![]() Use this function to move all selected points on a grid. Selected shapes/points will snap to near elements within a defined search radius. Vertices are the points where two or more lines or curves meet in a shape, for example, the corners of a rectangle. Snap Shapes align and position selected shapes to specific points or locations on another shape, called vertices. the Layout Editor, the Autorouter, the CAM Processor and the Chip Editor. There are four different ways to handle the corners. User Language value ranges are defined for a series of index variable type. An asymmetric size with different values in x- and y- directions is also possible. All edges of selected shapes will be moved by that value. A dialog will be opened to enter a value in user units. Use this function to increase/decrease the size of all selected shapes. The design is scaled in a way that the source point will be scaled to the target point. Then you can enter a second point (source point) and third point (target point). To do a graphical entry you need to press the shift key when entering the origin point. In a second step, the scale factor can be entered graphical or numerical way. That is the point which will not be moved anyway. First, the origin point has to be entered. Similar to the move point mode, but an edge (=two neighbored points) are moved.Īn additional vertex is added to a polygon or path in a graphical way. Once a point is chosen, you can move that point graphical or (with a shift left mouse click) enter its coordinates in a dialog. Interactive mode to move a single point of a shape. Scale, Size Adjust, Snap Shapes and Round Elements will modify selected shapes. Move Point, Move Edge and Insert Polygon Point are an interactive editing mode. The Engine holds on to samples so that it may quickly have access to sample data for its calculations. Before treating “memory” problems, we recommend that determine which type of memory issue needs addressing, while realizing it could be “both”.Are a set of tools to edit existing shapes in a comfortable way. The client, which is best thought of as the graphical user interface used to display data, analysis results, and make calculation requests to the engine, holds on to figures and other representations of samples. If you have encountered an “out of memory” error or you would like to increase the performance of FlowJo, it is important first to understand that there are two memory pools in FlowJo: (1) client and (2) engine. Ticking this option may help workspaces with a large number of boolean populations calculate gating trees faster, but it may also use more system memory when performing the calculations. Selecting this option saves information about boolean gates in memory so that FlowJo does not have to recalculate them if those booleans are needed for subsequent calculations. Pressing the “Show BDRC Cache” option will take users to the folder where the temporary files of a BDRC analysis are stored. This option is typically only used for trouble shooting. This option will prevent FlowJo from deleting its cache folder where it keeps samples and plugin analysis performed in an acs file. This allows the user to set the number of events that are initially displayed while FlowJo is trying to calculate all of the events in a plot. If 64GB or RAM is installed, set this value to 8000. If 32GB of RAM is installed, set this value to 4000. This is the number of request/response pairs that FlowJo keeps in memory so it does not have to do the work again. For faster computers / faster hard drives, feel free to increase this setting if increasing the number if engines does not help. This is how much data an Engine will read at each cycle. On a PC, the default value here is set to work for a computer with minimal installed RAM (default setting is 7372 mb), and can be adjusted accordingly if more RAM is installed. We suggest to set this to ~1/2 times the total RAM installed on the computer. If exceeded, some files get booted out of memory. This is the maximum amount of FCS data that can be stored in memory. The default setting is (number of processors +1), you may wish to increase this number or launch more Engines (via the Dispatcher preference.) ![]() ![]() Most notable result of this preference will be in layout editor batching.įlowJo’s Engine handles all reading and writing of FCS data, and performs all calculations and manipulations of the data while in memory. We recommend the default setting, calculated by FlowJo based on your computer’s resources. This preference requires that the program is restarted in order to be updated. This integer tells FlowJo how many threads the Graphical User Interface should open at the start of the program. If you have experienced an “out of memory error,” please scroll down to “Memory Management,” below. Select the Performance button in the Preferences tool to open the Performance preferences. ![]()
