Tuesday, May 14th, 2013
Karen Ambrose Hickey, Editor
Time to assess some new apps for your Android (new Galaxy S4?) and iPhone.
The article The First 13 Apps You Need To Download On Your New Samsung Galaxy S4 will give you ideas for your new S4 or current Android. Some “must-have” apps:
- Google Chrome: some Android phones don’t have this pre-installed
- Viber: for making phone calls over Wi-Fi. (Also for iOS)
- Feedly: to replace Google Reader
- And more…
From 18 New iPhone Apps You Need To Try, some of the apps mentioned are:
- Triage: help for your Inbox
- 24me: a personal assistant app to help you get through your to-do list
- Ketchup: manage your social life with a social app
- And more…
And while you’re at it, don’t forget about iPass Open Mobile for Android and iPass Open Mobile for iOS!
Revitalize your Android or iPhone with these apps >>
Friday, March 29th, 2013
Karen Ambrose Hickey, Editor
In case you are working in São Paulo, iPass can be used at 15 new business hotels and one of the largest exhibition centres in South America.
iPass users can easily connect while at the Transamerica Expo Centre in São Paulo and the neighboring hotel, Hotel Transamérica São Paulo with 396 rooms. This hotel is strategically located to all the main major multinational companies in Brazil. In addition, we’ve listed some of the MANY iPass-enabled hotels in Sao Paulo. If you are there, send us a picture on Facebook!
Don’t forget to use the iPass Hotspot Finder for Sao Paolo to find your nearest Wi-Fi hotspot!
Be sure to download the iPass Open Mobile app to your smartphone and tablet and activate it before travel to save yourself roaming fees.
More hotspots in São Paulo >>
Thursday, March 28th, 2013
Karen Ambrose Hickey, Editor
Our new Mobile Workforce Report is out. BYOD is gaining speed, and so is the Galaxy Tab and Microsoft tablet!
Get the Mobile Workforce Report! >>
View more of our Infographics >>
The Inside Story – BYOD in Infographic >>
Wednesday, March 13th, 2013
Karen Ambrose Hickey, Editor
The adage “Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door” doesn’t apply when it comes to mobile apps. There are thousands of productivity apps for business travelers. How can anyone find that better mousetrap in the overwhelming pile of options? That’s why our team came up with 10 essential apps that will make your traveling employees happier and more efficient. Your iPass solution provides the essential connectivity for all of these apps. And, if you have a mobile device management (MDM) solution in place, you can easily distribute and manage them.
Here’s the list of 10 that we just featured in our user newsletter.
1) iPass Hotspot Finder – Lets you easily find Wi-Fi hotspots anywhere, including the more than 1.2 million iPass Mobile Network hotspots in 113 countries where your users can use iPass to connect. Features include Geotracking directions, and ratings of hotspots, among other mobility tools.
2) Here on Biz – Networking on steroids! It locates, identifies, and alerts you to any nearby LinkedIn users, and provides a secure, real-time chat client. A great app for networking at conferences.
3) Evernote – A personal assistant in your pocket. It stores and lets you search photos, memos, video, typed notes, and almost anything else you want to capture to work on or review later. A built in OCR even lets you capture and search handwritten notes.
4) Dragon Dictation – Talk, don’t type. This voice recognition application lets you speak and instantly see your text or email messages. You can dictate tweets, IMs, emails, and notes.
5) Expensify – Eases the pain of expense reporting by tracking expenses and filing expense reports right from your mobile device. It uses the camera to scan receipts to capture the date and amount. It also tracks mileage and imports expenses from other sources.
6) OfficeDrop – A scanner in your hand. It converts captured images and saves them as text-searchable PDFs that can be easily shared with coworkers.
7) RingMindMe – The “Doh!” killer app. How many times have you turned off your ringer for a meeting, forgot to turn it back on, and missed important calls? RingMindMe will alert you at a set time to turn your ringer back on, so you will never again miss a call.
8) CrowdCall – Conference calls made easy. It lets you launch conference calls simply by selecting members from your contact list and pressing “Call.” No PINs, no dial-in numbers.
9) EasySign Mobile – Electronically sign documents. You won’t have to print out a form, sign it, and scan it back in. Just use your touchscreen to write your signature, size it, and place it electronically in any document.
10) Hootsuite – The social media app for social media. It manages all your social interactions from one interface, and offers a wide variety of features to manage your schedule, and track clients and contacts.
Here are a few more:
- HotelTonight – Only released this year, the app has moved from the US and now covers some cities in Europe as well. You can book hotels, up to 70%, very last minute.
- <a href=”http://travel.cnn.com/explorations/play/appy-traveler-373984″ target=”_blank”>Splid – A photo and audio app, that does not allow files to be edited or changed in any way. You can record terrible travel experiences and have backup proof – photos with times and dates.
- Xe Currency – Not just an accurate currency conversion app, but it provides the historic rates for the currency and can be used offline. Nice for when returning to the office after a long trip.
These are just ten among those millions of better mousetraps out there. Do you have any great apps that help your users ben extra productive?
Any others that you would like to share?
10 Essential Mobile Apps for Business Travel (plus 3) >>
Wednesday, February 13th, 2013
Karen Ambrose Hickey, Editor
Just in Rio for Carnival? Heading there for business? Rio has always been happening, but now there’s more Wi-Fi for iPass users to keep you connected.
Here are a few Wi-Fi hotspots:
Hotel Marina Palace
A beautiful hotel with the added bonus of a roof top pool opposite the beach.
Cafe do Bom Cachaça da Boa
A bistro and bar, within stone wall and high ceilings with food, coffee, craft beers, and over 100 labels of cachaças. During happy hour, the café offers “tarecos”: toast made with cheese bread with Parmesan cheese on top; an invention of the owner and barista, Yansel Galindo.
Piano Bar Santo Graal in the Hotel Merlin Copacabana
Sofitel Rio De Janeiro
The hotel is located in Copacabana, one of the most charming neighborhoods in Rio de Janeiro and beside Ipanema, a neighborhood with countless attractions and the historic home of Bossa Nova.
Barra Shopping
You can connect while shopping at 577 stores. You will likely need a break at some point.
For more hotspots in Rio de Janeiro, check out our Hotspot Finder (or our smartphone/tablet version).
To try iPass for 24 hours free, or see if your company offers iPass, sign up for our trial.
Wi-Fi access growing in Rio de Janeiro >>
