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Lately I faced a problem – I needed to create some invoices but didn’t know how to do it and started to search for some templates. Luckily for me I remembered those online invoicing services/apps and decided to try them out. It  worked out perfectly – I created my invoice templates for the clients within 10 minutes! I’m really satisfied with the service and want to share with you some invoicing services you may want to try.

FreshBooks (Pricing: Free; $14 – $149) – One of the most popular and advanced invoicing apps. Offers both – invoicing using internet (e-mail) or snail mail. You can set-up automatic invoicing and app will track/collect also all online payments. Of course you can brand/customize your invoices depending on your corporate style.

LessAccounting (Pricing: Free; $12-$24) – Also very powerful invoicing app that offers you similar functionality that FreshBooks. LessAccounting will also aggregate your bank data nightly and it can provide cross integration with Highrise/Basecamp. Check out tour videos before you sign-up.

Zoho Invoice (Pricing: Free; $8 – $35) – If you already use some Zoho application then signing up is right decision because it will provide integration with other Zoho powered services.

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Hope you will find invoicing service that will satisfy your needs – I did and I will say one more time – it saves you ton of time and money. If you know some other invoicing services post comment below!

Recently Amazon spiced up the e-books industry with the release of its second generation e-book reader the Kindle 2. Then last week, Amazon also announced the availability of its Kindle for iPhone application. With these two products Amazon hopes to beef up the sales of its e-book catalog. Although e-books are good source of portable reading materials, Amazon’s price tag on its e-book titles may turn off some of you. You’re in luck because Amazon is no the only site where you can get yourself some good e-book titles. In fact, we have compiled 25 of these sites that offer free e-books download. Continue reading: Top 25 Free e-books Sites, the Definitive List

So what stirred up the tech world this week? Guess what, just like last week Facebook is on the rampage again. Good thing was, what could be its emerging rival also managed to get into the tech buzz.  But of course, the most talked about tech news was the release of the Kindle for iPhone application. Continue reading: Rotorblog Weekly Highlights: Facebook, Twitter and the Kindle 2

It takes a brave person to stand up and stare down Microsoft and Google. Sridhar Vembu, founder of online software suite destination Zoho, remains unafraid.

The latest enhancements out of Camp Zoho are some major upgrades to online word processing tool Writer.

Previous users will notice that the entire menu toolbar has been revamped.
The ‘MenuTab’ mirrors the functionality you are likely accustomed to from traditional desktop office software (a la Microsoft Word). Click on a menu item and the window will expand, revealing second-level options.

Other new features include search functionality, collaborative editing, and a word and character count in the status bar.

Zoho accepts both Google and Yahoo IDs, making it easy for people you know to easily edit and share the same documents.

As much as I enjoy Zoho Writer (and Google Docs), I still find myself writing in computer-based programs (this is being typed in Notepad). I do, however, use the aforementioned tools to archive and save my drafts so I can access them anywhere.

It’s hard to tell if Web-based programs will ever force the extinction of their computer counterparts. But one thing that is certain is that Zoho will continue to turn up the heat and do whatever it takes to convert users.

If you’re tired of seeing the same old boring Twitter Follow notifications which states that so and so Twitter member has started following you and gives you the link to the Twitter members’ profile page – Twimailer is not going to help you with solve that problem. Instead, Twimailer is offering a better format for those Twitter notifications with the hopes of giving you a better idea whether you’d want to check out new followers’ profiles and eventually make you follow them on Twitter also. Continue reading: Twimailer Offers a Better Looking Twitter Follow Email Notification

Facebook has announced two new drastic improvements – one has something to do with Public Profile pages and the other a fully revamped Facebook homepage. Let’s take a look at this two improvements separately. Continue reading: Facebook Improves Public Profile Pages, To Launch a New Home Page Soon

I like simple things. I have no room in my life for clutter and chaos. That is why so many of today’s homepages make my stomach churn.

Then along came Google, the wunderkind search engine who helped bring us back to basics.