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![]() ![]() For instance, the use of brick and mortar represent pride in man-made materials. ![]() It has been suggested that the Tower of Babel is a symbol for humanity’s vanity. the story of the Tower of Babel being recorded in the Book of Genesis, would make it reasonable to expect a religious message behind it. Regardless of the question of the tower’s existence, another way to examine the Tower of Babel story is through the symbolic approach. Only a fraction of the building remains, scattered and broken. Archaeologists also think the tower of Babel was 300 feet (91 meters) along the sides and 300 feet (91 meters) tall. George as, “From the Upper Sea to the Lower Sea the Far-Flung Lands and Teeming Peoples of the Habitations.”Įxperts had already thought King Nebuchadnezzar II actually did build a ziggurat in Babylonia after he established the city as his capital. The people enlisted to construct the tower, are translated by Dr. And that means ‘the Ziggurat or Temple Tower of the City of Babylon.’ The building and its builder on the same relief.” Below that relief is a text which has been chiseled into the monument, and the label is easily read. At the top … there is a relief depicting a step tower and … a figure of a human being carrying a staff with a conical hat on. “This is a very strong piece of evidence that the tower of Babel story was inspired by this real building. The Babylonian Marriage Market: An Auction of Women in the Ancient World.Ancient Babylonian use of the Pythagorean Theorem and its Three Dimensions.By the Rivers of Babylon: Life in Ancient Babylon’s Thriving Jewish Community.And below is text that describes the commissioning of the tower’s construction. It shows the king with his conical hat and staff. The baked clay tablet shows what the ziggurat looked like, with its seven steps. In 2017, Andrew George, a professor of Babylonia at the University of London, reported that he believes he has found solid evidence for the Tower of Babel in an ancient baked tablet from the city of Babylon. Given that ziggurats were found in Mesopotamia, the setting of the story, and that they were monumental structures, it is not too difficult to see how they may have been used in the story of the Tower of Babel. It has been claimed that this structure was the inspiration for the Tower of Babel. This was a ziggurat dedicated to Marduk, the patron god of Babylon. The closest candidate for the Tower of Babel may perhaps be the Etemenanki of Babylon. This, however, has not been identified by archaeology. If one accepts that the Tower of Babel was a historical fact, then it would be expected that some sort of remains or ruins of the tower would exist. One way of approaching the story is the literal approach. A Literal Approach to the Tower of Babel Story ![]() Regardless of whether you believe this story actually took place, there are several interesting ways of looking at it. As a result, the city and the tower were never completed. Mankind’s language was confused, and they were scattered over the earth. ![]() Through this endeavor, mankind intended to create a name for himself. As they came to settle in Mesopotamia, they decided to build a city with a tower to reach the heavens. The gist of the story is: All human beings used to speak the same language. One of the many fantastic stories in the Book of Genesis is the Tower of Babel, a tall construction made in Babylonia after the Deluge. ![]() ![]() ![]() I think it gives him a unique and sinister look.įor Uranus, I wanted her main outfit to look more like she escaped from a facility, and less like a fancy super lady. For his beast form, I wanted something that still had long antennae, big pincers, and a light coloring, so I went with an Orchid Mantis. I still made red is main color, but gave him a white coat to change the balance of colors a bit. With Xion, I wanted to keep some elements of his original design, but move him away from looking like a combination of Devil May Cry’s Dante and Final Fantasy’s Sephiroth. I tried to take some inspiration from her original costume, but I wanted to give her a fashion identity that separated her from some of the other girls. Then she could replicate her old red sword arm by half transforming and getting a big claw to mess people up with. I wanted to keep them a bit special though so I figured they could have the ability to half transform, and letting them retain some of the gameplay ideas they had in the original games.Īs I said on the main post for her design, Matt McMuscles referred to her original design as “lobster girl” so I thought it would be fun to run with that and make her beast form a lobster. So, I had the idea of doing all of them with animal forms like the rest of the cast. I don’t mind this as a concept, but the results in the games didn’t excite me too much, which is why I didn’t do them in my first big round. ![]() Uriko, Uranus, Nagi, and Xion all had some strange stuff going on with their transformations, mostly resulting in monsters that had no animal associations. Unexpected use of template - see Template:2 for details.The last of my character design breakdowns for the Bloody Roar redesigns!