The Curious Engineer

All blogs / Software / engineering practice

The Zamzar Blog

blog.zamzar.com

Save time and boost productivity with tips and tricks for managing your files from the team at Zamzar.

Software / engineering practice

’10’15’20’25
Posts
197 from 30 Oct 2006 to 28 Aug 2026
Posting
monthly (10 in the last year)
Kind
company blog
Feed
https://blog.zamzar.com/feed/

2026 8

  1. Convert EFX files to PDF online
  2. New advanced options for image conversions: resize, rotate, and more
  3. New PDF and document viewers: view files online from any browser
  4. Take a peek at what’s new at Zamzar: more tools, more file formats, more conversions
  5. How to convert Excel to JPG for easy sharing of data
  6. How to transcribe video to text with online video transcription software
  7. The Lives Beyond Files: The Charities Zamzar Supported in 2025
  8. Work experience at Zamzar

2025 13

  1. The Easiest 3D File Converter: Convert 3D Models Online in Seconds
  2. How to Extract Audio from Video in 3 Easy Steps
  3. Introducing Overages – Simple API Billing
  4. How to Easily Convert PDF to Text (Even Scanned PDFs!)
  5. API File Imports – Upcoming User-Agent Update
  6. Hello Webhooks 👋 Real-time notifications for API file conversions!
  7. Split video and audio files online: Just added to Zamzar
  8. Compress PDF files, images and videos: Now with more control!
  9. How to convert EPUB to PDF for easy reading on any device
  10. A step-by-step guide to uploading an MP3 file to YouTube
  11. How to convert text to speech for different languages
  12. Is Zamzar’s file converter safe to use?
  13. Make organising your digital life your New Year’s resolution

2024 10

  1. How to upload a document to Facebook
  2. Split PDFs and documents: Newly added to Zamzar!
  3. You’re supporting some fantastic charities!
  4. Convert your PDF to EPUB without losing the page formatting
  5. Convert your files by email with Zamzar
  6. Transcribe audio to text with Zamzar’s speech-to-text software
  7. Zamzar reviews: What are people saying about us?
  8. Extract text from pictures with Zamzar’s image-to-text converter
  9. Have you tried the Zamzar desktop app yet?
  10. How to convert a PDF file to an audiobook

2023 1

  1. Convert Markdown files to Word, PDF, HTML & more

2022 1

  1. Convert files from Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive and more

2021 4

  1. Announcing the Zamzar PHP SDK
  2. Zamzar Integration for Make (formerly Integromat)
  3. Even better security – dropping support for TLS 1.1
  4. Compress Your Files in a Click with Zamzar!

2020 8

  1. The Top 5 Reasons to Sign Up for a Zamzar Account
  2. The Class Of 2006 – Brewdog
  3. The Class Of 2006 – Goodreads
  4. An Interview With Richard Brodie – Creator Of Microsoft Word
  5. Zamzar integration for Zapier
  6. The Class Of 2006 – BuzzFeed
  7. Ray Tomlinson
  8. Jason Scott

2019 17

  1. Convert Scanned PDF to TXT
  2. Convert GIFs to MP4
  3. Convert HEIC files to JPG, PNG, PDF and more – online and free
  4. Which project management software is best? (Trello v Asana v Basecamp)
  5. Landing on Zamzar: How we chose our company name
  6. The Class Of 2006 – Twitter
  7. Why PDF files are amazing!
  8. Celebrating 30+ years of MS Word
  9. Zamzar’s charitable giving
  10. The pros and cons of using MS Office vs Apple iWork
  11. How to create & upload a GIF to Twitter
  12. Convert your PDF to speech (for free!)
  13. The rise and fall of Flash
  14. What to do if you can’t open a file
  15. A shiny new design!
  16. Zamzar in Internet’s “Top 100+” Websites!
  17. Zamzar powers new Xerox “Audio Document” app

