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15 free (and almost free) tools freelancers need to be using

Jul21
by on July 21, 2015 at 7:44 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, freelance, Insider, Tools

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While not every freelancer may be operating on a shoestring, if you can save money – or even better, not spend money – it’s a no brainer. There are a plethora of free tools for every aspect of your freelance business that make it easy to maximize your profitability while you continue to work on your terms. Here are 15 tools that you need to be using right now that will make your business more efficient so you can do and make even more with fewer resources. 1. Time Tracking for Billing With a freelance business, you often have multiple…

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Facebook now lets Pages post ‘secret’ videos, introduces Video Library for managing content

Jul21
by on July 21, 2015 at 7:30 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Facebook has been strengthening its video chops recently as it becomes an increasingly notable competitor to YouTube, and today it’s providing new tools for Page admins to customize how they distribute video content on the platform. First up, admins can now post ‘secret’ videos. It’s similar to YouTube’s ‘unlisted’ function, such that you can only access the video with a direct URL. This allows you to share a video privately, or to embed it on another site without it showing up on your Page’s feed or anywhere else on the social network. There are also a new set of customizations…

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Google buys Pixate, updates Form to bring more Material Design to your apps

Jul21
by on July 21, 2015 at 6:23 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Google has acquired Pixate, an app prototyping service. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Pixate will join Google’s design team. As a result, Pixate Studio is now free, and the team says it is working at “dramatically reducing the cost of the Pixate cloud service.” Pixate is akin to Sketch, the popular OS X tool which has found favor with many app designers. The acquisition is also interesting for Google, which snapped up Relative Wave late last year. Relative Wave uses Visual Programming Language to help designers and developers prototype apps. The platform for creating those prototypes, Form,…

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Songkick now lets you link your Spotify playlists

Jul21
by on July 21, 2015 at 5:37 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Songkick is announcing a cool new feature for those who love live music.You can now link your Spotify account and receive updates on when your favorite artists are playing in your town. The feature is available to all Spotify users, and is accessible via the Songkick dashboard. It’s not the first time the two services have joined forces. Previously, Spotify artist pages showed Songkick tour date info, and the Songkick iOS app has long had the ability to scan your Spotify playlists to make ticket purchases easier. ➤ Spotify import 2.0 [Songkick] Read next: Rdio adds new sharing features and…

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Wikipedia founder launches The People’s Operator ad-free social network for social good

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by on July 21, 2015 at 5:23 pm
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Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has launched a social network called The People’s Operator (TPO) that aims to raise money for charities. The site is a place for people to follow charities, causes and fundraisers from around the world in a similar style to Facebook and Twitter. TPO is an ad-free zone and it encourages its users to focus entirely on the cause and fundraisers featured. The social network is funded by its namesake, the TPO mobile network, which launched in the UK in 2012 and is now available in the US as well. TPO mobile operates as a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO).…

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