If you’re running Slack and managing a remote team, new instant voice calling service Beam might be music to your ears. Beam me up Scotty Beam is built to work with Slack on Macs. Once downloaded it lives in the Mac menu bar, where a list of your colleagues’ names appear. Clicking on a name establishes […]

Location sharing app Zenly wants to make it easy for people to find you. Despite of privacy concerns, they’re aiming to make person-to-person precision tracking part of mainstream life. What it does Zenly allows you to track the location of family and friends in real time, using what they claim is “the maximum precision a

Dropbox has released a new bag of tricks for business users ahead of the holidays. Drop and run Dropbox has partnered with a slew of security companies to give business customers greater control over their data.   Dropbox Enterprise customers can now block personal Dropbox accounts, while still allowing users to access work accounts. While

New year, looking for a new way to jazz up your slide presentations? Consider taking Slidebean for a whirl. Smooth sailing Using the drag 'n' drop ethos, Slidebean lets you dump all your slides into the program, and it basically does the rest. It can handle all the regular content such as charts, icons, images, and

Social media ad spend is predicted to overtake global newspaper ad revenues by 2020. Post all about it Zenith Optimedia has released a report forecasting social media ad spend will account for 20% of all internet advertising by 2019, around US$50 billion. This is 1% less than the predicted newspaper revenue for the same year,

Vimeo has rebuilt its TV experience, simultaneously launching a series of apps customised for multiple major smart TV platforms. Major platform coverage Vimeo’s new attack on the smart market starts by hitting all the big brands simultaneously. There are new Vimeo apps for Apple TV, Android TV and Samsung Smart TVs. These releases mark a

Life for online retailers has got a little bit easier, now that Squarespace customers can accept payments via PayPal. Money matters PayPal support is now available in beta for online stores using any Sqaurespace plan. You’ll need a PayPal Business account, although this a free upgrade from a personal one. Once you’re good to go,

While the silly season might be over, New Zealanders have a new way to shop in 2017 – thanks to Google. Android Action Android Pay has launched in New Zealand, meaning Android owners can now pay securely for items by tapping their phone. Android Pay is accepted at retailers including The Warehouse, Domino’s BP, and