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Some great business apps designed to make your job easier

Appscend Team

shutterstock_145390003If you still do not have a clear understanding of how can an app improve your day to day life, here are some examples which have made the lives of thousands of people easier at the office. Keeping up with the changes is no longer a thing of fashion and trend, but a requirement with many work places which expect their employees to be informed and make use of the market novelties as soon as they appear.

With more and more employers encouraging people to use their own smartphones and gadgets at the work place, it is also easier for employees to use various apps to simplify their work in any possible way. Trading in the workplace computer for the personal computer moves the tasks at work in a more familiar environment and allows people to solve them in more creative ways.

Here are just some of the interesting apps designed to separate challenges from time consuming activities at the work place.

  1. Mobile Office for Office 365, probably one of the most useful tools given the fact that the Microsoft Office programs are the ones most used on desktop computers. Although it is a bit pricey, the app allows you to access office documents, to create and to edit them, in a simplified version of this program.
  2. CiscoWebEx Meetings, the app you wish you had downloaded when you get stuck in an airport and risk missing an important meeting. It allows you to join conferences with 2-way video and important files such as Excel spreadsheets and PowerPoint documents can be attached for discussion.
  3. Skype, probably one of the most popular apps used both at the work place as well as at home. Communication is permitted in any possible form: text, voice or video, or combined, this being probably the best solution when traveling abroad.
  4. OpenTable, one of the most appreciated apps by people used to making business dinner reservations on the run or in very big cities.
  5. TripIt, the companion of all tired travelers eager to head to the hotel or to the restaurant before the big meeting. The app helps you plan your trip and takes the stress of the details off your back.
  6. HootSuite, comes in handy to the people working with social media accounts. For a person to stay in touch with so many clients and potential clients on all social networks is exhausting. Here is an app designed to handle multiple accounts.
  7. Evernote, an app becoming more and more popular, not only with businessmen but with students as well, as it is great for taking notes in every way with the possibility to add images and video for better understanding.
  8. Square Register, an app that works as a credit card reader, with 2,75% per swipe going into your account 1-2 days after the money was charged.
  9. MySecretFolder, protects your data from being stolen, what is more, within minutes after your phone was stolen, you will get an e-mail with the picture of the thief and information on his location.

These are just some of the apps out there designed to make everyone’s life at the office easier, by removing the tasks which waste time and which get in the way of doing something really creative and worthwhile things.