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After conducting extensive research and analysis in 2017,we recommend Wrike as the best free project management solution for 2017. We chose Wrike from a pool of the dozens of project management solutions we considered. To understand how we selected our best picks, you can find our methodology and a comprehensive list of project management solutions on our best picks page.

Wrike offers the only free project management solution on the market that allows users to create unlimited projects. Most other free versions are so limited that we felt hindered using them, but Wrike allowed us to fully explore project management without paying a dime. For small teams, startups and companies that only need the barebones of project management software, Wrike is an excellent free solution.

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Wrike's free version comes with limited features, but not so limited that it doesn't feel like true project management software. Its advantage over other free software is that users can create an unlimited number of projects. That said, access to more advanced features, including Gantt charts and subtasks, is completely restricted. For these, you have to subscribe to a paid service. Still, Wrike is one of the only services offering a free account with unlimited projects. That alone set it apart in our search for the best free software.

Wrike's free version is available for up to five users, making it suitable for small teams and startups. Larger teams or companies looking for a scalable solution will need to consider subscribing to a paid service. Still, for no cost, Wrike enables five users to work on an unlimited amount of projects. In the end, this is what distinguished Wrike from other free project management solutions we reviewed.

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Although Wrike's free features are quite limited, it still provides insight into how simple and intuitive a project manager it is. A clean, user-friendly interface makes navigation easy. Starting with the active user's inbox, topline navigation allows the user to easily cycle through the different pages, including active projects, dashboards, reports and an activity stream.

Similarly, adding new users and collaborators to projects is made as simple as point and click. There is also a series of keyboard shortcuts that allow users to quickly and easily create a new task, open a new tab, search, assign tasks and mark tasks as completed or active. Once users familiarize themselves with these hotkeys, navigating Wrike is even easier.

Wrike's design is user friendly and welcoming. With dark blues and light greens, as well as rounded edges, Wrike feels engaging without becoming overly professional. There's a "fun" feel to using the software; unlike some project managers that feel extremely technical, Wrike has made navigating its interface simple with a lot of point-and-click functionality and simple layouts that directly display necessary information without requiring users to search around for it.

In addition to a free version, Wrike offers several paid tiers at a per user, per month rate. Each level includes access to a free trial. Here's a look at each tier and the capabilities each one offers.

Our customer service experience was average. Our questions were answered to our satisfaction, but the first customer service representative we spoke to continuously suggested that we consider the paid version. They frequently cited the limited features of Wrike's free edition despite our firm insistence that we were only interested in the free option and had called to gain a better understanding of what it offered. Despite the sales pitch, all of our questions were answered and the pushiness was not repeated with subsequent calls.

Like some of our other best picks, Wrike maintains webinars, a blog and a "productivity tour" for users to refer to when they run into a problem or have a question about the software. These resources make it easier to figure out how to use Wrike or get even more out of the software without going to customer service or tech support. Best of all, Wrike has a built-in live chat function that allows you to contact the help center right in the software should you run into a problem.

There's also a question-and-answer portal that functions much like a search engine. Users can plug in key terms, such as "Gantt chart," and Wrike will return with a number of materials that match the query. In addition to this search engine functionality, Wrike maintains a community of users and forums on the company website. Most questions have already been asked and answered there, but if you find yourself with a unique problem, there's a good chance someone else has experienced it as well. There's also a place to share best practices with other users as you discover the best ways to leverage Wrike for your team.

Wrike's free edition is missing a lot of key features that many teams would find essential to a project management solution. The lack of Gantt charts and dashboards, as well as no ability to create subtasks, might be seen as serious drawbacks to companies that use project management software regularly.

However, for those teams that just need something quick, simple, and easy to use, Wrike will meet your needs again and again, without limit on the number of projects you can create.

For that reason, we recommend Wrike for teams that need a simple, basic level of service for free that can get them moving on multiple projects quickly. Teams with more advanced needs should consider one of the paid services on our best picks page.

Editor's Note: Are you trying to choose a project management solution? If you're looking for information to help you choose the one that's right for you, use the questionnaire below to have Software Adviceprovide you with information from a variety of vendors for free:

Adam received his Bachelor's degree in Political Science and Journalism & Media Studies at Rutgers University. He worked for a local newspaper and freelanced for several publications after graduating college. He can be reached by email, or follow him on Twitter.

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PrecisionHawks new PrecisionMapper service allows UAV operators to stitch an unlimited number of photos, create maps without resolution limits and run algorithms to analyse- all for free!

PrecisionHawk, a commercial drone and data company, has opened access to its professional mapping and analytics software, PrecisionMapper, for free. By eliminating the cost barrier, operators have the flexibility to bring their own drone and consistently generate value from aerial information.

Drones have the potential to capture more high-resolution data than any other technology, but we believe that drones are being under-utilised because of the cost barriers around processing, analytics and storage, said PrecisionHawk CEO Michael Chasen. Users should be able to walk into any store, buy a drone and use that drone to generate business insights for free.

We believe that this move allows more innovation from more people, Chasen continued. PrecisionHawk has gained a lot from the advanced thinking of this community, and this is our way of giving back.

By providing this software for free, PrecisionHawk is giving operators of drones with visual cameras the capability to explore the financial value of aerial data in any industry and is encouraging further use and adoption of drone technology.

Operators can quickly and easily upload imagery collected from a drone to PrecisionMapper. Using GPS information embedded within images, the software automatically stitches together a complete map, viewable in both 2D and 3D. Free users of PrecisionMapper can create up to 60 surveys a year without resolution or export limits.