įirst off, for this DLC set I wanted to do some of the weirder characters, but with a twist (at least for most of them). ![]() and two young Zoanthropes called Takuya Inoue and Akane Yamada seek to help their fathers who 8 years ago worked in the "W.O.C"("Pure"'s main resistance) and to find out what happened to Kenji and Uriko. a former member of "Pure" called Aileen Brody seeks to destroy the organization for good. now "Pure" has announced the 5th Hyper Beast Duel Tournament in order to eliminate the remaining resistance against the syndicate. this is thanks to "Pure"'s strict Zoanthrope-Superiority agenda and the fear of the syndicate within the international law. Kenji and Uriko we're later found and rescued.Įight years later, Zoanthropes achieved more rights in the international law, even more than Non-Zoanthropes. The game takes place in 2012, eight years after the events of Bloody Roar 4(2004).Įight years ago, Kenji Ogami and Uriko Nonomura where kidnapped by a new Zoanthrope Organization Known as "Pure" that was formed by an extremist Zoanthrope called Sergei Krupin. each of the beast drives can be pulled off by a combination of buttons(like Power Blows in Dead or Alive 5) but only if the player's health is low enough. Beast Drives - each character has 2 normal beast drives and 1 hyper beast drive.The gameplay is vastly different from different installments in the Bloody Roar Series, and rather similar to the Virtua Fighter Series but: Training Mode Customzation Mode Gallery Mode Options Mode Gameplay The players choose 2 characters and fight each other. Team Battle Mode Career Mode Online Mode Versus Mode the 1st 28 stages are against random opponents, the 29th is against Sergei and the 30th is against Genome. The player chooses a character and goes through 30 stages in which the player fights every character in the game. the 1st 7 stages are against random opponents, the 8th is against Sergei and the 9th is against Genome. The player chooses a character and goes through 9 stages that the player needs to finish in the shortest time possible. The player chooses a character and goes through 9 stages in which the player needs to get the highest score possible. the 1st 6 stages are against random opponents, the 7th is against the chosen character's rival, the 8th is against Sergei and the 9th is against Genome. The player chooses a character and goes through 9 stages in which the player goes through the chosen character's story. If you're a staff member, you can edit this page.īloody Roar 5 is the sixth installment in the Bloody Roar series. Please contact Heygoodnews or a staff member to edit this page. ![]() ![]() Bang a right out of there and the six pillars should be next, on your left.Īpproach from the outside of the left pillars. Approach the wall from the right, do a strafing circle around it, collect the page if necessary, and leave, never turning back. You want to stick to the dirt paths especially with the latest update, which allows ol' Slendy to appear IN FRONT of you, but behind something like a tree, making every forest a maze of NOPE.Turning around is NOT suggested, and the game can be beaten without ever actually seeing the man. ![]() ![]() Head to the dirt path at the 3 o'clock position next. The page can either be on the end of the tankers lined up parallel to each other, or on the side of the perpendicular tanks. These are the next scariest obstacles, but Slender man is still slow as molasses at 1 page. The tanks are directly outside the bathroom. Don't skip the chair unless you already have the note. It is easy to get scared and skip checking the chair. The page can be tacked onto the wall, or sitting on a chair in the far corner of one of the rooms. Check the rooms that are easiest to exit first, this allows you for quick escape if they are there. ![]() There are four rooms to check, and only one page. Starting here allows you to take your time with the craziest part first. You will pass by a silo on the right and a scary tree on your left. Move forward to the middle of the map, where there is a building and some tanks. You start at what we'll call the bottom of the map, or the 6 o'clock position. ![]() ![]() ![]() That’s the reason why here at iRender, we provide an amount of 128 GB of RAM. If users often work with other programs in addition to Lightwave at the same time, they may want to have even more RAM in the system as each program will need its own chunk of RAM. ![]() However, we always keep in mind that these 64 GB only basic recommendations and only covers the amount of RAM needed for the Lightwave 3D by itself. When working with a large, highly detailed, heavy file, you might get a message ‘ Not enough memory for that operation‘ message if trying to do anything with these polys. 64GB should be considered for anyone working with large projects or those wishing to future proof their system.Ībout RAM, these drives are far slower than your RAM, and as a result, your performance will be drastically reduced. We generally find that 32GB is sufficient for most users. ![]() The specific amount of RAM needed is highly dependent on particular requirements. The high amount of VRAM makes it suitable for workstation with three or even four 4K displays and the extra power is great for games that have not been optimized. Here at iRender, we exclusively provide you with the Intel Xeon W-2245 with SSE4 instruction set which has high clock speeds which is 3.9GHz – 4.7GHz, 8 cores and 16 threads.