Business tools //

Livetask //

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Manage Your Team From Afar

If you own a business that requires your employees to spend a lot of time running around, keeping everyone connected and on schedule can be a hassle. Livetask is an app that lets you manage your team from your computer by scheduling tasks and sending notifications to the their cell phones.

User Interface

2 stars

Usefulness

4 stars

Innovation

4 stars

Cost:

$9.90 per user, per month. GPS and SMS cost extra

Overall Rating:

3.3

Convos //

Friday, June 5, 2009

Start a Conversation With Your Team

When you manage a group of people, it’s important for everyone to have a convenient way to keep in touch. Convos provides an easy, low-cost solution for keeping your team connected.

User Interface

4.5 stars

Usefulness

4.5 stars

Innovation

3 stars

Cost:

Free-$100 per month

Overall Rating:

4.0

CurdBee //

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Take The Sting Out Of Invoicing

CurdBee is a free app that takes the sting out of invoicing clients. We interviewed Lakshan Perera of Vesess to find out more about the app, and then took it out for a test drive of our own.

User Interface

4.5 stars

Usefulness

4.5 stars

Innovation

3 stars

Cost:

Free-$5.00 a month

Overall Rating:

4.0

Cubetree //

Monday, May 11, 2009

Connect With Your Co-Workers

Are you looking for a way to communicate more effectively with your co-workers? Cubetree’s social networking platform offers microblogging, document-sharing and much more.

User Interface

5 stars

Usefulness

5 stars

Innovation

4 stars

Cost:

Free-$5.00/user

Overall Rating:

4.7

MailChimp //

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Monkey See, Monkey Send

MailChimp is an app that makes creating and managing email campaigns simple. Send emails and track them to gauge your campaign’s performance. With MailChimp, staying in touch with potential customers is so easy a monkey could do it!

User Interface

5 stars

Usefulness

5 stars

Innovation

3.5 stars

Cost:

Free to $40 per month

Overall Rating:

4.5