FreshBooks has launched a redesigned iOS app to work with the iPhone and iPad. The company says the app "features a simpler, more intuitive interface, designed to encourage proactive billing habits, make it easier to stay on top of cash flow, and to help customers run their business three times faster."

Sage has begun melding together its payroll offerings and making them available for a wider range of products. The company has established the Sage Payroll Center that enables accountants to resell payroll services. That is in addition to Payroll Essentials and Full Service Payroll.

Payroll service company Paychex said its team selling strategy helped push results higher for the second quarter ended November 30. Payroll revenue rose by 4 percent driven by an increase in the client base and revenue per check, CEO Martin Mucci said in the company's recent earnings webcast. HR revenue increased by double digits.

 Nonprofit vendor Blackbaud intends to re-enter the software reselling market next year. The Charleston, S.C.-based company outlined its plans recently during its Investors' Day. Blackbaud wants to use dealers to push its new cloud-based NXT line.