"60 Apps in 60 Minutes Redux: The Next 60 Apps You Need To Know."
Spotlight Session at the Special Libraries Association SLA 2012 conference in Chicago, update to last year's wildly successful session.
Co-presented with Scott Brown.
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60 apps in 60 mins
1. 60 Apps in 60 Scott Brown
Social Information Group
Minutes Redux: Joe Murphy
The next 60 apps you Librarian, Tech Trend Spotter
need to know
SLA Annual Conference
Chicago IL USA, July 17, 2012
1 Jim – unprofound.com
3. Apps for iPhone, iPad, Android
(and occasionally Blackberry, Windows Phone)
Specific to CI, librarians, and info pros
Productivity
Business/news
Entertainment
Communication
Social networks
Lifestyle
Just for fun
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4. The growth of apps
• As of August 2011, half of U.S. adult cell phone
owners (50%) now have apps on their phones.
• Overall, apps that provide regular updates about
everyday information (news, weather, sports, or
stocks) and those that help people communicate
are the most commonly downloaded.
Source: Pew Internet: http://pewinternet.org/Commentary/2012/February/Pew-Internet-Mobile.aspx
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35. American Business Journals
• Access the most-read
and most-emailed
articles
• Category headers,
including news,
industries
• Links to major Business
Journal events
Thanks to Barbara Fullerton for this one!
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42. Social magazine-like app aggregates web content
FlipBoard with a visual touch-interactive display.
For iPad – specific content title
For iPhone. Social and
content streams
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Flipboard harnesses visual engagement, social discovery, & self
53. Tumblr’s expansion reflects growth of mobile self micro-publishing
‘Tumblr’ overtaking ‘blog’ in Google searche
Tumblr boasts:
64 million posts/day.
57.5 million blogs.
Serves content creators and curators.
Curates
topic or
creator
specific
content
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http://storyboard.tumblr.com/about
http://mashable.com/2012/06/03/the-beginners-guide-to-tumblr/
93. How to keep up
iOS
http://www.imore.com/apps/
Android
http://www.androidcentral.com/apps
Blackberry
http://crackberry.com/crack-team/software
Windows
http://www.wpcentral.com/apps
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94. How to keep up
Android apps
http://www.androidtapp.com
http://play.google.com/store
iPad apps
http://www.apple.com/ipad/from-the-app-store/
iPhone apps
http://www.apple.com/iphone/from-the-app-store/
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95. Apps search engine!
http://www.quixey.com
Find apps by key word, function, etc.
Filter by OS (iOS, Android, etc.)
Results give you pricing, description
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