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ARTICLE DATE : November 9, 2012
We have picked 25 small business appssome of which are cloud services, others for mobile devices, and some of which are standard on-premise software installs. They represent a wide variety of software; what they all have in common are ways to enhance your business and your business success. Some of the apps focus on financials, allowing you to easily manage a general ledger, accounts payable and receivables. One app focuses primarily on tracking billable work typically done by freelance workers, a workforce that is increasingly being used by businesses in a turbulent economy.
Other apps focus on productivity. While "productivity" may be a bit of a software buzzword, productivity apps are crucial. They allow the creation and management of documents that comprise your business data; help you keep sensitive data protected and retained within company walls; and aid in communication and collaboration among employees, customers, and external contacts.
There are apps listed that fill a more specialized niche such as the those that can be used by IT consultants who need to perform an on-the-fly wireless site survey and can do so from an Android smartphone.
Of course, we also include more traditional business applications such office suites and online payroll. The resulting list is comprehensive of all the varied applications that are critical for business and that have solutions tailored for small business. Here are 25 excellent business apps we've reviewed for 2012.
The Intuit App Center has also grown to include hundreds of add-ons that integrate with QuickBooks and provided specialized functionality. Web-based accounting applications are reasonable alternatives for small or uncomplicated businesses. Some begin to approach desktop QuickBooks' functionality in some areas like invoicing and contact management. But no one has yet assembled an online financial management solution that lets you do everything that QuickBooks offers.
2. Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold v16
Platform: Windows/Linux
Category: Network Management
The latest version of WhatsUp Gold takes into account practically everything an IT administrator would want to know about the network and presents it in a single, easy-to-use dashboard. Well-designed built-in Help is useful in discovering advanced features and learning how to use it.
WhatsUp Gold is not just a monitoring tool, as it can generate extensive reports and issue alerts whenever there's something that requires administrator attention. The suite can be used to upload configuration settings, keep track of software and hardware inventory, and just keep an eye on the health of the network. Its extensive suite of applications combined with a mostly intuitive Web-based dashboard gives network managers 360-degree visibility.
3. Adobe Acrobat XI
Platform: Multiple
Category: Productivity
Adobe Acrobat is still the most powerful, stable, and mature PDF application, from the creator of the PDF format.
New form-editing and document-signing features make it easier than ever to add electronic signatures to documents via computers, tablets, and smartphones. Acrobat XI preserves the simplified interface that Adobe introduced in Acrobat X, but it's learned a lot of smooth new moves.
4. KoolSpan TrustCall
Platform: Android, Blackberry
Category: VoIP
TrustCall from KoolSpan provides small businesses with a turnkey mobile phone encryption product. The IT administrator can now ensure sensitive phone calls and text messages are protected without having to buy customized devices. Military-grade voice encryption also doesn't hurt.
Easy to deploy and use, TrustCall transforms regular smartphones to "secure phones" within any organization. Thanks to the chip inside the smartphone, malicious third-party adversaries can't intercept or eavesdrop on voice calls and SMS messages.
5. VMware Fusion 5
Platform: Multiple
Category: Virtualization
VMware Fusion is easy enough for those new to deploying virtualized desktops but also satisfies the needs of advanced users. VMware Fusion provides an excellent way to run virtual operating systems on physical (host) machines. The latest version provides a rich, good-performing way to run a virtual instance of Windows 8 on OS X and is optimized for Mountain Lion.
VMware also offers customization and features more tailored to business use (the VMWare Fusion Pro edition for about $100 offers IT-friendly features).
6. Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac
Platform: OS X
Category: Virtualization
Parallels is crisp, well-designed software that delivers desktop virtualization to both beginners and advanced virtualization users. Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac allows you to run other operating systems as virtual machines on Mac hardware. Version 8 is optimized to run Windows 8.
The customization options are more targeted for personal and small business users rather than for use in an enterprise network. For enterprise, Parallels offers the Mac Enterprise Edition which gives features more in tune with business needs including mass and remote deployment options.
7. Polaris Office (for iPhone)
Platform: iPhone
Category: Productivity
For getting office or school work done in a pinch from an iPhone, get Polaris Office, which includes tools for word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation files, all in one great app that's priced more than fairly.
Polaris Office is a worthy alternative to Apple's iWork suite for editing documents, creating new ones, and saving them either to the Polaris Office app or into popular cloud-based storage services, such as Dropbox and Google Drive (formerly Google Docs).