Ībout GPU, the GPU of our server 3 is NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 – With 24GB of VRAM and terrific performance for the price, the RTX 3090 is one of the best GPUs to use for game development, Virtual Production, and Architectural Visualization and developing VR content. Therefore, customers can spend more time and energy on artistic creation.Ībout CPU, like all 3D ray tracing programs, Lightwave requires a fast CPU to produce results. Our iRender’s powerful technical team can customize servers’ configuration according to customers’ requirements (such as Nvlink, Storage, so on). IRender farm is applicable to LightWave! With numerous high-performance machines for rendering and huge storage, we can surely provide a lot of servers as what customers need and save much rendering time for the projects. So, LightWave 3D is popular with animation studios, film and television VFX studios and game developers. LightWave 3D’s rendering module is based on ray tracing and radiosity, which makes its rendering quality perfect. Instead of running the entire scene in one window you can work on a different program (LW Modeler) and then dropping the model into the rendering and animation editor (LW Layout), that makes the whole scene editing process more clean and easy to work.ĭue to LightWave’s easy-to-use and powerful functions in biological modeling and character animation, LightWave 3D is widely used in the field of film, television, advertising, games, animation, etc. Another very good feature LightWave has is the separate platform for rendering and animation. It is an easy-to-use & flexible animation software which is recommended as an entry level 3d modeling software to everyone who wants to learn 3D modeling. LightWave is one of the most important 3D animation software in the industry developed by NewTek- an American company. ![]() ![]() Shelton had double duty Tuesday with two finalists. The Johns (Legend and Holiday) teamed up on "a song of healing," Simon & Garfunkel's "Bridge over Troubled Water." They sang from behind their respective pianos during the beautiful duet, earning a standing ovation from the rest of the coaches. "The best Christmas gift I’m getting, y'all, is getting to sing with Desz," Clarkson said. The two-hour season finale felt like a concert, with more than a dozen guest performances and post-competition duets with the Top 5 and their coaches.ĭesz looked right at home next to Clarkson on a powerful rendition of Chaka Khan’s "I'm Every Woman." The duo exuded confidence and vocal power in matching tulle skirts. More: After abrupt exit from 'The Voice,' Ryan Gallagher's manager denies he breached COVID protocols 'The Voice': After shocking Top 5 reveal, Blake Shelton's team has advantage if anyone beat #TeamBlake, I’m glad it’s you!!!!" "Congrats on the I’ll let this one slide!" Shelton tweeted afterwards. When the votes were tallied, Jim Ranger (Team Shelton) finished in second place Ian Flanigan (Team Shelton) came in third Desz (Team Kelly Clarkson) in fourth John Holiday (Team Legend) in fifth. "To be a fly on the wall at the after party," Daly joked after the finale reveal. And after an unprecedented season riddled with COVID-19 restrictions – including Ryan Gallagher's abrupt exit over alleged breached protocols – and social distancing, the results are in.Īnd it came down to Team Shelton vs. The in-person audience may have been missing, but the talent wasn't. I don’t feel like we’ve missed anything, outside of the studio audience." "Just a few months ago, we weren’t even sure we were going to be able have a season," Shelton said. "And now to see that we’ve been able to do this thing. Shelton called this season "special" because there were doubts over whether the NBC competition could continue amid the coronavirus pandemic. Thank you for choosing me," Stefani told him. On Tuesday, Rubin told Stefani: "Not only are you a phenomenal coach, you are a phenomenal human… it’s a dream come true to work with you." ![]() Stefani took on that role for Rubin throughout the competition and was brought to tears on several occasions by her newest cub. ![]() “My son is 14 years old, so I can be a mom figure for you because I am a mom.” “You do not look like your voice… I cannot believe what I’m seeing and hearing right now,” Stefani said during the Blind Auditions. He earned two chair turns from Stefani and John Legend during his piercing rendition of Lewis Capaldi's "Before You Go.” Rubin first started his “Voice” journey at 14. 