How to build your startup without learning code
If you can’t code but aspire to start a Web business, odds are you feel just like the ostrich. Ostriches can’t fly, and to add insult to injury, they’re one of the largest bird species out there. They have to hobble around looking for something to do while their avian counterparts swoop into the air in boundless directions.
Despite spending years in school and hours at the workplace, without knowing how to code you can’t … Continue Reading
iBooks Author: Apple brings the magic of Keynote to e-books (hands-on)
Apple unveiled several new apps Thursday aimed at reforming the way educators deal with textbooks, but the most interesting bit of Apple’s announcement could be the introduction of the iBooks Author app, which lets Mac users with Lion OSX create digital books for free.
I decided to take the iBooks Author app for a spin to see if the app follows Apple’s mantra of simplicity and usability, and I’m happy to report that it lives … Continue Reading
Demo: VisualBee makes it simple to create pretty PowerPoint slides
More than 500 million people use Microsoft PowerPoint to make presentation decks. Visual Software Systems, maker of a product called VisualBee, helps presenters make slides more easily with its automated design plugin.
The company is launching version 3.0 of its tool, which automatically enhances presentations for individual and business users, today at DEMO Fall 2011. VisualBee emulates a human graphic designer, analyzing the text and structure of a presentation before rebuilding it with new templates, … Continue Reading
WebEx for iPad aims to support the mobile workplace
WebEx, the Cisco-owned meeting solutions company, is continuing the web conferencing competition with an updated iPad app. The app, WebEx says, is a product of working people becoming more mobile.
“10 years ago, I wasn’t allowed to work from anywhere but the office,” June Bower, WebEx’s vice president of Online Business, told VentureBeat in an interview. According to a study performed by WebEx, 45% of working people do their jobs remotely today. A 1990’s VP … Continue Reading
SlideRocket takes on PowerPoint with Web-based interactive presentations
Chuck Dietrich, CEO and founder of SlideRocket, has a problem with PowerPoint and other presentation platforms: They haven’t fundamentally changed in 25 years. Enter SlideRocket, an online presentation platform that brings interactivity and collaboration to a market otherwise dominated by Microsoft’s PowerPoint.
SlideRocket allows users to create slideshows in which viewers can post comments and answer polls in real time, turning a stale presentation format into a collaborative meeting tool. Presentation authors can invite people … Continue Reading
How to protect yourself from PowerPoint hackers
Chuck Dietrich, CEO and founder of SlideRocket, has a problem with PowerPoint and other presentation platforms: They haven’t fundamentally changed in 25 years. Enter SlideRocket, an online presentation platform that brings interactivity and collaboration to a market otherwise dominated by Microsoft’s PowerPoint.
SlideRocket allows users to create slideshows in which viewers can post comments and answer polls in real time, turning a stale presentation format into a collaborative meeting tool. Presentation authors can invite people … Continue Reading
Google buys Zenter, powerpoint for the browser
Chuck Dietrich, CEO and founder of SlideRocket, has a problem with PowerPoint and other presentation platforms: They haven’t fundamentally changed in 25 years. Enter SlideRocket, an online presentation platform that brings interactivity and collaboration to a market otherwise dominated by Microsoft’s PowerPoint.
SlideRocket allows users to create slideshows in which viewers can post comments and answer polls in real time, turning a stale presentation format into a collaborative meeting tool. Presentation authors can invite people … Continue Reading
