While Google+ Hangouts has hardly taken over the world since its inception, the chances are that it's profile will increase somewhat when the iOS version is made available in the not too distant future. At the moment, this free video chat service with face to face and group chats of up to ten people, can only be accessed by laptop, desktop and Android. HangoutMagix is a rather cool free graphics creator for your video chat that allows you to put up various graphics to decorate your window. HangoutMagix is a completely free online graphics creator for Google+ Hangouts. While ... Read more
Staff appraisals have become a bit of a regular thing over the last ten years or so, especially in larger companies. But, while it is a very useful tool to find out where your staff is going right (or wrong,) it can become a time consuming job to oversee, conduct and analyze. Appraisd is a new business management application that offers easy to use, online staff appraisal templates and performance and feedback reports to monitor your team's progress. This staff appraisal app is built to serve both large and small businesses and even offers the chance to import your own ... Read more
It's not easy to get across the passion that you have for a subject by a form of resume. It's not particularly easy, if it comes to that, to get that enthusiasm over to the people by creating a Facebook page or using any of the other social networking outlets. Maybe you have spread yourself right across all your networks. Your cool photos could be on Instagram, you might have some interesting articles and stories on your blog and then there is the stuff on your Facebook page. Enthuse.me is a new networking and promotion application where you can create ... Read more
With Apple's iPad being the 'flavor of the moment' there is always going to be a lot of speculation about new developments and the tips and tricks of the trade. There are a number of ways of keeping up with the latest gossip surrounding, what has turned out to be, one of Steve Jobs' best legacies. iPadNewsBlog has become the number #1 source of the best information on all things iPad and has been featured recently in publications all over the world including the Wall Street Journal, AppleInsider and MacRumors. iPadNewsBlog is the premier iPad focused website for iPad ... Read more
If there is one thing that has emerged from the recent US election it is that, whether you approve of the massive political advertising campaigns or not, the behind-the-scenes fundraisers did an incredible job of getting people to donate. It's said that each side raised and spent close to a billion dollars on their campaigns over the period. Inspiring people to donate has moved on from the cold calls of old to a much more analytical method of coaxing the last dollar out of their donors. Encore takes a new approach to fundraising and engaging donors for non profit organizations ... Read more
So have you ever built your own website or even thought about putting one together? Website builders often offer huge, complicated behemoths of design that are not only hard to create but also cost a fair amount of money. Quite often they are so complicated that you end up hiring a professional design team to do it for you. This is fine for big business but, if you are a small business or a creative professional, that's often not an option. Plebu is a 'software as a service' web design and website creator that makes it easy and cheap to ... Read more
You used to have to constantly keep one eye open to make sure your website was running up to scratch but now, with the introduction of tracking tools, you can automatically check to see whether all is well from any desired location. But StatusCake goes one step further. This website monitoring service checks your any number of sites for performance and downtime every five minutes from different places the world over to make sure you know if anything goes wrong. If there are issues, StatusCake will send you immediate notification. It is important to know when your website is ... Read more
It's becoming more and more obvious that there doesn't seem to be a hint of the App avalanche slowing down any time soon. So the ability to create your own app from your web page would be rather useful, wouldn't it? The interestingly named new startup application Rare Artifact App Builder is a free Android app that actually makes other Android apps. And, unlike many other app builders, there is no programming required and, what's more, no ads whatsoever. There's even an app version available on Google Play. So why make an app from your web page? Well, there ... Read more
You used to be able to get away with a bit of plagiarism in your text or document writing but not any more. If you knowingly copy someone else's work the chances are it will be picked up by a program like Plagtracker so it would be wise for you to get there first and check your own work before anyone else gets a chance to. This free writing and education application is specifically designed for students to check their work before handing it in and getting that big red mark on the assignment they've spent so much time on. ... Read more
SocialGimme could well be another step in the evolution of advertising on the Internet allowing everybody from the individual with a story to tell, the small business trying to find themselves a niche market right through to bigger companies with products to sell. SocialGimme is a simple web design app that is great for startups and let's you easily create Gimme pages without the need to spend large amounts on web design. Design your page with simple guidelines in a matter of minutes and you are one click away from being publishable. This free app makes web design fun as ... Read more