In addition, users can add ground control points and access free analysis tools for construction, agriculture, insurance, and energy including:

When professionals have the opportunity to get hands-on experience with PrecisionMapper, they will be able to better understand the power of aerial data and how it can be best incorporated into their existing businesses, said Chasen.

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'Too much jargon hurting free software' - The Hindu The Hindu A free software fest organised at the State Central Library on Saturday witnessed scores of people installing Linux operating system in their laptops even as ... 'WannaHelp' secure cyber space from attacks- The New Indian ...The New Indian Express all 4 news articles »

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DAT said this new integration will help our mutual customers run their businesses more profitably and efficiently at no additional cost.

InMotion Global announced that AscendTMS has partnered with DAT Solutions to offer carriers a totally free TMS software solution. AscendTMS has been deeply integrated with DATs most popular carrier features, and is offered at no cost to any current and future DAT customer.

Tim Higham, president and CEO of InMotion Global, said, Everyone knows that DAT is the undisputed leader in load board technology, load volumes, and load quality. By providing the number one rated carrier TMS software to their customers, they are now also the undisputed leader in TMS technology. DAT are relied upon by the majority of the freight transportation industry to keep trucks full and freight moving. We are truly honored to have been chosen to be their long term carrier TMS solution and partner.

The free DAT Solutions carrier TMS offering is available immediately. It offers motor carriers of any size, a complete business management solution. AscendTMS provides features such as complete dispatch control, IFTA tax reporting, fuel card imports, asset and driver management, driver pay and settlement, free shipper credit reports, a 26,000 strong shipper directory, full accounting, QuickBooks integration, immediate and real-time load funding with Triumph Business Capital, branch and agent management, full document management, load tracking, ELD integration, driver texting, a free truckload rate index, cargo claims handling, EDI, and integrated load searching and matching.

DAT takes pride in our best in class solutions, and AscendTMS shares that same mindset, stated Don Thornton, DAT senior vice president of sales and marketing. This new integration will help our mutual customers run their businesses more profitably and efficiently, and at no additional cost. The AscendTMS offering includes a deep and intelligent integration to DATs load searching and truck matching services so our carrier customers can match up their empty trucks with available DAT posted loads with the press of a single button.

Higham continued: Carriers simply need to go to http://www.TheFreeTMS.com to get their free DAT Solutions TMS software account. As AscendTMS is truly cloud based, the entire process takes about 10 seconds. AscendTMS requires no installs, no downloads, no setup, no hardware, and no contracts. It works on any web enabled device like a PC, Mac, tablet or smartphone, and we even provide any training needed, at no cost, to DAT customers. This is the perfect carrier TMS solution, and provides the best of DAT and AscendTMS, at no cost, in one powerful yet easy to use TMS software solution.

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A new online tool offers GPs help in diagnosing genetic illness.

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Everyone is born with a few hundred genetic typos studded throughout their genome. Most of these are inconsequential. But for a person with an unexplained genetic disease, these glitches could hold the answers to their mysterious condition.

A new software tool, developed by Raony Cardenas and colleagues at the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais in Brazil, could help doctors to pinpoint which genetic glitch is responsible for a patients disease, according to a study published in PLoS Computational Biology.

Since the Human Genome Project announced it had decoded the 3.2 billion chemical letters of our genome in 2003, the price of genome sequencing has plummeted.

Hospitals now regularly sequence patients exomes the roughly 1% of our genome that carries instructions for making proteins in search of mutations that could explain diseases.

The challenge for all health professionals is to glean robust and meaningful information from that data, says clinical geneticist Sue White from the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, who was not involved in the study.

This involves a two-step process. In the first, a patients exome or, less commonly, their whole genome is compared to a reference genome, to spot all instances where theres a difference. This list can have thousands of entries.

The second step is to sort through the list, separating potentially meaningful changes disease-causing mutations, perhaps from trivial variations that occur naturally throughout different human populations.

The new open-source program, called Mendel,MD, tackles this second step. Doctors can upload a file containing a list of the genetic variants within a persons genome. From this, Mendel,MD produces a shortlist of genes most likely to be the disease culprit by searching databases of known disease-causing mutations.

The team behind Mendel,MD tested the programs mettle on 57 cases of suspected genetic disorders in Brazilian patients. In half of these cases, the program gave a definitive diagnosis, pinpointing the responsible gene mutation. Without exome sequencing, only around 1 in 10 cases are usually diagnosed, says White.

The program also identified the responsible gene mutation for 11 out of 42 cases of epilepsy at the Childrens University Hospital in Dublin, Ireland.

Importantly, you dont need to be a computer programmer to use Mendel,MD. Clinicians, researchers and even graduate students were all able to use the online tool.

We designed the software to be simple and intuitive enough to be used directly by physicians, even those who are not proficient in bioinformatics, says Srgio Pena, a co-author on the study.

A patients data can also be readily reanalysed as new information on disease-causing genes becomes available.

As a geneticist, White sleuths through mutations every day to diagnose genetic disorders. But its becoming increasingly important for other medical specialists neurologists, immunologists, obstetricians to be able to access this information. Easy-to-use tools like Mendel,MD could go some way to achieving this, she says.

Thats not to say that anyone can search through a list of their own genetic quirks. Direct-to-consumer genetic tests still keep a tight reign on what information is released to consumers. Getting your hands on a full list of your oddities would be very difficult.

And even with a full list, making sense of it isnt easy.

Theres still a tremendous amount of skill and clinical acumen that's involved in understanding for sure that something is causing a disease, says Simon Sadedin, Head of Clinical Bioinformatics at the Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, who was also not involved in the study. Its quite a difficult thing to do.

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