8. Polaris Office (for iPad)
Platform: iPad
Category: Productivity
To get work done effectively on an iPad, you need an app that lets you access your preferred storage system, create new documents, and edit existing documents from your preferred storage area. Apps that do one or two of those things are a dime a dozen, but it's hard to find a good one that can do them all.
The three-in-one productivity app Polaris Office for iPad radically changes the office landscape.
9. VPN Direct (Premium)
Platform: Multiple
Category: VPN
VPN Direct is the VPN service to have when overseas or needing some privacy when surfing online. With no bandwidth requirements and good performance, you can count on VPN Direct to keep you online.
The service's VPN technology encrypts all traffic leaving the computer online and ensures data remains hidden from third parties even when on an open wireless network. As a paid service, it's on-par with many of its competitors, but its free offering falls a bit short.
10. Fing-Network Tools (for Android)
Platform: Android
Category: Networking Utilities
Fing is a network discovery tool that finds devices connected to your network. It also features several networking utilities. Even though it's free, its developers aren't stingy with the feature set.
This utility is a swiss army knife of networking utilities, providing Ping, DNS Lookup and tracerouteall which can be used for troubleshooting and analyzing connection issues or to ferret out anything connected to your network that shouldn't be.
11. Colasoft Capsa
Platform: Windows
Category: Networking Utilities
For Windows network administrators who may not want to undertake the steep learning curve associated with Wireshark, Capsa is a great, albeit pricey, alternative.
Capsa works a lot like Wireshark. It's a network analyzer and packet sniffer that provides excellent visualization of network traffic.
12. Dragon NaturallySpeaking 12 Premium
Platform: Windows
Category: Productivity
If you've never used dictation and voice command software before, Dragon NaturallySpeaking seems almost futuristic. It translates accurately. The speed is incredible. Intelligent features allow the software to become smarter the more you use it, by looking for words in context.
Dragon can also solve problems you didn't even know you had. It can make writing faster, especially if you're not fond of composing with your fingers.
13. Microsoft SkyDrive
Platform: Multiple
Category: Internet, Storage
With Web, Android, iPhone, Mac, and Windows clients, and a nifty "fetch" feature, Microsoft's cloud solution, SkyDrive, is one of the most complete offerings of its type.
SkyDrive serves a lot of functions. If you just want access to documents or media files, it offers simple online storage accessible from the Web. If you want the same set of files replicated on multiple PCs it provides folder syncing. For users of Windows 8 and Windows Phone, it backs up settings. Because of this diversity of function, there are several different cross-sections from which you can view the serviceby type of data, client, or function. The data types include documents, photos, video, music, or settings. The clients include computer, mobile, and Web, and the functions are things like syncing, viewing, playing, and simple storage.
14. Vizibility Mobile Business Card
Free, Premier $29 per year, Premier Pro $99 per year
Platform: Web
Category: Productivity
The Vizibility Mobile Business Card is a handy all-in-one kit for promoting yourself through QR codes and NFC cards.
Supported physical products like the NFC business card and QR code stickers make refreshing your business cards easy. These can be ordered separately from your subscription at $15 each (for a single business card or 240 QR code stickers).
15. Intuit Online Payroll Plus
Platform: Web
Category: Small Business Finance and Accounting
Intuit Online Payroll Plus is the most advanced, affordable online payroll website available today. Its attractive, intuitive interface and comprehensive set of record-keeping, processing and reporting tools make it your smartest choice.
Intuit Online Payroll Plus earns its place as the best online payroll service thanks to its new look and feel, its superior ability to shepherd users through a complex and challenging process, and its extensive support options.
16. Sage ACT! Pro 2012
Platform: Multiple
Category: CRM
ACT! 2012 retains many of the wonderful features of ACT! 2011, including granular contact and calendar management, as well as the ability to create a marketing campaign.
These capabilities make Sage ACT! a true CRM solution and more than your typical personal information management application, and it's one of the premiere SMB CRM solutions available.
17. NetSpot (for Mac)
Platform: Mac
Category: Utilities
NetSpot is an excellent free Mac utility that lets you scan your area for Wi-Fi signals, and create floor plans best suited for delivering strong wireless connections to your gear.
This free Mac utility from Etwok, lets you scan your immediate area for Wi-Fi signals and view related information such as open and closed signals, dead zones, and more. More importantly, NetSpot has a drawing tool that lets you map a Wi-Fi-friendly floor plan in your home or office, so that you can arrange your router and electronics in such as fashion that you'll receive strong throughput.
