Technologies for teaching, learning and research
“Freemium” is an expression used to describe software that supplies most of its functionality at no cost, but offers a paid upgrade to unlock “premium” features. Typically most users are content with the free software, but the developer makes money from those who prefer to pay for the advanced features.
Availability: Free Service Comparable: Project, Google Sites Trello is a free web-based project management application originally made by Fog Creek Software in 2011, that spun out to be its own company in 2014. Trello uses the “kanban paradigm” for managing projects, originally been popularized by Toyota in the 1980s for supply chain management. Projects are represented by boards, … Read more
Availability: Free download Comparable: Adobe Acrobat Reader Foxit Reader is a multilingual freemium PDF tool that can create, view, edit, digitally sign, and print PDF files. Early versions of Foxit Reader were notable for startup performance and small file size. Foxit has been compared as an alternative to Adobe Reader. The Windows version allows annotating and saving unfinished … Read more