2. Best Phone Apps
TruPhone is considered to be one of the pioneers of mobile VOIP. The app integrates with
the iPhone’s GUI, meaning that you can use your existing address book to make phone calls
using TruPhone.
Fring Fring is more of a video and group call solution. Fring offers free video calls to
anyone, anywhere, whether you’re on a 3G, 4G, or wifi connection. It also offers free group
video calls for up to four people at once. There’s unlimited live chatting available for
contacts on the Fring network or on other networks (AIM, MSN Messenger, ICQ, and
Google Talk). You can call other Fring users anywhere in the world for free, and talk for as
long as you want. Fring also offers low rates for calling non-Fring users.
iCall is similar to other VOIP apps and providers in many ways, with one very useful
distinction – when receiving a call while signed in to a wireless internet network, you have
the choice to switch your call to iCall and save your phone plan minutes this way. It is also
well-integrated with your iPhone phonebook, letting you easily transfer contacts.
Yammer One of the best uses for modern-age technology is keeping up with work and
getting more work done. Yammer is a free private social network for your business. It is
free for any team size and lets users communicate, collaborate, and share easily and
efficiently. With a large array of features and the app’s ability to update and view
documents on the go, Yammer is a great choice for the travelling entrepreneur”.
3. Hotseat: As Hotseat says, “Don’t just sit there”. This handy app schedules personalized mini
breaks featuring short bursts of exercise, depending on your level of fitness and activity
preferences. It can synch with your calendar, delivers reminders, tracks activity, follows
progress and even lets you collaborate your routine with colleagues and coworkers.
Waterlogged: You might be a stickler for your morning coffee, but do you remember to drink
enough water during the working day? Waterlogged is a water reminder app that helps desk-
bound workers stay hydrated with a series of prompts.
Get moving: We’re familiar with fitness apps that track activities and deliver detailed stats and
facts. Human, however, is a fitness app with a difference. Aiming to get you moving at least 30
minutes every day – the ‘Daily 30′ – Human is a simple system that tracks your activity and tells
you how many more minutes you have remaining. It tracks all of your walks, runs, bike rides and
other exercise automatically – providing they last for 1 minute or more.
My Fitness Pal: You’ve just ordered a skinny latte, so you’ve earned that tempting blueberry
muffin, right? Calorie Counter & Diet Tracker from MyFitnessPal might tell you different. This
useful app has a database containing over 2,000,000 types of food, allowing you to scan, track
and calculate the calories and nutritional content of food you have eaten, producing a daily
nutritional report.
Stress Check Pro: We all know the dangers of stress at work, but do you actually do anything
about it? Stress Check Pro is an app designed to minimize the effects of a pressurized work
environment by measuring your pulse and heart rate, helping you to monitor and control stress.
It does this by using your mobile phone’s built-in camera to measure your pulse and heart rate.
Healthy Apps for the Desk Bound Worker
4. Mint: With the multitude of financial sites that a business owner has to keep track of, it can be hard to
remember them all and to keep them straight. With Mint, business owners can keep track of their loans,
bank accounts, credit cards and more; and do it all at the same time. It can help entrepreneurs keep
track of their profits and debts, simplifying the financial side of the business.
ProOnGo: This app is one that tracks all of those small things that business owners who work from a
virtual office may forget from time to time. These may include car mileage that is deductible, small
business expenses, and other costs that every business owner needs to recall when tax time comes
around. The app can be used to create tax reports that keep expensesorganized
PayPal: One of the best-known names in the online financial world is a versatile company with a number
of useful financial products and apps for business owners. PayPal has an iPhone app that makes it
easy to transfer money between the site and bank accounts with a cell phone. It also has a photo
deposit feature, allowing users to send a picture of a check through the site and get it deposited in
seconds.
Pageonce: A versatile app that works on virtually every type of phone, Pageonce is an organizational
tool that organizes finances with graphs and charts. It updates the user with emails when there is a bill
due or when an account is overdrawn. Business owners can easily see where the company’s money is
being spent and how much data it is using.
Square: When you want to take payments remotely, this app can make it happen. With an iPad, iPhone
or an iPod touch, even office nomads working from coworking facility can accept credit cards through
their phones without any contract with Square. There are no monthly fees and it is not required to have
a merchant account. The payments are available within minutes of the download. Every Square user is
sent a Square credit card reader for free. The reader attaches to the phone and makes it possible to
immediately accept Discover, Visa, American Express and MasterCard through the reader.
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5. Air Display 2- Turn your mobile device into another screen when you need 2 or more screens to
work on.
Easily Do Smart Assistant- much like Siri and Google now, but better!
Scanner Pro- Use your mobile device to scan documents and keep paper to a minimum.
Sign Now- Capture Signatures on documents and more while on the go!
Cam Card/Card Munch- You network and get handed 20 cards at every event. Who has space
for all those?
30/30- Increase productivity by assigning a time to complete a task then moving on.
Wunderlist -the easiest way to manage and share your to-do lists.
Say it, mail it- Voice texting is great, but we all know about the errors and typos. Now you can
just send a voice clip (record your message and send it).
Pocket- As you are cruising through articles and research you may not have time to dive into
each interesting thing you see (especially if you are using 30/30!). Put them in your “pocket” to
revisit later.
Liquid Space- Book meeting rooms, coworking spaces, and private offices on the go 24/7.
More Great Apps
6. Social Media Apps for Business
Facebook- Do you have a personal page? How about a business page? Are you
following your customers? Interacting with them?
Twitter - Tweet several times a day to stay in the feed where your followers can see
you.
LinkedIn - Get your connections to follow your business and update this page weekly.
Pinterest - Not for every business- 80% female, so who is your target audience?
YouTube - Google likes you to have a youtube channel, and link it to your Google+
page!
Tumbler - Photo and Blog Sharing.
Foursquare - Claim and manage your business page- customers can review you.
Meetup - If you have events (like this one!) this is a great place to post them.
Vimeo - another great video share site with 22 million+ members . Vimeo is an anagram
of Movie (very cool).
Slideshare - if you aren't ready to make a video for your company, make a PowerPoint
and this site will count it as a video!
7. Cloud Storage Apps
Dropbox will offer you 2 GB free storage, and you can get 250 MB (up to 8 GB)
by inviting every one new user.Dropbox supports Windows, Mac and Linux
computer operation systems, as well as iPhone, iPad, Android and BlackBerry.
SugarSync offers 5 GB free cloud storage, and if your friend uses your referral
link to sign up, you’ll earn a 500 MB bonus, up to 5 GB. SugarSync supports
Windows and Mac computers, as well as iOS, BlackBerry, Android, Windows
Mobile and Symbian mobile phones.
ZumoDrive offers 2 GB free storage, supports multiple languages, and works
for Windows, Mac and Linux computers, as well as iPhone, Android, and Palm
Pre mobile phones.
IDrive offers 5 GB storage, supports multiple languages, and works for Mac,
Windows and iPhone.
SpiderOak service offers 2 GB free storage, which you can get access to from
your Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and iPhone/iPad.