18. Shrew Soft
Platform: Windows, Linux
Category: VPN
Shrew Soft is a great VPN client option if you have a large pool of users who need remote VPN access, or if your existing Cisco client is unstable or erratic.
Shrew Soft's VPN software is a true VPN client in that it connects to an existing VPN server, whether that's from the big giants such as Cisco or Juniper, or from smaller players such as Cisco's Linksys.
19. Bento 4.1 (for Mac)
Platform: Mac
Category: Productivity
Bento 4.1 is an excellent, flexible organizational app that can get your life or small business in order.
Bento organizes information in a hierarchy: Your database contains libraries that are collections of records, which are entries consisting of fields (individual data items, such as name or date). Libraries can also be subdivided into Smart Collections (groups of records based on criteria you specify), and folders to group related libraries. But thanks to templates, you can use Bento without worrying about all that, if you'd rather just organize those recipes or club members without thinking about the mechanics.
20. OfficeTime
Platform: Windows, Mac
Category: Small Business Accounting
OfficeTime is a small business owner's best friend. This highly practical yet relatively simple program helps SMBs keep track of their billable hours and other expenses, as well as generating invoices for their work.
OfficeTime tracks how much time you spend on various projects and tasks while you're working, and it shows the minute-by-minute costs as they accumulate, or with numbers rounded however you choose. Slightly larger businesses can even use OfficeTime for team projects.
21. Win8 Metro Testbed (by Splashtop)
Platform: iOS
Category: Utilities
Win 8 Metro Testbed allows you to remotely connect to Windows 8 from an iPad and it also supports Windows 8 gestures.
Although maker Splashtop is pushing its Win8 Metro Testbed primarily for developers with iPads who want to test their apps in Windows 8, the app is an ideal way for anyone to have the Windows 8 tablet experience without buying an actual Windows-based tablet.
22. LogMeIn Ignition (for Android)
Platform: Android
Category: Utilities
LogMeIn Ignition for Android is a remote control app for accessing PCs and Macs from Android devices.
For those who need reliable remote access, advanced features or may need to administer a server time-to-time from an Android deviceit's worth consideration.
23. FreshBooks
Free starting tier
Platform: Web
Category: Small Business Accounting
Freshbooks is simple and friendly. It facilitates interaction among clients, vendors, contractors and team members. And its invoice management is among the best.
FreshBooks' focus is, of course, on invoices. And it handles this task with more flexibility and functionality than its online competitors. You can choose from two customizable invoice templates (some competitors offer more) and create one-time or recurring invoices by using the information you've entered about customers, items, and services.
24. WinZip 17
Platform: Windows
Category: Utilities
WinZip has the best interface, most featuresincluding cloud and social network integrationand the fastest performance of any file archiving utility.
WinZip supports many more archive file formats, which you may run into when downloading on the Web. In addition to ZIP, it can handle TAR, GZIP, CAB, RAR, 7z, ARJ, LZH, BHZ, and many more. It also offers government-level encryption to protect your files, as well as the cloud and social-network integration mentioned.
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Wendie explains about breathing during exercises, you have to breathe properly or it sends your blood pressure through the roof so anyone with high blood pressure be warned. She also explains about how long to hold the contraction for (mere seconds) and how many reps to do at various different points of the program and then we're onto the exerices themselves.
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Jessica and Ross were married in a traditional church ceremony at the Catholic Student Center at Washington University followed by a reception at Jefferson Memorial in St. Louis, Mo. on November 16. "Jefferson Underground has personality, and we wanted something other than a cookie-cutter wedding," Jessica said. "We loved the unfinished brick walls and industrial feel to it as well as the outdoor space we could us for the bar and dance floor." The bride wore a strappy satin fit 'n' flare wedding gown, accessorized with statement earrings, necklace, and sash, while the groom wore a three-piece gray suit, accessorized with a tie. Bridesmaids wore mix 'n' matched short navy blue dresses and carried bouquets of dahlias, anemones, silver brunia balls, thistles, and succulents. "From the beginning, we wanted the theme of our wedding to be really neat lighting," she said. "The Aries Company helped us realize that dream with the string lights and Edison light fixtures. It really stood out in pictures and added a special glow to the whole evening." Dinner was all tons and tons of local flavors! "We wanted to show our guests a taste of St. Louis — Schlafyly seasonal beer, BBQ, and ice cream with ingredients sourced all over," Jessica said. Tables were decorated with gray linens, assorted vases and vessels centerpieces, and yarn art numbers. Notice the goat cheese potato chip favor bags at each place setting? Plus, the personalized plastic cups that also served double-duty as escort cards. "After the first dance, it started to sprinkle and rain a little bit," she said. "We were worried it would ruin the reception, but our guests weren't deterred. We will never forget dancing in the rain with all of our family and friends, and it made for some unforgettable memories and hilarious pictures."