'The Voice' finale, Part One: Carter Rubin, Jim Ranger, rest of Final Five sing for the crown. "We're trying to understand what is happening right now and we aren't even supposed to be close to each other," Stefani said in a Twitter video with Rubin afterwards. She could be heard asking, "I can't hug him?" But due to COVID-19 guidelines, the pair had to maintain a social distance even while celebrating. ![]() Stefani visibly wanted to share the moment and embrace Rubin. A triumphant Stefani joined her champion while repeatedly yelling, "You won!" Rubin shook his head in disbelief. ![]() When his name was called, a speechless Rubin buried his face in his hands as confetti poured over the stage. Rubin once said he would “have been happy with the chair turn,” but now he has a shining “Voice” trophy. The 15-year-old Long Island, New York native became the youngest male winner ever. "Blake won last season, but I’m back this season and I’m going to get a win," Stefani said during the season premiere, after replacing Nick Jonas. (She served as a coach on Seasons 7, 9, 12 and 17.) Watch Video: 'The Voice:' Carter Rubin and coach Gwen Stefani win season 19Ĭarter Rubin was crowned the Season 19 champ of " The Voice" during Tuesday's finale, handing Stefani her first win in her fifth season as a coach. ![]() ![]() ![]() Allows users to set the number of tasks simultaneously download up to four. #Idownloader free app softwareįour follow four - To avoid expensive traffic, download file via cellular network(WWAN)is disabled, if you still want to download files via cellular network, you can enable it in settings - To save the battery power, iOS only allow apps run for 10 minutes in background mode, you can tap the notification to continue downloading - If you like to fall asleep with music playing but don't want to leave your iPhone playing music all night long, Sleep Timer will be your good partner.Your antivirus program might identify the software as malicious and block it from installing or being used correctly. you guessed it, Free Download Manager (FDM). It can monitor and intercept downloads from web browsers but can also work independently. You can create batch downloads, download torrents, preview ZIP files before they're downloaded and even deselect files you don't want from the compressed folder, download entire websites, resume broken downloads, run automatic virus checks on downloads, quickly control the bandwidth allocation for all downloads, and download all links from the clipboard.ĭownloads are performed in the order they are listed in FDM, but you can move files up or down the list to set their priority. In addition to the above, you can preview and convert audio and video files before they're finished downloading, set traffic limits, create a portable version of the app, and schedule downloads to occur on certain days only. The latest version of this program runs on Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 8, and Windows 7. ![]() It can also be installed on Linux, Android, and macOS 10.12 and later. The browser extension works with Chrome and Firefox. The advanced download scheduling feature only works through the use of a plugin.Īnother free download manager is Internet Download Accelerator (IDA), which can integrate a toolbar with Firefox to make downloading files easy. IDA has a live monitor for other browsers, so files can be downloaded with IDA and placed in proper file categories for easy organization. ![]() ![]() In his effort to recreate an old gospel hymn, Ben E King ended up producing one of the most influential tracks of the 20th century. If this tuning feels a bit strange to you, don’t fret! There are many online tabs that share a simplified version in standard tuning. The alternate tuning of Open C will change all your chords to open positions, making them sound like a C major chord every time you strum. If you want to play this song the way Bon Iver does, tune to Open C. Use a folk or a steel string to make your performance more authentic. And whIle the original is atmospheric, featuring prominent guitars and beautifully layered vocals, Birdy’s rendition is more piano-driven but still quite good. Both renditions are pretty great and have shown up as a soundtrack for many movies and tv shows. There’s an equally awesome cover version of this track by Birdie that’s worth checking out. Released in 2008, “Skinny Love” swiftly became a worldwide hit, appearing in the top ten charts in many countries. The song’s lyrics center around one of Vernon’s relationships that fell apart bitterly. There’s a minor chord, but it pops up only at the bridge.Īmerican indie-folk band Bon Iver’s ‘Skinny Love’ is a short but potent sonic fare! It’s a captivating blend of minimalistic melody, poignant lyrics, and frontman Justin Vernon’s passionate falsetto that never fails to move the audience. With its timeless tune, the song is still quite a rage at parties and weddings.Īnd it’s amazing how easily one can play this catchy track! G, C, and D in a 4X4 rhythm are all that it takes to nail the beginner-friendly version. ‘Brown-eyed girl’ is one of his folkier works. If you’re clued into Morrisson’s music, you’ll notice most of his compositions have their roots in Celtic, folk, jazz, and rock and roll styles. His solo career took off in 1967 with the release of the ultra-famous ‘Brown Eyed Girl.’ A wildly popular folk-rock song, ‘Brown Eyed Girl’ became Morrisson’s most requested and played track, inspiring hundreds of awesome covers since its release. Nicknamed “Van the Man ” by his fans, Morrison shot to fame as the frontman of rock band Them. ![]() Morrisson played a range of instruments, including guitar, harmonica, keyboards, and saxophone, for several Irish bands before becoming a well-known name in his own right. ![]() Raise a glass to mom this Mother’s Day, and let these songs be your soundtrack.Van Morrisson’s half-a-century-long musical journey started as a multi-instrumentalist when he was still a teenager. Thankfully, Billboard has you covered.