Inventory software vendor Fishbowl has introduced a new user interface with Fishbowl 2015. The company says Fishbowl Manufacturing and Fishbowl Warehouse "have been completely redesigned and updated with new module and toolbar icons, a new home screen", but wait there's more. Besides the new look there are speed and capacity improvements and the company has added an option to automatically commit inventory for orders, enabling the products to automatically reserve inventory for orders.

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A mobile app for Sage One has been released by Sage North America. Designed for users of the Sage One Accounting Standard edition, the app enables users to create and send invoices and record payments. It is available for iPhone users in the United States with versions for other platforms coming soon. Sage One Accounting Standard is priced at $14 per month; Sage One Invoicing is $9 per month with the mobile app available to those users at no cost. Sage gets credit for creativity on broken links.