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The Top 10 Smartphone Apps for Business Owners

January 13, 2023 By Angus Shaw

Apple iPhone 3GS, Motorola Milestone and LG GW60
(Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Looking for the right apps for your business can be difficult, especially now that the App Store has over 700,000 apps, while Google Play has 600,000. To make your search easier, here are the top 10 smartphone apps for business owners.

 

Scan2PDF Mobile

PDFs are incredibly useful; you know that. But what if you were given a hardcopy and not a PDF? No problem. Just run Scan2PDF, scan the document using your smartphone’s camera, and voila—an instant full-colour PDF that you can e-mail. [Read more…]

Originally posted on October 20, 2012 @ 8:42 pm

Filed Under: Smartphones Tagged With: App Store, Google, google docs, MasterCard, Microsoft PowerPoint, Portable Document Format, QuickBooks, smartphone

Google Hasn’t Submitted a Maps App to Apple

January 13, 2023 By 901am

Google Maps Hybrid
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To say that the new Apple Maps that came with the release of iOS 6 is a disappointment is a vast understatement. I can’t remember the last time Apple even released an unmitigated disaster as its Maps service. If you’ve read the complaints (of which there are many online) then you’ll know what I’m talking about.

Apple’s misstep has led iOS users to demand the return of Google Maps. Not as a replacement to Apple’s Maps app – because that will never happen – but as a separate app that they can download. There were rumors that Google is already close to releasing the Google Maps app on the App Store. But it looks like this not true. [Read more…]

Originally posted on September 25, 2012 @ 10:50 pm

Filed Under: Apple, Apps Tagged With: App Store, Apple, Eric Schmidt, Google, Google Maps

Foursquare Updates iOS App

January 13, 2023 By 901am

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Location based social networking service Foursquare has released a new update to its iOS app that features changes on both its front end and also its internal infrastructure, the changes have also made the Foursquare app more compatible with the iPhone 5’s bigger screen.

The new Foursquare app has improved speed in browsing because of the changes made in its code.  Also, the new update has made changes in the way the app behaves, for example, by providing every user with unique results. All of the search results will be tailored towards the preferences and behavior of the user, a far cry from the general results that it once generated. [Read more…]

Originally posted on September 27, 2012 @ 10:29 pm

Filed Under: Apps, iOS Tagged With: App Store, foursquare, iOS, iPhone, OpenStreetMap, Social networking service, Web search engine, yelp

New Test Drive Feature Added to Amazon App Store for Android

January 13, 2023 By 901am

Amazon is continually finding ways to improve its level of service and support for its commercial efforts. One of these new improvements is the company’s release of a new version of its App Store that will be made available to Android tablets and smartphones.

The new version of the App Store will include a Test Drive feature that was also first seen and implemented on the amazon.com site. The Test Drive feature allows a user to see for themselves how an app works and what its functions are even before they get to purchase the app and download it. [Read more…]

Originally posted on May 22, 2012 @ 1:04 pm

Filed Under: Amazon, Android Tagged With: Amazon, Android, App Store

CyanogenMod To Open Its Own App Market

January 9, 2023 By 901am

If you have an Android smartphone or tablet that you have rooted with CyanogenMod then you’ll be pleased to know that the guys behind the popular Android custom ROM are going to put up its own application store.

This was announced by Koushik Dutta, one of the people behind CyanogenMod. Dutta said the new store, which will be an independent enterprise, will bring in much needed revenue for CyanogenMod. The custom ROM is arguably the most popular Android modification around the world. It is estimated that more than a million Android phones run CyanogenMod. [Read more…]

Originally posted on January 25, 2012 @ 6:22 am

Filed Under: Android, Apps Tagged With: Amazon, Android, App Store, apps, Cyanogenmod, Google

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