Whiteboard sessions are great for brainstorming and planning, and we love tools like IdeaPaint that make it easy. But what do you do if you're, say, brainstorming new product designs but your team is spread across the globe? Face-to-face isn't an option, so how can you collaborate visually?This is where virtual whiteboards come in. With a laptop or tablet, you can host a
The 10 Best Chrome Extensions for Work
People like Google Chrome for its speed and simplicity. But there’s another advantage to using it: the vast array of extensions. Extensions are custom tools that integrate with Chrome or Gmail, giving you easy access to tools no matter where you are on the Web. Here at BestVendor, where we obsess about finding better business tools, we surveyed the team on Chrome extensions
Dropbox fans: Get Double the Free Storage
You know an app is hot when Bono invests in it, as a tweet from Dropbox announced earlier this week. Turns out Bono is almost as avid a startup investor as Ashton.But for users, there's even better news from Dropbox, currently the top-ranked storage service on BestVendor. And no, I don't mean the Android loophole. Starting immediately, Dropbox is doubling the free space
7 Business Apps That Look Amazing on the New iPad
According to a ChangeWave survey of new iPad users, the No. 1 most loved new feature on the iPad is the high-resolution retina display. We can see why — literally. The sharper display is not just pleasing to the eye, but a boon to a lot of business apps, from handwriting recognition to video conferencing. Here's a round-up of seven favorite iPad apps that look particularly
Box OneCloud: Solving Mobile Docs Yet?
For all the virtues of mobile devices, editing business docs on tablets and mobile phones is still a major pain. Need to make last-minute updates to that presentation? You'll probably pull out your laptop rather than your iPad.Box, the popular file-sharing & storage app, is attempting to change this with it's new Box OneCloud offering. Box claims it's "the first mobile
How to Be An Executive Assistant: Use These 8 Apps
Running the life of a busy CEO takes a special attention to detail, strong organizational abilities, and a high EQ. These days, it also requires savvy about the latest business tools and apps. Need a productivity hack? Talk to the EA.I caught up with Lauren Haley Schwenk, special assistant to CEO at Three Ships Media. Three Ships is a digital marketing agency based in
How to Put Any Website In Your Menu Bar
If you're like me, there are a handful of websites you use all the time. One of mine is Geckoboard, which we use to track analytics. But rather than opening Geckoboard and logging on every day, I've pinned to the menu bar at the top of my computer. To access Geckoboard, all I have to do is click the pin and Geckoboard opens up. Click the pin again and
Find Qualified Hires for Free with TweetMyJobs
Looking for work--or workers? TweetMyJobs helps job seekers and job providers find each other.The service leverages social networks like Facebook and Twitter to help companies push job listings to interested candidates. And for candidates, it delivers newly available positions the moment they're posted. Best of all, it's free for both parties.
How to Hire a Designer on the Cheap
So you need a logo for your startup. Or a Website overhaul. Maybe even some business cards.Just one problem: professional designers are expensive. Worth it, yes, but sometimes you have no choice but to work within the confines of your shoestring budget.Enter 99designs, which crowdsources your design job to give you a potentially unbeatable deal.Here's how it works.
Easy Voice-Operated Text Messaging for Android
Texting while driving kills. And, frankly, much as I'd hate to see anything happen to you, I'm even more worried that you're going to plow into me while thumbing a message.