Saluting single-minded Web sites is SingleFunction.com, a great destination that focuses on sites that do one thing and do it well.

Currently featured on the homepage:

LyricSift is a new cool website that discovers music based on lyrics

QuotesOnDesign is a really cool site that displays quotes from the movers and shakers of the design world

CopyTaste enables you to create your own private URL with the data you wish to share with your friends or colleagues.

According to the SingleFunction founder:

Being a big fan of simplicity, I thought it would be a good idea to share my passion… I decided to list my finds of single function sites, allow other enthusiasts to do so as well, and make it an effortless experience for anyone to find them.

The site doesn’t just showcase one-trick Web ponies, it also provides trends and analysis of the sites.

Visitors are invited to submit their favorites.

The only criteria is that the Web site carry out a single function and that it is free to use.

I’m quite accepting of vowel-phobic URLs. That is why I am willing to five stHrt (pronounced like START) a fair shake.

The Website is determined to become your Web browser’s start page. Similar to Google Chrome, the stHrt will allow you to organize sites you visit often. But what sets it apart is that it let’s you find other cool sites – all while connecting with friends.

Each site gets a user-rating attached and you can sort my most popular, most clicked or most displayed if you’re looking for some new Web destinations.

After completing the simple registration process you can organize, vote and share your ‘homepages.’

From their site:

stHrt.com is your homepage. It’s a better way to stHrt your Internet journeys, organize sites you visit often, and find other cool sites while connecting with friends so sign up now and start customizing your homepages today.

One of the neatest aspects of the concept is that users can have multiple homepages. For example, you might need or want easy access to different Websites when you’re at home opposed to work.

“Layer browsing,” as coined on StHrt allows users to visit sites without leaving the homepage. This means you can share your PC with other people without exposing your history.

Be warned that external URLs on the site open as new windows and might initially be recognized as pop up ads.

First the hard facts. SpinVox is the leader in voice to content messaging, while Skype is a major player in the VoIP market.  Combining the two together gives you voicemail to text conversion delivered as SMS messages for all Skype voicemail users. Sounds fun, right? Additionally SpinVox also converts voice messages to whether in English, Spanish, French, and German text. Continue reading: SpinVox Voice-to-Text Comes to Skype

Yahoo’s answer to Google’s YouTube, Flickr Video has been around for quite some time now. Although it has managed to gather some membership base and loyal followers, Flickr Video still couldn’t quite take off primarily because it was available to premium members only. Now, hoping to spruce up its services, Flickr Video is opening its services to everyone, plus introducing two other new features that aims to entice users to use Flickr Video instead of YouTube. Continue reading: Flickr Video Rolls Out New Features

Web Designers often find themselves in the Wild Wild West when it comes to job hunting. One thing they often must combat is taking credit for work they’ve actually completed. You see, it’s far too easy for anyone to claim that they designed the Web’s elite.

What if I told you I designed the simplistic look found on Google.com. Would you believe me? Probably not. But nothing would stop me from making that claim on my resume.

A new Website, WhoBuilt.it, hopes to be the solution to the problem. The tool lets you claim a site through a simple registration process where you must provide your birth name and e-mail address.

Recently claimed Websites appear on the site’s homepage.

The site is a no-brainer for anyone who builds/designs Websites. Why not get credit for your hard work> It’s not about bragging, it’s about protecting your professional integrity.

New features WhoBuilt.it plans to add in the near future include:

* Editable descriptions to describe your sites!

* Add comments to your favourite sites for all to read!

* Easy claim-file downloading – one click to download a blank file!

* Find out who likes the most sites!

* An awesome Firefox extension! Hooray!

The site accepts OpenID.

There’s no doubt that YouTube is the ultimate resource for cool videos on the web. And sometimes when we find cool videos, we wanted to download it to our PC to watch it offline or to transfer it to our portable media player. Here are 17 online tools and desktop software which can help you accomplist this task. All software listed here are free to download. Continue reading: 17 Online Tools and Desktop Applications that Lets You Download YouTube Videos