Got a long drive ahead of you, and a backseat full of unruly kids? If you also have an iPad, you’re in luck. We’ve narrowed down the wide selection of software available to eight key apps for different age demographics to make things easier for you. Read more »
Yesterday, Om reported that Etacts is to be shut down. While that’s bad news for users of the social CRM service, fortunately there are plenty of alternatives available. Here is a selection of the more useful social CRM tools that have been reviewed on WWD: Read more »
While it would be wrong to suggest that there are fashions in collaboration tools — you don’t have to have the latest tool to walk down the runway — there are certainly trends that are going to impact the tools we use in the coming year. Read more »
Overnight, an unofficial WikiLeaks iOS app was pulled from the App Store after being approved only last week. Before you run out and wreak DDOS justice, note that censorship may not be behind the decision. This may be a much more straightforward guideline violation. Read more »
Google Voice, which offers voice calling from mobile devices and from Gmail’s web interface, has announced that it will continue to offer free calls in the U.S. and Canada through 2011. Google had previously said that free calling would only be available through December 2010. Read more »
No matter what other presences you may have on the web, your own website is still a must. Professionally-designed websites should, of course, look good no matter what browser a user has. But it’s surprisingly tough to test all the ways that your site may look. Read more »
Firefox has an irritating habit of switching into “Work Offline” mode if it detects that the Internet connection drops. The good news is that there’s a new option that you can use to prevent the browser from automatically switching into “Work Offline” mode. Read more »
Many of your iPhone apps may be sharing much more of your data with other companies than you might suspect, according to a new report. Among the info being passed along is your user name, location, age, gender and phone’s unique device identifier. Read more »
Facebook is easy to use, as well as being a robust tool. Grandparents can pick up enough to browse pictures of their grandchildren in a matter of minutes, while teenagers manage their entire social lives from the site. So why isn’t enterprise software more like Facebook? Read more »
As we approach the end of the year, it’s a good time to take a step back and look at some data to see which of your blog posts have been getting attention and which ones have been mostly ignored. Read more »
Following the success of the MacHeist offerings, time-limited bundles of software seem to be popular these days. The Fusion Ads Holiday Bundle includes a number of programs that may be of interest to Mac-using web workers. The collection includes the following software: Read more »
iPhone and iPad app discovery website App of the Day spent some time analyzing App Store data and came up with some interesting findings, which they compiled in this infographic. Check it out for a detailed look at how Apple’s mobile marketplace ticks. Read more »
The news that Yahoo is planning on shutting its popular social bookmarking service Delicious is concerning, particularly if you’ve used it to store a large number of bookmarks. Fortunately, Delicious makes it really easy to make a backup of your bookmarks as an HTML file: Read more »
According to a leaked presentation, Yahoo is planning on shutting down Delicious. That’s bad news for users of the social bookmarking tool, but fortunately there are several excellent alternatives. While none of them is an exact like-for-like replacement, they offer a selection of useful bookmarking features: Read more »
Looking for a remote desktop solution for your iPhone or iPad? Screens could fit the bill quite nicely. Screens is a universal app, so it lets you access your Mac from either your iPhone, iPod touch or iPad, using an interface optimized for each device. Read more »
I don’t know about you, but I often get to the end of the day and wonder where the 40 bucks I had in my wallet disappeared to. At LeWeb, I came across Toshl, an expense-tracking app that I might actually use because it’s so simple. Read more »
As we reported earlier, Apple today introduced new illustrated titles to the iBookstore. The titles come alongside an update for the iBooks app, which delivers enhanced support for illustrated books, a new Collections feature and the ability to print PDFs and notes via AirPrint. Read more »
Cloud-based note-taking apps are proliferating. Newcomer Catch has joined Evernote, Springpad, Paprika and Simplenote in this space. Like a lot of my WWD colleagues, I’ve been using Evernote. So does Catch offer any features that might induce me to switch? Read more »
Apple is gearing up to launch its Mac App Store within the next two months. Preview screenshots suggest that Apple’s iWork apps will be among the first available for purchase in the new marketplace. I’d prefer a more modest offering: Notes.app. Read more »
Research firm International Data Corporation (IDC) predicts in a new report that based on current trends, sales of mobile apps will be a $35 billion industry by 2014. App downloads will reportedly climb from 2010′s 10.9 billion to 76.9 billion by that time. Read more »
