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Ever thought that you would love to be able to shoot and destroy the annoying elements from a web page in an Asteroids-style game? No? Well, me neither, but that’s exactly what Kick Ass, a fun little bookmarklet, lets you do. Read More »

When your organization moves between project management systems, there are a lot of potential hiccups that can occur. Dedicating some thought to the process can make these problems more manageable. Even if you’re moving between two compatible systems, it’s important to keep these questions in mind: Read More »

 
 

A good program launching application is something I’ll use constantly so having it available with a keystroke is critical. When I made the move to Mac, I immediately started looking for a good launcher, and eventually stumbled across Alfred, a free launcher that’s simple yet powerful. Read More »

PlainText is a free text editor for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad from Hog Bay Software, the creators of WriteRoom and TaskPaper. It has a clean and uncluttered UI and built-in Dropbox support, which means that it can sync files with your computer. Read More »

A few weeks ago, we conducted a survey of app developers in partnership with analytics company Distimo and across our own network of sites. We asked developers which platforms they’re developing apps for, what types they’re making and plans for the future. Here are the results. Read More »

While many people love the threaded “conversation view” that’s been a feature of Gmail since its launch, some don’t. The good news for those folks is that Google is adding the ability to turn off conversation view in Gmail for Google Apps users. Read More »

MangoSpring has been working on the problem of enterprise-level collaboration since 2007 with its flagship tool, MangoTalk. With the 2.0 release of its collaboration suite MangoApps, MangoSpring has stepped up to a new level of integration, which makes the suite a robust choice for an businesses Read More »

Why You Want Google Voice on Your iPhone

After over a year in limbo, Apple has reportedly approved Google’s Voice application for the iTunes App Store, indicating that the iPhone may finally see the software. Sure you iPhone owners have lived without it forever, but Google Voice is a masterful method to manage communications. Read More »

Have you ever wondered whether the “freemium” business model, nearly ubiquitous among the web apps that we review and use here at WebWorkerDaily, is workable? New data published by email marketing service provider MailChimp in a blog post suggests that it can be. Read More »

While Apple and Oracle have enjoyed tremendous success with their integrated suite approaches to business, the open ‘read/write’ model that open source encourages provides a better platform for third-party developers and promises to be the basis of successful startups, not to mention national economies. Read More »

As soon as the iPhone 4 was released, I assumed it wouldn’t be long before Remote got updated to take advantage of the new Retina Display and other features. Needless to say, we’ve been waiting longer than I anticipated. But now that update’s here. Read More »

Google has bought Plannr, a Seattle-based startup, for an undisclosed fee, according to Alexia Tsotsis over on TechCrunch. Plannr is a service that helps groups of people coordinate their plans by bringing together the multiple planning tools that we use (calendar, phone, email, maps, SMS, etc.). Read More »

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There are plenty of chat tools out there, but using one that is purely meant for internal business communication has its benefits — at least, your team won’t be distracted by friends and family. HipChat is a group chat tool built specifically with companies in mind. Read More »

The Web Atom’s System Ninja is a useful free Windows tool for cleaning out the junk that accumulates on your hard drive over time, taking up valuable space and slowing your system down. I made a short screencast to show you how it works: Read More »

Cohuman, a team collaboration app with a slick interface that I demonstrated in a screencast earlier this year, today announced the availability of a new “Professional” version that’s aimed at businesses. It’s subscription-based and allows for greater control over who can access each project and task. Read More »

As file storage in the cloud is becoming ubiquitous, Egnyte has chosen to stand out from the crowd by incorporating both old and new technologies to improve the usefulness of its services. As of today, Egnyte supports FTP file transfers and integration with Google Docs. Read More »

One of the most common questions often asked is how to get your app reviewed by the various iPhone blog sites around the Internet. While there is no guaranteed method, SlapApp.com’s co-founder Ryan Johnson has a few pointers to help you build a relationship with reviewers. Read More »

Mindflash is a training solution that helps you create educational presentations that include your existing training documentation, such as Word documents, PDFs and PowerPoint presentations, along with multimedia such as video and quizzes. The tool is designed to be easy-to-use for the both trainer and trainee. Read More »

If you leave a lot of comments on other people’s blogs, having to fill out your details each time can feel like a chore. easyComment is a Firefox extension that can save time by automatically filling out the required fields in the click of a button. Read More »

Yesterday, Microsoft announced that it had added the ability to embed PowerPoint and Excel documents from Office Web Apps into other websites. It’s a really neat feature and easy to use, so I thought I’d make a quick screencast showing you how it works: Read More »

The developers call Ringio a “new approach for call collaboration.” When a call comes in, users are presented with a real-time popup showing data about the caller, so that one can decide to take the call, redirect the caller to voicemail or to another team member. Read More »

Are you the type of person who collects bookmarks from all over? Ever wish you could do something more useful with those bookmarks? Licorize can add context to bookmarks, to turn them into projects, ideas, notes and more that you can share with your team members. Read More »

