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1. OFFICE ESSENTIALS Write with this Designed in Germany, this Rosewood Stylus pen brings the natural charm of wood to a digital world. The stylus features a quality tip for writing, drawing, tapping and gliding over sensitive touch screens. With just a twist, the stylus then reveals a mechanical ballpoint pen for traditional writing on paper. This wood stylus pen merges form and function with a rosewood exterior and a pen-like feel in your hand. Measuring 119mm x 15mm, the ink colour is black and uses a standard D1 refill. Carry your ipad with this Take a look at ClamCase’s impressive but thinnest, most versatile all-in-one backlit keyboard, case, and stand for the iPad Air Pro 9.7. Packing a built-in lithium- ion polymer battery offering 100 hours of uninterrupted use time and a 360 smart hinge that activates and deactivates the keyboard via Bluetooth on demand. Pairing the features of a full QWERTY keyboard with function keys to unlock the iPad’s potential, the ClamCase is designed to provide ultimate comfort for a natural typing experience.  The aluminium and polycarbonate case also offers premium durability, while being slim and lightweight to pack into a bag or brief case. INFO www.tableking.com.au Send with this Former CSIRO bigwig, James Chin Moody’s parcel delivery system has got everybody talking. And it’s friendly on the planet too. With easy ordering and tracking, Sendle saves time, money and unlocks the power of big business delivery for everyone. Sendle taps into networks of partner couriers to offer commercial-scale (that is, cut-price), door-to-door parcel delivery rates, even for consumers and smaller businesses. You don’t need to interact with the actual courier company, instead access Sendle’s services via a web app. It offers convenient, affordable and fully carbon offset door-to-door pickup and delivery to thousands of towns and suburbs across Australia for low flat-rates. INFO www.syntricate.com.au INFO www.sendle.com Call me with this Any newly announced model of the Apple iPhone raises plenty of interest, and also controversy. But for lovers of all things ‘Mac’, the iPhone 7 will perform and impress. Although the analogue headphone socket has disappeared, each new iPhone 7 ships with its own type of earphones, with the new ‘Lightning’ plug on the end. And you can get adapters if your own earphones are too precious to part with. Of course, the preference would be to ‘go wireless’ and listen via a Bluetooth connection. The removal of the socket does make the phone more resistant to water. Internally, the unit boasts an impressive line-up of improved powerful internal processors, and the dual lens onboard camera is one of the best on the market. Notwithstanding it’s a phone, the photos are sparkling. The iPhone 7 comes in a glossy jet black finish, along with a softer black, gold, silver and rose gold. INFO www.apple.com.au 28 OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2016 | WWW.EXECUTIVEPA.COM.AU

2. Tech expert Tim Stackpool showcases all that is new and useful for the office STAR APPS “Book Now, Pay Later” Flight Booking App Gagfare enables travellers to search flights with over 500 airlines globally, and secure a confirmed, impartial best airfare on their desired flight, instantly. With a unique book-now-pay-later solution, Gagfare allows travellers to pay only US$10 to secure up to 9 seats, well in advance, on their desired flight. Travellers don’t have to pay the rest of the fare until closer to their travel date. Choose from preferred airlines or search alternative routes, book multiple- stop itineraries, and check their bookings through official airline websites. Search for flights, input passengers details as printed on the passport, confirm the booking with the US$10 PayPal payment, and secure the best seats on the best flights instantly. A reminder email will be automatically sent by the system when it is time to pay the remaining fare and issue the ticket. Sit on this A funky new office deserves funky new accessories, and these are eye-catching enough to turn heads. Nextrend’s Air Range collection is described as contemporary, inspiring and relaxed, suitable for break rooms or collaboration spaces. Technically, the furniture is produced by the latest generation of air moulding technology. It is manufactured with a single injection mould of polypropylene, which is reinforced with glass fibre producing durability and strength. It is also UV stabilised, and it will not fade or go brittle under direct sunlight. Very 21st century. Suitable for indoor and outdoor applications. INFO www.nextrend.com.au INFO For Apple and Android Keep it Secret The Wickr instant messaging app allows users to exchange end-to-end encrypted and content-expiring messages, including photos, videos, and file attachments. Using military grade encoding algorithms, messages sent via Wickr are extremely secure, and the sender can determine how long the message will stay intact on the recipient’s phone before it is completely erased. Used by world leaders, executives, journalists, human rights activists, celebrities and others, the ‘shredder’ function irreversibly removes any remnants of deleted messages, images, and video content from your device. Your Wickr ID remains anonymous to anyone outside your Wickr network, while your conversations cannot be tracked, intercepted or monitored. Organise with this Hexigo is task management from inside your email that is ridiculously easy to use. The technology detects when you’ve been asked to do something in an email and then automatically creates a task for you. It’s very popular in many organisations because most people drown in email all day. Hexigo plugs directly into your existing email and detects when you’ve been asked to do something (“…I need you to do XYZ…”). Hexigo then automatically creates a task so you can track and manage everything you need to do. Many EAs are among the most avid users, especially those reporting to multiple managers. Currently used by corporations such as PwC, Telstra, KPMG and Woolworths, Hexigo bridges the gap between email communication and task management software. INFO Free. For Apple and Android INFO www.hexigo.com Before Your Battery Depletes Last Message runs in the background of your device and monitors your battery. You set the app to notify someone through Twitter, Email, SMS or Facebook to warn them you may not be in-contact once your phone battery has been depleted. With Last Message, you can personalise your away message anyway you’d like and even choose at what percentage you’d like the app to send the message. So next time your battery becomes depleted, you can be confident your contacts will know exactly why you are not reachable on your mobile. Last Message combines a simple and one-time setup with full customisation, so you can have your personal away message sent to your chosen contacts. Print ID cards with this Printing ID cards with special encoding strips and codes once needed to be outsourced. Now last minute access cards and IDs can be turned-out in a flash with HID Global’s Fargo DTC5500LMX ID Card Printer/Encoder. The card printer features wasteless lamination technology which completely eliminates traditional carrier-film waste, offering a 40 percent cost-saving on consumables, as well as offering up to 60 percent savings in energy consumption. New iONTM technology allows the printer/laminator to heat up and initiate lamination in just 45 seconds, saving users up to 80 percent of the time typically needed to print the first card. INFO Free. For Android INFO www.hidglobal.com 29 OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2016 | WWW.EXECUTIVEPA.COM.AU