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
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.
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.
Surf Safely at Starbucks with Newly Updated HotSpot Shield
This may come as a surprise, but public Wi-Fi hotspots--like the ones at airports, hotels, and coffee shops--aren't secure. In fact, when your laptop connects to one of these networks, it's easy pickings for hackers--even if you have a firewall installed.What you need is a VPN, a virtual private network that effectively makes your system invisible, thus protecting it from
CloudOn App Brings Microsoft Office to iPad–But For How Long?
There's no such thing as Microsoft Office for iPad--or is there? New app CloudOn brings Word, Excel, and PowerPoint to your tablet, and just not compatible approximations, either. This is the real deal.
Turn Your Kindle into a Smarter Business Tool
You probably bought your Kindle with the sole intent of reading books on long flights, but it turns out there's a powerful business tool lurking beneath that skinny e-ink surface.Thanks to a whip-smart bookmarklet, you can quickly and easily deliver just about any Web content--news stories, financial reports, awesome BestVendor posts--to your Kindle.