Office Web Apps, the online version of Office, has gained some new features, and is now available in more countries, Microsoft announced today. Of particular note is that users can now embed PowerPoint and Excel documents from Office Web Apps in their own websites. Read More »

Glass makes sharing websites — along with some useful context — a matter of clicking a button in your browser. It’s based on a browser plugin, available for Firefox and Chrome, that essentially creates a secondary information “level” for a website when you turn it on. Read More »

The iWork 1.2 update for iPad brings about a whole host of welcome improvements. The best one in my opinion is the ability to import and export directly from iDisk, or any WebDAV-supported virtual disk. Also, all three apps can now export in MS Office-compatible formats. Read More »

When I hear from the folks at Springpad about changes to the service, I always read with interest. Even as my usage has waned, I really have always been very impressed with the service, and the possibilities of what it could become. Read More »

The latest edition of Adobe’s amateur image editing software takes a little from Photoshop and a little from iPhoto, but it may not be enough to justify the price. It largely depends on how much you like your Apple-exclusive features. Read More »

I love Twitter, but one thing I admit can be lacking from the service is that it doesn’t allow for embedded images, audio or video in the Twitter stream. Still, there are plenty of apps to help you to integrate multimedia into your tweets. Read More »

The App Store contains a number of “ladder points” where moving from one ranking to the next increases an app’s visibility — and, consequently, its sales. Those positions are worth vying for, even if you sometimes have to spend a little in ads to get there. Read More »

It might soon be quicker to note the devices that you can’t access cloud file sharing, syncing and storage service Dropbox on, because the company has just announced the availability of a BlackBerry client, to join the existing clients available for iOS and Android devices. Read More »

Smartphone buyers are still making buying decisions based on hardware. But it’s the apps that are changing their lives, connecting them to the Internet and in many cases, lessening their dependency on other gadgets, according to a report from Deloitte. Read More »

Ofuz is an “all in one” business suite that provides a range of integrated tools to help you manage your business throughout the sales cycle: contact management, task management and invoicing. Somewhat unusually for such an app, Ofuz is open source. Read More »

Scheduling conference calls can be a real pain. If you’re a user of meeting scheduling app Tungle.me (a favorite of WWD writer Aliza Sherman), then the process just got a little easier, because the company has rolled out integration with conference call provider WebEx. Read More »

Apple’s iOS devices only play specially encoded .m4v, .mp4 and .mov files natively. VLC plays just about any video format, including .mkv, .avi, and .mpeg’s. VLC is a great tool for Macs, but does the just-released iPad version provide a new hope for iOS devices? Read More »

For app developers, the single most important step in preparing an iPhone app for release is to ensure it has been properly optimized for iTunes App Store search. With that in mind, we offer a lesson on the art and science of search engine optimization. Read More »

Google today announced that it was adding the option of a two-step verification process to Google Apps, which requires users to log in using a password and a verification code that’s sent to their phone via SMS or generated using a mobile app. Read More »

Over time, an install of Internet Explorer can develop problems, which is when having the SF IE Restorator tool from Seven Forums may come in handy. It’s a troubleshooting utility that you can use to try to automatically fix some of the most common IE issues. Read More »

It seems that LogMeIn’s super-simple web conferencing product LogMeIn Express, which I first wrote about back in November last year, has been rebranded as join.me. It’s basically still the same product with a few tweaks that make it easier to use and a little more useful. Read More »

Itsy is a Twitter client that’s designed to take up minimal screen real estate; particularly useful if you’re working on a smaller laptop screen. It’s like a condensed version of Tweetie; it uses a smaller font and more compact design to achieve the space savings. Read More »

Where does the iPad fit in to a perfect gamers lifestyle of infinitely available devices? I have found myself gravitating more towards graphically intensive puzzle games on my iPad, not the tired old handheld favorites like Bejeweled, Tetris or Trism. Read More »

Siphon is an add-on that lets you sync a list of add-ons between multiple Firefox installs. Big deal, you might be thinking, Firefox already has Firefox Sync. You’d be right, except that Siphon provides the ability to manage which add-ons are installed via a management interface. Read More »

Cleaning up text — which can incorporate doing things like correcting erroneous capitalization, removing unnecessary spaces and removing duplicate entries — can be a laborious, time-consuming process. Next time you need to do some text cleanup, check out CleanHaven, a free text cleanup tool Read More »

Over the years, IE has fallen some way behind its competitors in terms of raw speed and standards compliance. So has the the new version done anything to make up that lost ground? I ran it through some benchmarking tools to find out. Read More »

Still waiting for Intuit to do something with Quicken Essentials for Mac? Stop wasting your time and try the latest version of iBank from IGG Software. It’s like Quicken, except it has features. Read More »

Ever wanted to see a graph of how much email you’ve received from particular person, or about a particular topic, over time? Graph Your Inbox is a Chrome extension that plots the results of Gmail search queries. It’s like having Google Analytics for your inbox. Read More »

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