paper This is the free full version of the popular iPhone productivity and to-do-list tool - the only difference being that this ... Read more
Wupbox solves the problem of how you keep track of what's happening with your website as you travel the globe. Whether you are off on holiday or travel the world as part of your business you still need to know that your website or startup is working effectively and Wupbox allows you to monitor everything you need to know and get notifications if things are running slow or a problem is detected. Wupbox is a set of networking and communication tools that allow you to monitor and analyze your website from different specific locations in the world and make ... Read more
There is a temptation to think that once you've developed your startup that most of the work is done. Sadly, of course, that's not true if you want to get the best out of all your earlier hard work. AwareLab was designed by startup professionals and guides you through a check list of PR and marketing tasks to launch your campaign to take your pet project to its prelaunch at optimum level. AwareLabs is a PR task list assembled to help guide startups through the initial phases of launching a campaign. Most startups don't know how to make the ... Read more
I can see this one providing endless hours of fun and endless hours of hangovers starting the day after the party. It’s also probably a good idea for this post-Christmas time of year when most of us have got a load of half-drunk bottles of all sorts sitting in our cupboards. That bottle of sweet vermouth for example that you had to get in for Auntie Betty or the sherry your mum likes but only ever has one glass of is often redundant once the festivities are over but with Bartender you can get mixing! Read more
We rely on our memory so much, don't we? But between our work life and our leisure time there are just so many things to remember yet we admonish ourselves when we forget a birthday or forget to pay a bill on time and incur a penalty fee. So why put yourself through it when there are productivity tools like ReminderGuru available to remember for you. But this one doesn't just remember - it will send you an email or an SMS to remind you to buy that present for your Auntie Doris or pay that Amex bill on time. ... Read more