2018 6

  1. Realtime File Conversions – Better, Faster, Stronger!
  2. File Conversion API rate limits
  3. Better security – dropping support for TLS 1.0
  4. Announcing Zamzar’s GDPR compliance
  5. Zamzar and GDPR
  6. Announcing HTTPS – secure file conversion for everyone

2016 8

  1. New on the API – import & export files
  2. Zamzar is 10 Years Young
  3. The dream boss? What it was like to work for Bill Gates
  4. Use Zamzar to convert files from your Desktop !
  5. Life before the web – Running a Startup in the 1980’s
  6. Building a file conversion app in a day
  7. Deal of the century? How Microsoft beat Apple to buy PowerPoint for $14 million
  8. How to write and publish an e-book

2015 3

  1. Convert MIDI and MID files to MP3, AAC, WAV and more
  2. Announcing the file conversion API
  3. Why Fred Wilson is wrong – files aren’t dead

2014 5

  1. Convert AIFF / AIF files to MP3, WAV, AAC and more – online and free
  2. Free your emails – Convert EML and MSG files to PDF, DOC, HTML and more
  3. Convert CR2 files to JPG, PNG, TIFF, PDF and more
  4. Convert AI files to JPG, PNG, GIF, PDF and more
  5. Zamzar and Heartbleed

2013 11

  1. Convert NEF files to JPG, PDF, PNG, TIFF and more
  2. Convert WebM files to AVI, FLV, MP4 and MPG amongst others
  3. Convert XPS files to BMP, JPG, PDF and TIFF amongst others
  4. Convert PSD files to JPG, PDF, GIF and more – online and free
  5. Convert MTS files to AVI, MOV, MP4, WMV and more – online and free
  6. Convert 3GA files to MP3, MP4, OGG, WAV and others – online and free !
  7. How To: Convert and burn iPhone and iPad videos to DVD
  8. Video to MP4
  9. Using OCR to help the Guardian convert PDF’s to text
  10. Convert multilingual filenames with Zamzar
  11. Drag & drop file uploads, faster file conversions

2012 13

  1. Can’t export Google Apps files to doc, ppt or xls ? Zamzar to the rescue …
  2. Why Zamzar is supporting the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
  3. Convert TS to AVI, FLV, MOV, MP4 and MPG amongst others
  4. Convert files from DOCX to JPG, GIF, BMP, TIFF, PNG and many more
  5. Use Zamzar to convert XLR to XLS, XLSX, PDF and more
  6. Downloading YouTube videos – no longer supported
  7. Open Old Powerpoint Presentations in Office 2007 and Office 2010
  8. High speed downloads for all Zamzar subscribers
  9. Help Harry Help Others
  10. Convert files by email
  11. Stream converted videos and audio to your iPhone, iPad and iPod
  12. How To: Embed Videos into Powerpoint
  13. Using the Zamzar Web Browser Button with Google Chrome

2011 7

  1. We’re improving Zamzar …
  2. Introducing new file format resources
  3. Convert Keynote to Powerpoint, PDF, HTML and more
  4. Sharing a file – introducing FilePigeon
  5. Convert iWork (Pages, Keynote, Numbers) files to MS Office – online and free
  6. New Zamzar Status Page
  7. Enough ! No more pop-under ads

2010 14

  1. Convert iPad videos – watch AVI, FLV, MOV, MPG & WMV files on your iPad
  2. Convert BMP, GIF, JPG, PNG, TIFF to WebP
  3. Convert doc to docx, pdf to docx
  4. Convert PDF files to eBook formats (epub, fb2, lit, lrf, mobi, oeb, pdb, pml, rb, tcr)
  5. Convert PS files to BMP, GIF, JPG, PDF, TIFF
  6. Convert AVI, FLV, MOV, MP4, MPG, WMV files to WebM
  7. Convert eBook formats at Zamzar – free and online
  8. Improved Conversion Quality – PDF to JPG, PDF to BMP
  9. Convert EMF files to BMP, GIF, JPG, PDF, PNG, TIFF and more
  10. Zamzar nominated for HSBC 2010 European Business Awards
  11. Convert PDF to DOC – better quality conversions
  12. Convert FLV (Flash) videos at higher quality
  13. Convert MOV to AVI at high quality
  14. Convert PDF to Excel (xls) – online and free !

