In 2017 Adobe announced it would end development and support for Flash by 2020, and with it, they sounded the death knell on one of the great World Wide Web stories. Flash in many ways is the classic tech story;…
What to do if you can’t open a file
A troubleshooting guide to common issues associated with not being able to open a file.
A shiny new design!
We're excited to announce we just launched a shiny new design for the main Zamzar website. Some highlights: Page loads are faster, meaning you can convert files more quickly We dropped advertising across a bunch of pages (hurrah!) For subscribed…
Zamzar in Internet’s “Top 100+” Websites!
We're delighted to have featured in MakeUseOf's roundup of the "100+ Best Websites on the Internet"! We're honoured to appear alongside such great tools and products as Dropbox, Audible, Etsy and DuckDuckGo. MakeUseOf described Zamzar as: "A great general file…
Zamzar powers new Xerox “Audio Document” app
A new app, developed by Xerox with conversion technology powered by the Zamzar Developer API, securely transforms hardcopy documents into audio files allowing commuters, multitaskers, and audio enthusiasts to listen on the go instead of reading. The Xerox Audio Document…
Realtime File Conversions – Better, Faster, Stronger!
You can now use Zamzar to convert files without providing an email address. Files are converted directly in your web browser in realtime, meaning no more waiting around for an email to arrive. As soon as your file has converted…
File Conversion API rate limits
This change has been completed as of 4th December 2018. In the coming months we'll be rolling out a new rate limiting feature for the Zamzar Developer API. If you're new to the concept, rate-limiting is a mechanism which allows service…
Better security – dropping support for TLS 1.0
This change has been completed as of 14th August 2018. In line with many other online services Zamzar is announcing the end of support for TLS 1.0, a cryptographic protocol used to secure communications between your web browser (or API…
Announcing Zamzar’s GDPR compliance
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is upon us! Hopefully this spells the last of companies you have never heard of desperately trying to get you to click a button in an email! At Zamzar we aren't interested in using your…
Zamzar and GDPR
Has your email inbox been flooded with dozens of notices about "privacy policy updates" recently? If so, this is likely the result of the forthcoming General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which comes into force in less than four weeks time on…
