Choosing an app that it’s your needs can be
an over whelming task as the number of available apps increases daily. We
browsed a variety of websites and selected some of the best applications for
business, finance, productivity, and travel. In the pages that follow, we
highlight a mix of those that are new or recently updated.
Atm Hunter
Platform: Windows Phone
Price: Free
Size: 2MB
Using the GPS abilities of a Windows Phone,
ATM Hunter (Rel. Sept. 12, 2012) from MasterCard Worldwide enables locating
ATMs located around the world based on your current location. The app can also
locate ATMs based on an address or airport location you enter. Further, users
can locate merchants that accept MasterCard PayPass, pinpoint ATMs located at
their own banks to avoid fees, and search for all nearby ATMs.
Further,
users can locate merchants that accept MasterCard PayPass, pinpoint ATMs
located at their own banks to avoid fees, and search for all nearby ATMs.
AutoMileage
Platform: iOS
Price: $9.99
Size: 0.2MB
If you regularly travel by car and keep
track of mileage for expense reports and tax purposes, AutoMileage (Rel. Sept.
14, 2012) from Kuberneo aims to give iPhone users “set it and forget it
functionality” to do so. The app lets you define stop durations, name locations
and identify them as work or personal, add notes, and export reports as a CSV
file.
AutoMileage
City Maps 2go
Platform: iOS
Price: $1.99
Size: 10.7MB
This app (Rel. Sept. 19, 2012) from Ulmon
GmbH claims to be “100% offline,” meaning there’s no need for a Wi-Fi or
network connection to view thousands of global maps, along with points of
interest and Wikipedia content concerning POIs, landmarks, and more. To date,
the app includes 7,800 maps covering “virtually everything.” You can use the
app to search for streets, spot locations via passive GPS, bookmark favorite
locations, and more.
You
can use the app to search for streets, spot locations via passive GPS, bookmark
favorite locations, and more.
Clipboard For Clipboard.Com
Platform: iOS
Price: Free
Size: 7.2MB
Clipboard is a bookmarking like service
that lets users capture the text, images, links, and other content that appears
on a Web page and create “clips” that they can save, organize, and share with
others. This app (Rel. Sept. 11, 2012) brings Clipboard features to the iPhone.
Users can clip content from any app that supports copying, organize tips with
hash tags, and browse and follow others’ Clipboards.
Users
can clip content from any app that supports copying, organize tips with hash tags,
and browse and follow others’ Clipboards.
Dropbox
Platform: iOS
Price: Free
Size: 13.2MB
The latest version of Dropbox (Rel. Sept.
17, 2012) adds the ability to share content from a Dropbox account directly to
Facebook or Twitter. The feature is similar to support Dropbox recently added
for directly uploading videos to Vimeo. After linking the Dropbox app with a
Facebook account, for example, app users can share content as Facebook posts or
private messages as well as send files to Facebook friends. The updated app
also includes AirPrint support, meaning users can print from the iPhone to
AirPrint enabled printers without a driver installation required.
The
updated app also includes AirPrint support, meaning users can print from the
iPhone to AirPrint enabled printers without a driver installation required.
Free Wi-Fi Finder
Platform: iOS
Price: Free
Size: 7.2MB
JiWire’s Free Wi-Fi Finder (Rel. July 19,
2012) does just what its name implies, it locates free Wi-Fi hotspots in online
or offline modes. Speciically, the app claims to include data for more than
145,000 free locations globally. The app includes a Near Me locator and also
lets you search specific regions, filter by location type (library, café,
etc.), and bookmark favorite locations. Further, JiWire claims that it adds new
locations daily.
Free
Wi-Fi Finder
Hotel Deals By
Platform: iOS
Price: Free
Size: 10.3MB
Need a hotel room “tonight, tomorrow, or
the next day”? Hotel Deals by lastminute.com (Rel. Sept. 11, 2012) from
Travelocity claims it can find one for you at the nation’s best hotels (three
to five stars) at up to 10 to 55% off regular prices. The app supports searches
based on current location or choosing accommodations from a list of U.S.
cities. In addition to filtering results, the app has an interactive map
feature that supports viewing top-rated hotels in your area.
Hotel
Deals by lastminute.com for iPhone