2009 21

  1. Zamzar named in Guardian’s “top 100 sites” for 2009
  2. Vote for Zamzar in the Oscars ?
  3. Birthday competition results
  4. Zamzar is 3 today and we have gifts …
  5. Convert MS Project (mpp) files to pdf, jpg, xls and more
  6. Convert csv to xlsx, ods to xlsx, wks to xlsx, xls to xlsx
  7. Convert doc to jpg, doc to gif, doc to png and more
  8. Convert images to PDF – JPG to PDF, PS to PDF, GIF to PDF, TIFF to PDF
  9. Convert EPS to PDF – online and free
  10. Convert EPS to JPG, EPS to PS, EPS to GIF, EPS to PNG and more
  11. Zamzar in Telegraph’s top 100 UK startups for 2009
  12. Convert pdf to jpg, pdf to png, pdf to tiff, pdf to gif and more !
  13. Download DailyMotion videos and convert to multiple formats
  14. Converting YouTube videos – now with video titles !
  15. TeacherTube / Tangle video conversions fixed
  16. Announcing the Zamzar Ask Toolbar !
  17. Convert WKS files to xls, html, pdf, csv, ods and more
  18. Problems with YouTube conversions
  19. Convert Visio files (vsd) to pdf, jpg, png, html and more
  20. Convert documents into speech … yes speech ! (doc, pdf, txt and more to mp3)
  21. Convert CAD formats – dwg, dxf to pdf, jpg, gif and more

2008 13

  1. Zamzar in the Guardian
  2. Zamzar on Twitter
  3. Download TinyPic videos
  4. Download GodTube videos
  5. Download TeacherTube videos
  6. Convert to WMV from AVI, MOV, MPG, VOB and more …
  7. DDos attack on Zamzar
  8. Zamzar in San Fransisco …
  9. Convert to 3g2 and from 3g2 – avi, mov, mpg, wmv and more
  10. Problems with main site
  11. Convert MS Publisher files (.pub files) to doc, pdf, odt, rtf and more
  12. Problems with YouTube conversions
  13. Great new features – faster file conversions, online storage, extra security …

2007 23

  1. Zamzar at the Oscar’s ?
  2. Happy birthday to us !
  3. Convert zip files to 7z, tar.bz2, cab, lzh, rar, tar, tar.gzh, yz1
  4. Convert pptx files to ppt, odp, html, pcx, pdf, png, ps and swf
  5. Convert xlsx files to xls, ods, csv, doc, html, mdb, pdf, rtf and xml
  6. File expiry problems
  7. Zamzar featured on the BBC
  8. Zamzar in PC Mag’s top 100 undiscovered websites
  9. Convert videos to iPhone (MPEG-4 H.264) format
  10. Convert PDF to doc, odt, rtf and txt
  11. Convert your files faster
  12. Conversion emails back to normal
  13. A quick update
  14. Convert wps (Microsoft Works) files to doc, odt, txt and pdf
  15. Convert wpd (WordPerfect) files to doc, odt, pdf and txt
  16. Convert docx files to doc, pdf, odt and txt
  17. The most popular videos converted on Zamzar
  18. Convert videos from SpikedHumor
  19. Full throttle – update
  20. Full throttle
  21. Support launched for YouTube video conversion
  22. Convert mobile phone videos
  23. The Best Web 2.0 Software of 2006

2006 11

  1. Spread the love
  2. Convert your WMV files with Zamzar
  3. Zamzar and “the Digg effect”
  4. Support for FLAC conversion introduced
  5. Use Zamzar to convert to IPod video
  6. Meet the founders
  7. Danke Katrin !
  8. Bughunting
  9. Foreign fields …
  10. Good vibrations
  11. Welcome to Zamzar