Rokit Science

New password management tech...
I've been very quiet lately but in my new role at TikForce I've been researching some password managers.
At Mastergroup we'd originally been using SplashID for Teams which was a dog of a thing.
At Rokit Science we've been early adopters of Roboform which was an early entrant into the genre and I'd been a flagwaver of it for years. It had some great stuff that was ahead of its time.

Roboform has barely changed and they've messed up their browser extensions to the extent they are unusable. I'd started to lose faith.

Mastergroup recently implemented LastPass and this also at TikForce and I think it's an excellent tool - far better than Roboform. However I had so many personal passwords as well as work - I decided to see if there was anything even better.

Dashlane - just get it. Sold. It costs more - but it is so damn good. It meets LastPass and goes further. It does all the form filling and logging in very very nicely, better than LastPass.

But here's the kicker. I have this problem - as I'm sure we all do...
Dashlane's security centre will actually log into those sites with your dodgy password and then replace it with a secure one, remembering it for future use. Days of work done in 2 minutes.

Get into it.

Pete

Now - sometimes we can miss the obvious, but this is cool.
Today someone sent me a Word document in an MMS!
And from an iPhone!

Another exciting addition to our mapping service - Hi-res aerial photography using the eBee Drone. Often a farm's arable areas are in dispute, even after we map from Landgate's aerial imagery.
On Friday Arvista http://ow.ly/qgG2O flew for us a small property near Northam for a buyer and the quality is amazing. We'll be publishing the details soon, but is definitely a quality solution to this age-old problem

Super impressed how CBA are pushing the envelope with their transaction technology

Commonwealth Bank announces tap and go smartphone payments COMMONWEALTH Bank customers will soon buy items straight from their phones by tapping them at counters and checkouts across Australia.

New offices for Rokit Science!
We're up and running in our new offices just around the corner at 363 Hay St (enter off Axon).
A much nicer place and we're very happy to be here after 5 years in the warehouse.
Drop in for a coffee with us at Subi's best next door - Stimulatte

The new Google Maps - one word: impressive.
Note for businesses: Maintain your Google Places page and Google + page.

Trialling the new preview. Looks good so far. Thoughts later

If your business is keen on having organised access to your own data and published sources - we can provide that for you now through ESRI's Online for Organisations. Check it out here. http://ow.ly/mf70K

For all small businesses and developers who use old school clients esp. to upload files - don't store the password in the site manager of the client. It sends as an unsecured string and nasties are out there waiting for it. Use the site manager by all means but keep the user name/password in a separate file/manager.

Mighty Text SMS
Here's a really impressive app that lets you sms directly from your browser and Gmail account via your phone. Texts appear in on you desktop and you can reply and send new ones.
It syncs with your phone contacts and is very stable and super easy to use.
The Gmail extension is even cooler. It adds a button under the compose and off you go.

We've checked out several of these apps/extensions and this one is near the top of the pile.
http://ow.ly/lly0h