įrom Tupac, Drake and Kanye West delivering flawless bars about the roles their mothers have played in their lives to Backstreet Boys, *NSYNC and Spice Girls giving us Hallmark-ready lyrics about motherly love, our playlist has songs that every mom will love. What better way to show appreciation for someone you love than with a specially curated playlist? Musicians of all genres and ages have shared how much they love their mamas in their music, and trying to narrow down all the mother-themed songs can be overwhelming. Mothers can also come in many different forms, and it’s time to celebrate everyone from hardworking single moms and motherly figures to selfless mothers who have adopted children and stepmoms who love their spouse’s kids as their own and beyond. Whether you’re taking her out to dinner, making her a handmade card, buying her flowers or just calling to tell her how much you love her, Mother’s Day is the moment to make our mamas feel special. For all they do for us, mothers should be celebrated every day, but it’s nice to give mom a little extra love on Mother’s Day. ![]() ![]() ![]() The chief disadvantage of Docs, Sheets and Slides is that opening files created using other office software is a cumbersome process and file formatting isn't is always converted properly. Google's free office suite doesn't offer the advanced tools you'll find in desktop software like LibreOffice (there are no pivot tables, for example, and there's no database tool) but everything is laid out in a clear, logical way and all your files will be saved and synced automatically so you don't have to worry about transfers and backups. The three key tools run happily in any web browser, and are available as mobile apps for Apple and Android devices. If you work collaboratively, or switch between a PC and a Mac, Google Docs, Sheets and Slides could be your first port of call.įor anyone who's already deep into the Android/Google ecosystem, this suite will be a natural choice. It has some editing features, but they're experimental and we wouldn't advise relying on them. LibreOffice is available for Windows, Mac and Linux, but there are no official mobile versions available except for a document viewer for Android. doc files should look the same in LibreOffice as they do in Word, and vice versa. LibreOffice is a fork of Apache OpenOffice, and the two are extremely similar, but LibreOffice is the better overall product and properly supports file conversion that preserves existing formatting - so your Word. There's a great selection of extensions and templates to make it even more flexible, and it's free for businesses as well as home users. ![]() LibreOffice is an open source project maintained by a huge and enthusiastic community of volunteers constantly working to improve stability and add new features. The latter is particularly useful free alternatives to Microsoft Access are hard to find. The last three are tools you won't find in many other free office suites, and are designed for vector diagrams, mathematical functions and databases, respectively. The suite contains six programs to cover every common office task: Writer, Calc, Impress, Draw, Math and Base. LibreOffice is compatible with all Microsoft document formats, and has almost every feature you'll find in the latest versions of Word, PowerPoint and Excel. Upgrading to a premium Polaris account gives you access to extra features including a PDF editor, removes ads, and the ability to search within a document. If that’s not enough space, you can connect Polaris Office to Google Drive, Dropbox, Box, Microsoft OneDrive and Amazon Cloud Drive – or save work locally to your device. Your free Polaris account comes with 60MB monthly data transfer, 1GB cloud storage, and can be used across three devices (one desktop and two mobile). This is necessary because Polaris Office is a cloud-based service. You’ll then need to sign in with Facebook or Google, or create an account. You can decline all of these – just keep an eye out. Take care if you choose to install Windows version, you’ll see various additional pieces of bundled software, which could potentially include a browser extension from McAfee called WebAdvisor, a market research tool called PremierOpinion, and antivirus software. It’s compatible with all Microsoft document formats, and offers a slick ribbon-based interface with some basic customization options. ![]() This cross-platform free office software is available for Windows, macOS, Android and iOS, and comes pre-installed on some Samsung handsets. If you own a Samsung phone, you might already be familiar with the mobile version of Polaris Office. However, there's no one-click set up or access, and instead you have to go through a sign up process that begins by providing details of an existing business domain. If you want to signup for the free version of Zoho Workplace you need to search the pricing page for the "Forever free" plan. Some are on the simplistic side, so they'll likely not replace anything you might already have in place, but if you're starting out as a small business Zoho is probably a good jumping-off point. They're just the tip of the iceberg, however – Zoho Workplace includes a