So, how are things going with your business? Times are a little bit tough, aren't they. You probably think that your team is pretty well organized and on the ball but there is always room for improvement and maybe now is the time to do it. If you think your business could do with a bit of fine tuning and a sales boost then SalesBoost is a 'software-as-a-service' application for mobile that aligns your sales force and arms them with the right information to increase sales and close deals faster. Yapmo SalesBoost is a great application that synchronizes your ... Read more
Surely everyone loves emoticons, don't they? You know what they are don't you? They are those cute little symbols and smiley faces that manage to summarize your inner feelings all within the one character. The only trouble is, many of the ones that you download from the Internet have been known to contain malware, spyware and the odd virus. i2Symbol has a huge free collection of guaranteed malware-free emoticons, symbols and fancy text that are perfect for displaying on your favorite social network, email or word processing app. Read more
We ran a review of this excellent travel app a few months ago but since it has just been seriously updated with some eye popping new features we thought it deserved a further mention. Go Pro Traveling have just launched an exciting, unique and very cool bunch of new features including one that takes your maps LIVE. Now, when you create a travel map, it is transformer into an animated map so you can physically see exactly the route you need to take and it does this without the use of any Flash technology. Add this to the bold new ... Read more
I guess the mark of a checklist is that it acts in a Wiki fashion by allowing more than one person to have access to it and be able to collaborate and contribute to the information in it. And if that is the criteria then My Event Checklist qualifies without any problems. This social event sharing application allows multiple collaborators to add and update their lists and can be used from anything from a dinner party for a birthday to a live sporting event. My Event Checklist lets everyone see and contribute to the event they are invited to. ... Read more
When people finally crack on to the QR code phenomenon it is going to revolutionize the way we do business. To those of you who are still unaware, If you think of QR codes as a barcode for all kinds of information you will be somewhere near its potential. Recently FeedMyApp reviewed the excellent TagMyDoc app which threatens to take over from clumsy emails to get information across to potential customers. Pickalike is a great free social QR code business promotion application (phew, that was a mouthful) that helps you create and print QR codes to promote your business Facebook ... Read more
There has not been a huge amount of new innovation in newspapers for quite a few years unless you count their shrinking sizes and circulation. However, there is one new trick that you might have noticed recently. Have you seen those little tags attached to stories or pictures in your newspaper or magazine that are interactive? When you scan them with your smartphone you are taken to other related links and multimedia content that explains the story more. Taggstar is a new social publishing and sharing application that turns your two dimensional web page into a third dimension multimedia platform ... Read more
Trivia games are always winners, aren't they. For some unfathomable reason you always want to answer one more question. BattleQuiz is a seriously addictive social trivia game for iOS and Android that features over 10,000 questions covering eight different topics. You can challenge your friends and test your knowledge at the same time on subjects including music, television, movies and even social media. BattleQuiz is a social trivia game in which friends compete against each other in challenging quiz battles. BattleQuiz provides players with a fun way to test their knowledge on various subjects ranging from Film & TV, ... Read more
The Internet is a weird evolving object that springs up more than a few surprises. People can be even weirder. If you have read any Malcolm Gladville you will be well aware of the organized chaos that we live in. Take social networks for example. I remember a friend telling me not long after Facebook's inception to "just sign up" and it wasn't that long before its reputation grew and the "Tipping Point" was reached. Now it is getting close to a billion users and everyone from cute Kentucky girls to Sherpas in Tibet seems to have an account. Add ... Read more
It never ceases to amaze and amuse me when I still see what I consider to be intelligent people belittling and refusing to get involved in social media. I hate to tell you this but it isnt going away in the near future. In fact, as more people realize the promotional and advertising potential of Facebook and Twitter etc, the more prominent and essential they will become in our brand promotion and publicity. And that's where Postano comes in very useful by automatically aggregating relevant social content across all your social networks and displaying them on your own website, on ... Read more
The way you share information through your social network can, at times, be a little flawed. It's all very well if the story you are trying to tell is specific to your social friends but what about if you want to get your message across to people in your local area for advertising or promotional purposes? You could fiddle with your Facebook settings and send your message to local friends and hope they pass it on or you can turn to something a little more specific. Sunlize offers a different way of spreading the word through your local area and ... Read more