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Sadly, I didn't get too much gaming in today, but it's all about dedication.
Sleeping Dogs
This is the only game I got to play today, but I am loving this game. I've always been a huge Grand Theft Auto fan and this game satiates my desire for that modern, open-world experience. Some might consider it a slight to Sleeping Dogs to compare it to Grand Theft Auto as often as it has been since its release, but I see it as a compliment. Sure, Sleeping Dogs lacks some if not a lot of the polish that Rockstar's blockbuster franchise has, but it's understandable. Sleeping Dogs changed publishers multiple times and was in what seemed like development hell for a long time. It's nothing short of amazing that this game came out as well as it did. It nails the combat, the city, the story, the cut-scenes, and pretty much everything else. I have yet to find any major flaw in this game. I suppose the only things you can really hold against it are that it borrows a lot of mechanics and that it does those mechanics well, but not enough for you to think this game is a masterpiece.
Just like the other open-world action game that I've been so thoroughly engrossed in, Far Cry 3, there is a lot to do in Sleeping Dogs. Not only are there parallel story lines for you as both a police officer and as a Triad, but there are numerous side missions and collectibles to complete and obtain. There are some side missions that involve your character, Wei Shen, interacting with certain love interests, which, while interesting, have been slightly lackluster overall so far. I hope they get better later on, because they are a nice reprieve from all the tense undercover cop drama going on, but I have yet to see any real payoff. There are also some police-related side missions that involve you making drug busts. You start out by going to point A and beating up a bunch of thugs, then you hack a camera and go back to your apartment to set up a sting. It might not sound super exciting, but I enjoy the process. Although, it could just be due to the combat being so much fun which in turn makes those missions so much sweeter.
As for the collectibles, they aren't as deep or interesting as other games, but they do serve a purpose for the most part. There are health shrines, jade zodiac statues and lock boxes and they all serve their own purpose. Health shrines, unsurprisingly, increase your health bar a little bit for every five shrines you discover and pray at. I'm pretty excited every time I find one, because I have very, very often found myself wishing for more health. The lock boxes around the city are neither very important or creative, but they do help. Every lock box has some money and maybe a new outfit. It's nothing terribly exciting, but it's a common type of occurrence within most games these days. The jade Zodiac statues are easily the most "collectible" like item in Sleeping Dogs. There are only eleven of them in the world and each one brings you a new ability. Once you find and collect one, you return it to your former kung-fu trainer and you learn a new combat trick. It's a nice and simple unlock system that gives you a reason to want to find every statue.
I'm really enjoying my time with Sleeping Dogs and I highly recommend it to anyone looking for either a Grand Theft Auto style game or a game with fluid, well-designed hand-to-hand combat akin to Rocksteady's Batman games.
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SMASH to Return to NBC on February 5!
NBC today announced changes to its 2013 primetime mid-season schedule highlighted by the premieres of three new series, including comedy "1600 Penn," from one of the architects of "Modern Family"; an intriguing drama "Deception" (formerly "Infamous"); and producer Eva Longoria's big reality relationship show "Ready for Love." In addition, several of the network's biggest hits will return, including "Smash" (February 5), which this season will feature Nikki Blonsky, Jesse L. Martin, Jeremy Jordan, Sean Hayes and Jennifer Hudson.
Following are the highlights of the changes:
The new drama "Deception" - starring Meagan Good ("Think Like a Man"), Victor Garber ("Alias"), Tate Donovan ("Damages") and Katherine LaNasa ("Alfie") in a dark family murder mystery -- debuts on January 7 (10-11 p.m. ET). Preceding "Deception" is the new season of "The Biggest Loser" which returns with a two-night premiere on Sunday, January 6 (9-11 p.m. ET) and Monday, January 7 (8-10 p.m. ET), and will continue on Mondays (8-10 p.m. ET) until the return of "The Voice."
