Apps reflect our lifestyle. It no longer shocks us that 80% of internet users own a smartphone, and close to half of the people aged 16-24s prefer their mobiles over laptops, with only a ⅓ of this group identifying laptops as their favored device (Global Web Index ). Everything goes m-size. Smartphones became our artificial limbs and senses. They can serve us, entertain us or help us get the most of the working hours.
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We already gave you the “30 Must-Have Apps for Marketers: knowledge, creation, social media” but there’s so much more! Here’s another bunch of helpful tools.
Contact management
How it works: synchronizes your contact list with most popular social platforms, such as Facebook, LinkedIn or Google+ (I swear, there are countries where it is very popular).It also updates existing profiles with newest profile pictures or any other relevant data. It even reminds you of birthdays and helps create a digital card.
For: Android, iOS
Price: Free
Knowledge
- TED and TED Books
How it works: Online TED conferences are so much more than a youtube channel. There is a TED app, and also TED Books app. Both will boost your knowledge. Books are published biweekly.
Price: Free
- HackerNews
How it works: it’s sort of Reddit with news from Github, Forbes, Cern, etc. If you are into a digital world, it’s a must-have. The design is clean and user-friendly.
Price: Free
Content production
How it works: the best virtual dictionary and thesaurus in a reach of your thumb. The word of a day is a real gem if it comes to expanding vocabulary.
For: Android, iOS
Price: Free
How it works: mindly is for mind maps. Pretty, and what’s more important easy UI has no secrets for those who use it. The basic version with limited memory slots is free. If you want more, you have to pay for a full version.
For: Android, iOS
Price: Free/$6.99
Productivity
How it works: the cloud-based queen of to-do lists. Not only helps you organize your day from morning duties to the supper with friends, but also allows networking and sharing a list with those who might need it. Once you log in, you can check and fill in your files from any device available.
For: Android, iOS
Price: Freemium – additional features $4,99 to $49,99.
- K-Blocker
How it works: It’s simple yet brilliant. It helps you do research by blocking Kardashian content. There’re so many unnecessary pictures on the Internet, and you don’t have to waste your time on filtering the manually.
For: iOS
Price: $0,99
Shortcuts
- Speek
How it works: a brilliant tool for running teleconferences. “No dial-ins, no PINs, no downloads!”
Price: Free
- RD Mute
How it works: mutes a phone when it’s face-down. It also automates responses, when you don’t want to be disturbed, for example when you drive a car (the app checks your speed, and if it’s more than X mph it texts a person who calls you).
For: Android
Price: Free
- Google Translate
How it works: as the name indicates – it translates. But it works not only with the written but also with snapped or spoken text.
Price: Free
Your Turn: do you use any of these? Maybe you’d like to add more?