iPad: The iPad is by definition a touchscreen device, but there are times you want to use it but don’t want to dirty up the display with your greasy fingers. MagicReader lets you read your PDFs and turn the pages by just moving your head so you don’t have to use your hands at all.
This infographic reminds us that Portable Document Format (PDF) remains a massively way of sharing documents, with more than 94 per cent of people having some familiarity with the format. While the figures are based on a US survey, I’d expect similar numbers in Australia.
Getting ready to travel can be a pain because there’s so much to remember. You have to pack, get a ride, figure out when to leave, prepare your itinerary, have your identification ready, and a lot more. To help you avoid the almost inevitable memory loss that comes with holiday preparation, we’ve put together a printable checklist to ensure you’re ready to go.
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You probably don’t need to look any further than your own desk to realise that the oft-discussed vision of a paperless office hasn’t happened yet. This infographic highlights survey results that suggest we might be getting closer to that vision.
Linux has quite a few PDF readers available, but Okular stands out as the best of the bunch, due to its ability to comment on, highlight, and otherwise annotate PDFs.
iOS: Amazon just updated its iPhone and iPad apps in a big way: You can now send documents to your iOS device via a new Send-to-Kindle email address, including PDFs. There’s a new layout too for viewing books, newsstand, and docs.
Making your own books can be a great way to create a customised gift, or a tool to preserve online content, your own work, or anything else you want a physical copy of. It might seem a little daunting at first, but we’ll guide you through the process of laying out your pages, printing, and binding.
iOS: DocuSign Ink gets rid of the hassle involved with printing, scanning or faxing documents to sign by letting you open any document or take a picture of it with your device and securely send it. Best of all, unlimited signing is free.
We’re big fans of free software generally, but the question often arises: how do companies that build free tools professionally make any money? At a press event today, Nitro PDF (the Aussie company which makes our favourite free PDF reader and editor) shared some figures which provide an insight into how the ‘freemium’ approach works.