"The Voice" maintains its momentum as it returns March 25 for a fourth season (8-10 p.m. ET) and Tuesday, March 26 (8-9 p.m. ET). It continues its two-night Monday/Tuesday schedule as it did this fall. "Revolution" -- the season's only bona fide new hit series -- will return and follow "The Voice" on March 25 (10-11 p.m. ET) when it concludes its current fall broadcast dates in November.
Last year's acclaimed musical drama "Smash" makes its much-anticipated return with a two-hour episode on February 5 (9-11 p.m. ET) -- with Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson -- and will resume on Tuesday, February 12 (10-11 p.m. ET) in its regular day and time. "Betty White's Off Their Rockers" premieres on January 8 with back-to-back episodes (8-8:30 p.m. ET and 8:30-9 p.m. ET) and will continue in that hour each Tuesday.
"The Voice" also will return on Tuesdays on March 26 (8-9 p.m. ET).
The new comedy "1600 Penn" -- starring Bill Pullman ("Independence Day"), Jenna Elfman ("Dharma and Greg") and Josh Gad (Broadway's "The Book of Mormon") as a typical American family who just happen to live in the White House -- debuts on January 10 (9:30-10 p.m. ET). Jason Winer, Emmy-winning director of "Modern Family" is co-creator and director. The critically hailed comedy "Community" returns on February 7 (8-8:30 p.m. ET). "Parks and Recreation" moves up one hour on the Thursday schedule to 8:30-9 p.m. (ET) on January 17.


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Bass pro had kayaks on sale and I impulse bought a pair of Old Town Loon 100s (I wanted a pair of Old Town "Rush", but they were out). Felt very unstable and I tipped withing a minute of leaving the beach. At least that was the last time I tipped today. After the swim, I just hung out in a foot or 2 of water for a while, learning how to tip it and not tip it. I then paddled for about an hour, keeping near the shore. I feel a little better about the kayak and think it might be good for my core strength to have to really pay attention to keep my balance. I'm still wondering If I should return the unused one and wait for a "rush," which I understand to be more stable. Just don't know how much the wife/kids will like having to fight to stay up.
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FLORENCE, S.C. – Francis Marion University sophomore Danielle Moore has been named the Peach Belt Conference women's basketball "Player of the Week" for the week of Nov. 24-30.
Moore, a 6-0 guard-forward from Owings Mills, Md., averaged 17.3 points and 9.0 rebounds per game last week in three contests – all Patriot wins. She connected on 65.6 percent of her field goal attempts and 60.0 percent of her free throws, while also recording seven assists, seven steals, and six blocked shots.
She tallied career-highs of 25 points and 14 rebounds in a 51-45 win at Eckerd College on Nov. 28. In that game, she scored FMU's first 13 points. Interestingly, she is averaging nine points over the opening 10 minutes of each of the Patriots' first four games. In last week's other two contests, she scored 16 points against Presbyterian College and 11 points against the University of Tampa.
For the season, Moore leads the Patriots in scoring (15.8 ppg) and rebounding (8.5 rpg), while shooting 64.1 percent from the field.
FMU is 4-0 for the first time since the 2000-01 Sweet Sixteen squad won its first four contests. Dating back to the end of last season, the Patriots have also won five of their last six games away from the Smith University Center – after losing 13 straight away from the Florence campus.
Francis Marion is currently taking a break for final exams, and will return to action on Dec. 9 with a home game against Wingate University.


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January 21: 'Fresh Ink! Online' Pick of the Week [Video]
Blair Butler is back for another jam-packed installment of G4's Fresh Ink! Online this week, with plenty to say about the loss of 1/4 of the Fantastic 4 and the shakeup in G.I. Joe: Cobra, in addition to reviews of The New York Five, Northlanders: The Girl In The Ice, Scarlet, Detective Comics, and Locke & Key: Keys to the Kingdom.
Hit the jump to hear more about Blair's picks this week.
Geoff Boucher of LA Times' Hero Complex had a lot of nice things to say about Dark Horse's Let Me In: Crossroads, which serves as a prequel to the recently-localized in North America horror film.
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Gossip was a three-piece American indie rock band formed in 1999 in Olympia, Washington. For most of their career, the band consisted of singer Beth Ditto, multi-instrumentalist Brace Paine and drummer Hannah Blilie.[1] After releasing several recordings, the band broke through with their 2006 studio album, Standing in the Way of Control (2006). A follow-up, Music for Men, was released in 2009. The band plays a mix of post-punk revival, indie rock, and dance-rock. Their last album, A Joyful Noise, was released in May 2012.
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