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We’ve recently released a couple of handy features for Harvest’s invoicing component:
Default invoice values - under Invoices > Configure you can now specify your default tax rate, payment terms, and invoice notes.
Translation - you can translate and customize every single phrase on the invoice and also the invoice email to your client.  Go to Invoices [...]

For those of you who depend on the timesheet approval workflow, good news: we have revamped the pending approval section so that it is much smoother and faster to load.  It will also remember which view you last chosen (either sort submitted timesheets by week or by projects).  It’s a small improvement, but one which [...]

The iPhone is a revolutionary mobile device, but more than just a great consumer product, it’s also an increasingly useful tool for professionals and businesses.    Today, we’re excited to announce Harvest’s contribution to the iPhone user’s productivity with an optimized time and expense tracking experience for your iPhone.
All the handiest features of Harvest are now [...]

Coming soon: A new way to enter your time and expenses while on the go.

As you may already know, you can use Twitter to send Harvest your expenses and stop a timer you’ve accidentally left running, all from the convenience of your phone, IM, or other Twitter interfaces. Recently, we’ve added a new feature so you can also enter time via Twitter. Check out the updated Twitter [...]

We’ve just pushed out a few changes to vastly improve the look of the PDF invoices you can generate and send from Harvest. Here’s a look at what’s new:

A new, clean invoice layout that’s professional and simple. We re-worked the spacing, type, and overall layout to make the invoice template easy on the eyes.

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If you have been with us for a while, you know that Harvest supports a timesheet approval workflow. This means timesheets submitted by employees can be approved by project managers or administrators to ensure the time is properly recorded. While this is an invaluable feature for some operations, this can be extra noise [...]

We’ve released some major additions to the Harvest API this morning: you can now access, add, or update your expenses and invoices via the API. Check out the latest documentation for more details.
On a related note, if you are working with the Harvest API in Ruby, you may want to take a look [...]

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One of our goals here at Harvest is to make sure we build a service which plays well with the other services your business might use. Our extensive API allows businesses to plug their existing infrastructure into Harvest’s time tracking and invoicing capabilities while also allowing third-party developers to also integrate their service with [...]