Crenk » tracking

CTRUS Football Concept with Built In GPS and RFID Tracking

Steven Finch — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:08:26 +0000

Football is one the most popular sport in the world, so in anticipation of the upcoming FIFA World Cup 2010, design firm AGENT came up with a unique concept for the game’s ball equipment. The CTRUS concept ball would be embedded with GPS and RFID tracking, allowing game officials to more accurately judge games.

The most interesting part of the new tech-enhanced ball would be its transparent, somewhat skeletal looks.

Via GizmoWatch

Top 10 Financial Apps That Are Actually Worth Using

Steven Finch — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 09:24:00 +0000

There are so many financial applications for the iPhone and iPod Touch already, but how do you know which ones are actually worth using? Mint has put together a great list of the top 10 Financial applications everyone should use, so I thought I would post our top 5 and then let you head over to Mint to see the rest.

Bloomberg Mobile (Free)

Bloomberg

Wall Street Traders swear by the Bloomberg Terminal to analyze real-time financial market data, place trades, and get news and price quotes. Bloomberg Mobile isn’t quite the same thing but it is a beautifully designed app that provides up-to-the-minute news, stock quotes, company descriptions, and price chart and market trend analysis. The My Stocks feature is a more detailed replacement for Apple’s stock Stocks app. And Bloomberg Mobile takes full advantage of the iPhone’s position sensor by providing larger charts when you rotate the phone to a horizontal position.

Mobile Banking (Free)

Bank of America

Bank of America’s iPhone app, Mobile Banking is little more than a wrapper around its existing mobile site (which isn’t optimized for the iPhone) but if this is your bank you’ll still find it useful. You can use it to check available balances, pay bills, and transfer funds on-the-go 24/7. Its best feature is its ability to find the nearest ATM and Banking Center locations using the GPS in the iPhone, something that isn’t possible with the mobile site. BofA’s Online Banking Guarantee is its assurance that you won’t be responsible for any unauthorized transactions and it uses advanced encryption technology to prevent unauthorized access to your accounts and to protect your online identity.

PayPal (Free)

PayPal

In Japan many have thrown away their wallets in favor of paying for everything from train tickets to beer from a vending machine with their mobile phones. We’re not quite there yet but the PayPal app provides a tantalizing glimpse at this future. It provides complete access to your PayPal account allowing you to check your balances and send money to your friends and family, all from your iPhone. It supports 16 currencies and is secured by your existing PIN or password. It’s a good start but I’d like to see it go further. Missing is any way of displaying your transaction history and I’d also like to see it use the notification indicator on the app icon to show when money has arrived in your account.

Loan Shark ($4.99)

FoggyNoggin Software

Designed to help you navigate the often treacherous waters of financial lending, Loan Shark provides a number of features that let you calculate and compare loans from different vendors. You can calculate any component of a loan, including payment, interest rate or loan amount, see the full Amortization Table for the loan’s lifespan and play with “what-if” scenarios that let you determine the effect of making extra, higher, or lower payments. Loan Shark can help you determine how long it will take to pay off that credit card, determine how close you are to paying off your mortgage, and compare the cost of different loans, among many other uses. Kudos to FoggyNoggin Software for an easy-to-use and good looking interface that works well on a mobile device.

Bonus feature: Lets you locate nearby banks using the iPhone’s location-awareness

Tipulator (99 cents)

Tap Tap Tap

Tipulator stands out in a crowded field of tip calculators (it’s often said that the true test of how successful a new platform will be is how quickly a tip calculator appears for it) by marrying cute graphics with easy-to-use number dials. You can probably split the check without it but you won’t have as much fun doing it. And for 1/3 the price of your last latte, you owe it to yourself to at least try it.

HHTimesheet: Web Based Time and Expense Tracking Software

Steven Finch — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 09:00:18 +0000

HHTimesheet is a new web based time and expense tracking software solution. HHTimesheet is aimed to increase your visibility over the health of your projects and facilitate the budget estimation and cost control.

Features of HHTimesheet include tracking time and log expenses, timesheet approval, iphone support, reporting and it all being web based.

HHTimesheet is very simple to use and has a great interface. Currently HHTimesheet is offering a free 30 day trial and then it is only $0.70 per weekly timesheet. Additionally they have an option of contacting them direct and actually purchase the tool as a piece of software and hosting it on your own dedicated server.

Timecamp: Keep Track of Your Employees Time

Steven Finch — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 20:23:17 +0000

Are you an employee looking to keep track of your employees time? Are you trying to work out how to best optimise the time of your employees, because they are your largest overhead? Well introducing Timecamp. Timecamp is a new tracking tool that seems to be very similar to Basecamp but for employee tracking. It’s like history book or google analytics, but works with people’s time. Increase team productivity, eliminate “time killers”, get more done and stay focused.

The service seems very straight forward and also seems to be a relatively new startup. Im not so keen on it being so closely based to Basecamp, but it is a simply idea with a simple solution. Currently the have a free pricing for individual users, but also a $8 per month pricing for any other additional users you want to add to the system.

If you have used Timecamp it would be great to hear your feedback.

Paymo: The Free Time Tracking Tool To Keep Track Of Your Employees and Projects

Steven Finch — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:55:36 +0000

I came across a new project management tool that is definitely worth a look. Paymo is a new tool which helps freelancers, or a small/medium sized business with multiple team members. Paymo is a time tracking tool that helps its users keep track of all the hours they spend working on a specific project.

Paymo helps managers sort out their invoicing by providing an online invoicing module, which produces professional templates in seconds. Other features include, central database with all timesheets, employee performance/utilization reports, easy to use client to project to task structure, and has a great brandable user interface.

Paymo for employees allows them to keep track of their time on the go with mobile tracking, as well as being 100% web based, easy to use interface and more.

Paymo is a great tool that still isnt getting the recognition it probably deserves. There are a lot of these type of tools in the marketplace now, but make sure you head over the give Paymo a try before you dismiss it.