powerful site creation tool, a file management solution and many collaborative tools. Zoho's new-look word processor (which ditches the classic Word-style interface in favor of a formatting sidebar) is very well-presented and capable of producing professional-looking docs, and it has a sterling spreadsheet and reasonable presentation package alongside it. It's certainly closer to a desktop office package, and it's strong enough to have attracted businesses like the BBC and Nike as regular users. Zoho Workplace is very good in its own right. ![]() ![]() ![]() There are many options out there, but if you’re already a LastPass user, the platform’s Premium subscription is currently discounted until November 29th. That’s because every password manager will push you to avoid using the same password for different websites. Not only will one make your life easier by taking the work out of remembering countless different passwords, but it can also help to shield you from the worst effects of a data breach. A password manager is one of the few essential apps everyone should have installed on their devices. We've listed the best business password managers. Otherwise, the free one is still manageable but not the best you can get. If you have the budget, we’ll advise you to choose a premium plan instead of the free one. There’s also much better customer support for paid users than for free ones. Free users can only access the app on one device and they’re locked out of many advanced security features. The premium tier of LastPass costs money to use but it’s a much better solution than the free plan. There are also some LastPass promo codes available if you take a look. Note that if you represent a large organization with hundreds to thousands of employees, you can contact LastPass’s sales team to arrange a plan that includes bulk discounts. The difference is that the Business plan includes advanced features like single sign-on and a free Family plan subscription for every user. The Business plan costs $6 / £6 / AUD$6 per user per month for an unlimited number of users. ![]() The Team plan costs $4 / £4 / AUD$6 per user per month for a maximum of 50 users. ![]() LastPass offers two plans for enterprises Team and Business. Users on this plan have access to family-oriented features like easy sharing of folders. ![]() It’s just slightly more expensive than the Personal plan, but yet supports five accounts instead of one. The Family plan for LastPass costs $4 / £4 / AUD$6 per month and covers up to five users. The Personal plan costs $3 / £3 / AUD$5 per month and includes all features of the free plan plus advanced ones like access on multiple devices, one-to-many sharing, 1GB of space for secure file storage, and a dedicated security dashboard. LastPass offers different premium plans for personal, family, and corporate use. You can use the former without paying a dime but not the latter. The main difference between the free and premium tiers of LastPass is obviously the price. When it comes to customer support, the premium tier of LastPass is much better than the free tier. If you wish, you can also answer questions that other users ask to encourage the free flow of information. There's also an official LastPass community forum where you can ask questions and have volunteer members of the community answer them. These articles help you become familiar with the platform and can solve your challenges without needing to contact the support team directly. On the official support page, you can find comprehensive articles and user guides concerning all aspects of LastPass. LastPass provides a lot of support resources that any user can take advantage of. It’s not all doom and gloom for free users though. Users on the Personal or Family plan can contact the support team by phone but not email, while users on the Business plan can contact through both channels. Premium users can contact the platform’s support team through email or telephone, but accessibility depends on what premium plan you subscribe to. LastPass offers direct customer support to premium users but not free users. The free and premium tiers of LastPass don’t have much difference in performance and usability. The app may become slow to load and switching between different features take more time. You may observe a lag in LastPass’s performance if you store too many credentials, think hundreds to thousands. Passwords you save on your LastPass vault autofill when you enter a relevant account login page on your web browser. Afterward, you can join multiple pieces of information to build a profile. You can also add other types of sensitive information like secure notes, Social Security numbers, credit/debit card numbers, and routing numbers. Once you create your vault, you're free to add as many passwords to it as you want. This password manager always ranks highly when it comes to ease of use. LastPass offers solid performance across its web interface and mobile apps. If you’re on the free plan, you can only use LastPass on one device, so you’ll have to choose whether it’s your PC or mobile phone. You can access LastPass through the web interface, mobile app (iOS and Android), or desktop app (Windows, macOS, and Linux). ![]() |