It’s a little late getting here, but today CNN introduced its iPad app. The app is a free download, and features a unique user interface custom-designed for the iPad’s larger screen. Simultaneous with the iPad app’s release, CNN is also making its existing iPhone app free. Read more »
Just as I was lamenting not being able to find a tool that helps me visualize the development and work process, a new tool launches, almost as if somebody read my mind. SmartQ is a web-based “visual project board” from the makers of 5pm. Read more »
Over the weekend, the servers of Gawker Media were hacked. Account data, including usernames and passwords of blog commenters, have been stolen. If you have an account on a Gawker blog and use the same password anywhere else, it’s imperative that you change those passwords immediately. Read more »
Google Latitude briefly appeared last week in the Japanese App Store, but disappeared just as quickly. As of early Dec. 13, it’s now available for all iPhone users. The official app provides lets you share your device’s location info with contacts of your choosing. Read more »
Apple’s year-in-review iTunes Rewind special section of the iTunes Store went live today, and the App Store selections in particular give a good overview at the year that was for iOS software. Here’s a look at the big winners, and some interesting trends. Read more »
WorkWyze is a team-based task management app that’s designed with the needs of team leaders in mind. It has a simple workflow that makes it easy to delegate, track and prioritize tasks, and makes it clear who owns each task and what its status is. Read more »
Moxie Software’s Spaces platform provides businesses with “online engagement spaces” for both employees and for customers. One such business is Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, which has built a community of employees, as well as vendors and other trusted partners, that can solve supply chain disruptions real time. Read more »
OnLive has a new iPad client as of yesterday, Dec. 7. It won’t let you play games, but it will let you watch others doing just that. The press release talks about “gaming as a spectator sport,” but that’s the least interesting thing about this app. Read more »
When I noticed that bit.ly had a Pro version that enables custom short domains and that it was free, I just had to try it out. You have to submit your email address to be “considered” for the beta; I just received my access information. Read more »
To say Google’s Books app lacks polish would be kind indeed. If Apple can be accused of sometimes favoring form over function, Google does neither with Books. Instead, Google leaves out expected features, adds a few bizarre ones, and wraps it in a barren interface. Read more »
Gmail’s Priority Inbox feature — a smart feature that learns which of your emails are the most important and displays them in a separate inbox — now provides feedback on why it considers particular emails important and has a tweaked algorithm that should mean it learns faster. Read more »
My favorite Mac clipboard management tool is Jumpcut, an open-source app that makes it easy to rapidly select previously copied items via the keyboard, but if you prefer a more visual, drag ‘n’ drop approach, you should check out Ayluro’s Corkboard. Read more »
We Farm, Tap Zoo and countless other similar apps have made tons of money by asking you to spend yours on virtual goods. A brand new iPhone app called Raise the Village uses the same model for a good cause. But does it go too far? Read more »
Virtual Office Pro 2.0, from telecoms company 8×8, is a web-based suite of communications services. It includes phone, fax, web conferencing, call recording and chat, and has functions that are standard with many VoIP systems, such as call forwarding and three-way calling. Read more »
Meetzi is an app that helps make meetings more focused, actionable and on time. You can use it to build and distribute agendas; keep your meetings on track using its built-in timer tools; and then use it to share notes and after the meeting has finished. Read more »
If one thing really makes me mad, it’s buying something at Best Buy only to find out later that a friend got it there on sale the weekend after I did. Gazaro Protect, a new — and free — iPhone app, ensures that won’t happen ever again. Read more »
Skype has new competition on the iPhone platform thanks to Viber, a new VoIP app that allows iPhone-to-iPhone calling over 3G and Wi-Fi connections. The app is free, runs in the background, doesn’t have any ads and won’t charge you anything to make calls. Read more »
Xmarks, a popular free browser bookmarks synchronization service with some 4.5 million users that was threatened with closure, has announced that it has been acquired by LastPass, a provider of cross-platform password management tools, in a deal that will enable the service to continue to operate. Read more »
Ben the Bodyguard is an upcoming app whose developers have exactly the right idea about how to promote your product before it actually gets in to the hands of actual users. It manages to set itself apart without actual previews or screenshots. Here’s how. Read more »
Are you willing to show everyone just how your projects are going? One of the features of Clarizen’s project management software is the Roadmap Widget, which is meant to be published on your website, offering some transparency into the project management process. Read more »
