More and more businesses these days are adopting the idea of an internal business social collaboration network to aide communication in the workplace. For a start, most people are pretty familiar with the social network concept and use it on a regular basis so the learning factor is minimal. But secondly, it allows your workers to communicate in individual teams as well as across the whole business and negates the need for endless emails and time spent in meetings. Communifire is a new enterprise social collaboration application that makes for superb real-time communication between your staff while still retaining control ... Read more
Knowledge is everything these days, it seems. Start a new job and it's as much about just how up to date you as it is on what you can bring to the table. The world is moving fast and it's important to keep up with current trends. Many companies will send their staff members to conferences or seminars but, with our businesses truly global these days, they could be situated anywhere from Beijing, China to Louisville, Kentucky. So maybe an online solution is possible to shrink the knowledge gap. Conferize is a social conference and event finding app that lets ... Read more
Science is one of those weird anomalies in life. It seems that it was one of the things that kids hated most at school and yet, judging by the friends around me now, it seems to have become the thing that they want to learn more about. A Science Explore is an education and knowledge application containing facts and hidden knowledge on scientific subjects of all kinds. Do you know how Einstein figured out his most famous equation- E=MC²? Or why two eyes give you better vision than one? How about what the famous physicist Galileo's full name is? ... Read more
I wonder how long it will be before Apple take over the world. One thing that's for sure is that their profile has increased expedentially since the unfortunate death of former leader Steve Jobs. But the thing about Macs is that they do what they do so damned well - and believe me they do a lot. And that brings us to this new app named Tips & Tricks for OSX Mountain Lion where you can discover all the inside knowledge on Mac's super dooper operating system Mountain Lion. Whether you are already using Apple's new Mountain Lion operating ... Read more
The idea behind Stuora is to provide a simple question and answer arena for students that will eventually turn out to be the only place to go to when you need to find specific information fast. It aims to take the place of websites like Blackboard, Moodle and Wikipedia and become your one-stop place-to-go when needing answers to any course related question. This free knowledge and learning application is designed specifically for university students and the questions and answers submitted are all the product of the students themselves. Stuora is the ultimate question and answer website taylored specifically for ... Read more
Knoodle derives it's name from a combination of Knowledge and Noodle - as in 'using one's noodle' or, the art of creative thinking. What it is, to back up that idea, is an intelligent union of old school outcomes and new technology. Knoodle delivers a comprehensive set of learning tools designed to keep everybody up-to-date and moving your business in the right direction. It uses your previously created videos, presentations and documents to inform and manage your business ecosystem of employees, customers and partners Knoodle provides a cloud-based social presentation, training and learning management system in a single application. ... Read more
I have just been reading the Malcolm Gladwell book "Outliers" which talks about the lengths that Bill Gates and Steve Jobs went to in their pursuit to learn all things computer back in the seventies and eighties. They were lucky. These days, the computer is thought of in the same way as the brain, it seems - the rule has been that you don't mess with it. But it's not quite so daunting as it appears. Linux Academy is a cloud-based learning application that offers interactive video courses to discover all you need to know about the Linux operating system ... Read more
When you think about it, Glassmap owes as much to the Starship Enterprise as it does to evolving geolocation technology. All this comprehensive GPS and communication application needs to complete it is a button that says "Beam me up Scotty" and it would fit nicely on Spock's utility belt. Glassmap goes under the title of a geolocation device but, in reality, it's way more than just that. Not only does it let you share your exact location with friends but there are also tools to share photos in real time, co-ordinate meetings, chat messaging and VoIP. In fact, pretty well ... Read more
When I flew to LA just after 9/11 so many people asked me if I was petrified at the thought of it. In truth, it was probably the safest time to fly. The fact is, it's much safer to fly than it is to drive and you've probably got a bigger chance of being struck by lightning than going down in a plane. But try telling that to the guy sitting next to you that's clutching the seat so tightly his fingers are turning white. Turbcast is an air travel application for iphone and ipad that delivers stone cold information ... Read more
2Tangos is really all about trading knowledge within your local community via your social networking community. It's a place where you can collaborate with people in the know to learn that special thing or things that you've always wanted to master. And in the spirit of sharing knowledge you can reciprocate by letting others know some of the skills that you possess so that they can benefit from your wisdom in the same way that you are doing the same for others. It helps you connect with people in your local area rather than scouring local papers for expensive expert ... Read more