Whether we like it or not, we seem to have more contact with people who don't speak our languages than ever before. There are more Spanish speaking people in the US, more Europeans in Britain and more people from all over the world doing business in Asia. In an ideal world we would all just learn a new language but that's not always practical. So, an app like mText2Speech is going to be very useful to many. This language and translation app for iOS breaks down the language barriers by automatically translating text phrases in over 90 different languages. It will detect the language of any ... More
One of things that has been holding back small business when it comes to having an online presence has been lack of technical knowledge. Many business owners are technically challenged by website builders and CRMs, feel that they just don't have the computer skills to maintain them properly or figure that they are just too damned expensive to justify. If they do attempt to enter the online world they will generally cherry pick cheap, individual services and hope that they will all work together somewhere down the line. OElite Platform offers a cost effective set of small business ... More
If you are looking for a site where you can build a website for free you wont have to look too far to find one - there are heaps of them online. You'll see plenty of sites like Wix, Weebly, Squarespace and Wordpress that all advertise themselves as free website builders. The truth is, for one reason or another, most of those sites aren't actually free unless you are happy with a rather bland and fairly unresponsive website. If you want anything above the bare minimum, you'll end up either having to pay for it in the form of a monthly fee or your site will be festooned with ads to help to ... More
So, you've probably spent weeks and months diligently putting your website together with everything from your latest brand information to ecommerce sales. You probably think that you can relax a bit now and let the website do all the work. Uh-huh? That's a really dangerous thing to do. If something goes wrong with your website and there is downtime, you might not just lose a few sales while it isn't working. There's little more frustrating for the potential customer than a website that doesn't work efficiently and, chances are, those people won't be back. Pingometer is a top notch website ... More
What's that old adage about 'prevention being better than a cure'? One thing's for sure. In the world of websites, that statement has never been truer. When it comes to websites and their design, it's far more important - and a lot more cost efficient - to test the efficiency of a site before it is unleashed onto the viewing masses. Uxeria is a great solution for fast user testing for your website to determine visitor behavior. Just set the website and the relevant criteria and the app will pass it on to some of its 80,000 testers. Rather than having to wait weeks for results, you'll know ... More
The trouble with many 'to-do' applications nowadays is that they are geared either towards business use or designed purely for personal stuff. There's not that much around that covers all of your day-to-day activities. The other problem is that they are often packed with way too many features that you'll never use and are altogether too complicated. Taskify.us is a free, simple and effective organizer that lets you jot down all your daily events - from the moment you jump out of bed to the time you get back under the covers - and tick off your tasks when they have been completed. ... More
Flash technology has been around since the mid '90's with simple but quite gorgeous animation technology that pretty well anyone can access. In that time, online, animated flash games have become one of the great little 'time wasters' for we Internet users. Their brightly colored graphics - with the option for interactivity - made them some of the most addictive and fun activities around. There are heaps of sites out there that claim to have the biggest selection of compiled flash games, but mostly they are a disappointment. FlashFreeOnline not only has a huge array of hundreds f thousands ... More
You may think that you've done all you can do once you've created your website and got it up and running. You probably also reckon that now that your website is available worldwide, that you have a worldwide audience. Well, visitors might well be available to view your site in Outer Mongolia but that isn't going to be a lot of good if they can't understand the language. Srvd is a 'software-as-a-service' website design application that lets you show different content on your site based on where your viewers are in the world, which browser type they use, their screen size or the amount of ... More
Its pretty well established now that, if you want to be successful in business, you really are going to need a website to advertise yourself. There are plenty of 'do-it-yourself' cheap and quick website creation applications available but if you are looking to create a truly professional website with tons of content it can cost you thousands of dollars...not to mention the upkeep. Just Add Content is a web design and hosting application that allows small business owners the chance to compete with the big boys - but for a fraction of the cost and without the need for a web designer. ... More
SDL has been one of the leaders in translation for the last twenty years and its this reputable team are now introducing a language translation application known as SDL BeGlobal. The app uses both machine and human translation to give the most reliable translation service to cover a massive amount of languages and dialects. While there are plenty of other translation apps there aren't many where you can choose between simple translations of regular languages and actual human translation of the least well known. BeGlobal is a cost effective way of translating everything from apps to ... More