The Best Apps on the Market for Business Professionals

Evernote

• Capture, nurture and share your ideas.
• Stay organized across all platforms / all devices.
• Clip web pages and images, share and discuss notes.
   

Dropbox

• Simplifies the way you create, share and collaborate.
• Everything you keep in Dropbox is synced automatically to all your devices.
• Bring your photos, docs, and videos anywhere and keep your files safe.
• Edit a presentation with teammates without emailing files back and forth.
• When you edit a file in a shared folder, everyone gets the update automatically.

Microsoft Office - Word, Excel and PowerPoint, One Note (Each a separate app)

• Create, edit and share documents on the go.
• Cloud connected – recently viewed documents on your computer will work on your phone / other device.
• One note - Instead of taking notes with a pen and paper you can write or draw notes by hand, work paperlessly.

Pocketbook

• Budget planner that makes managing finances simple.
• Automatically organises your spending into categories.
• Notifications – fees charged to your account, bill due dates.

Duolingo

• Duolingo is the world's most popular way to learn a language.
• It's 100% free, fun and science-based. 
• Learn the basics or become fluent in another language .

TripIt

• Organise all your travel plans in one place.
• Ability to share with other people / other devices.
• Sync with your Calender.

Weatherzone

• Get daily forecasts and severe weather warnings.
• Automatically adjusts to your location.
• Can also save alternative locations.

Australia Local & World Daily News – Newsfusion

• Fresh and top selection of the most significant news articles & videos.
• Get push notifications on categories or regions.
• Create a personalised feed to select topics you do or don’t want to read about
   

LinkedIn

• Build a network, find people and jobs.
• Get news and info that matter for your professional day, a daily brief on what’s happening in your network, and a quick way to reach out and keep in touch.
• Updates on your industry and interests.

Viber

• An instant messaging app for various mobile operating systems.
• Users can also exchange images, video and audio media messages.
• Great for international messages and calls as it is free to communicate (internet connection required) 

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