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Five Apps January 08, 2015 Editor of this Newsletter Jody Gilbert | Senior Editor | @jodylgilbert Jody Gilbert has been writing and editing technical articles for the past 25 years. She was part of the team that launched TechRepublic and is now senior editor for Tech Pro Research. Five unusual apps you never knew you needed It's easy to overlook some of the strange and obscure offerings in the app stores. But sometimes, these apps are genuinely useful. Hands-on with the latest challenger to the Raspberry Pi Resource of the day Live Webcast: Social Media Customer Service: How to Deal with It. How to Take Advantage of It. Social customer service is a powerful tool that will help you deliver value, as well as engage and connect with your customers. Join customer service expert Shep Hyken to learn how to harness social media to foster a lively customer community. Hottest new lists Checking your bandwidth: Five HTML5 apps to try Five apps for creating timelines Five mobile reference apps for quick access to the info you need Additional TechRepublic resources CES 2015: Five big 3D printing trends to shape the year ahead 4 must-have travel apps for iOS Let Moto Assist give you a helping hand Survey: Top security issues for 2015 Microsoft's new Social News app is doomed to fail Microsoft licensing: Ed Bott explains how to stay out of hot water Failing to navigate the tricky maze of Microsoft license restrictions has gotten plenty of IT pros in trouble. Four Microsoft licensing missteps that could cost you big bucks spells out exactly what you need to know to avoid embarrassing and costly mistakes. Become a Tech Pro Research member to get all our articles, tools, policies, and templates. Featured multimedia 10 brands to follow on Instagram Today's recommended downloads Live Webcast: Social Media Customer Service: How to Deal with It. How to Take Advantage of It. (Citrix Online) eBook: Unleash Analytics that Drive Business Growth (Hewlett-Packard & Intel®) Live Webcast: A Fast, Secure Path to the Cloud (NetApp) Creating Operational Efficiencies and Overcoming Legacy IT (Nutanix) Webcast: Moving the Data Center to Hyper-Converged and Web-Scale: A Customer and Analyst View (Nutanix) Connect with TechRepublic A Special Feature from TechRepublic and ZDNet Enterprise Startups: Risk vs. Reward Enterprise-focused startups have emerged as some of tech's hotbeds of innovation. We highlight how partnering with startups can help companies leapfrog competitors and we provide perspective on how to approach buying IT solutions from enterprise startups. TechRepublic newsletters Get product reviews, tech news analysis, tips, and more in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! Information Security 10 Things Google in the Enterprise Visit the Subscription Center to get other free newsletters, manage your account settings or to be removed from TechRepublic communications. The e-mail address for your subscription is habib2best@gmail.com. Unsubscribe | Send Feedback | FAQ | Advertise | Privacy Policy Copyright 2015 CBS Interactive, Inc. All rights reserved. TechRepublic is a registered service mark of CBS Interactive, Inc. TechRepublic 235 Second Street San Francisco, CA 94105 U.S.A.