As technology has advanced, so too has the idea of employees working remotely, instead of being restricted to completing all of their job commitments from their office desk.
This concept, which has been labelled conveniently as flexible working, means that staff members can now tick off tasks during their commute to and from work, or even do their job from the comfort of their own home.
However, here is a list of essential apps that everyone with a personal office – be that in their home, on a train or at the bus stop – should make sure they have downloaded:
Dragon Dictation
Typing at speed on a touchscreen device can be difficult, so employees who are finishing off tasks on the train or bus will be overjoyed when they get to grips with the Dragon Dictation app. This program takes the effort out of dictating any messages or long pieces of text that you have from a notepad to your portable device, with its highly accurate voice recognition technology assuring precise dictation every time. Use social media as part of your work? Well, you will be pleased to know that the latest edition of Dragon Dictation can also upload statuses that you speak onto your social network pages. (Download Dragon Dictation on iTunes and Google Play)
Salesforce Classic
As you can see by our list of available platforms, the Salesforce Classic app is available on the majority of smartphones on the market today. Once installed, you will have a fantastic portal in which to keep track of all of your leads and contacts while on the go, as well as amend or create accounts and set up brand-new events. In short, the Salesforce Classic program means you can spend less time at your desk creating spreadsheet after spreadsheet and get out into the open world to actually sell and market your product. (Download Salesforce Classic on iTunes, Google Play and BlackBerry World)
Bump
Never worry about having to find a USB or, even more old school, a cable, to transfer files from one device to another again. With the Bump app, you can quickly transfer anything from photos, PowerPoint presentations and essays from one colleague to another. How is this possible? The clue is in the title of the program – you bump two devices that have the Bump app opened and then sit back and watch as your documents pass over, as if by magic. Just do the motion gently, as a piece of data is not going to be much use if it has to be read on a cracked or scratched screen. (Download Bump on iTunes and BlackBerry World)
GoToMeeting
Late for a meeting? Don’t panic, just open your GoToMeeting app on the bus, train or in your home office. This amazing app may just look like any other planner program on first sight, in that you can set up meetings and store them for convenience in your smartphone’s calendar. However, what enables GoToMeeting to stand out is that once a meeting begins, all you need to do is tap on the event and then you will take your place in the boardroom virtually. (Download GoToMeeting on iTunes and Google Play)
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Thanks Peter for sharing these useful apps. I always forgot some of my important work due to messy schedule. App like GoToMeeting is useful for me. Android app development has made many task easier than before.
There’s almost an app for everything nowadays.
I love to use gotomeeting as it works well for me. It reminds me all the important activities that I can miss because of my hectic schedule. Thanks buddy.
We are all busy these days. Good to know you’ve found something that works for you.
Nice share by you again Peter. I particularly like GotoMeeting & Dragon dictation app. Barring bump I did not here about any of them.GoToMeeting seems to be a great help for me as this is the problem I face quite often because of living alone. Being present in office even when you are not there in actual is just great. Dragon Dictation is also of great use, making conversation in less time with the help of its highly efficient voice recognition technology seems to be a great alternative for typing a text. Thanks for this great share bro.
Thanks for reading, Raj! I’m glad you’re using some of the apps mentioned 🙂
Really some useful apps to use in a personal office. I really liked the idea of using the Dragon Dictation app, that’s a time saver that we don’t have to type in and just say to keep things noted. Apart from these apps, I would also recommend people to use the Evernote app, which I think is also an efficient application to use in the office.
Nice collection of apps peter. Haven’t used many of them except GoToMeeting and it worked great for me. Dragctati too seems to be a convenient option while travelling. Great apps collection mate, I would surely give all of it a try,