There’s An APP For That!

Fred Leber

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Improving Productivity Through Technology

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Applications For Everyone

o Evolution of Technologyo Time line of technology introduced

o Tools of Technologyo So many choices

o General Productivity Appso Using apps for desktop procedures, communications, daily activities

o Sales & Marketing Productivity Appso Customer connections, marketing, communications

o Installations, Service, Design, Inspection Appso Design, hardware connections, research, technical connectivity,

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Have you survived technology? Origin 1986

o IBM unveiled their first portable computero the internet mail access protocol (IMAP) was establishedo the first digital 1 Megapixel camera was introduced primarily for

commercial worko Nikon introduced a .3 Mega Pixel digital camera with a mini floppy

disk holding 50 imageso Sony introduced the Sony Mavica “still video camera” with a 2” floppy o On January 19 the first computer virus (Brain) started to spread.o Mar 28 Lady GaGa was borno July 2 Lindsay Lohan was borno Michael Jackson and Lionel Ritchie’s “We are the world” was the song

of the yearo Top Gun was the highest grossing movie of the year.

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o 1990 The World Wide Web was inventedo 1991 BM invented the smart phoneo 1995 Ebay began their first auctionso 1996 The Universal Serial Bus (USB) was standardizedo 1997 WiFi standardized, Ipod, Itunes….o 2000 The flash drive was inventedo 2001 Apple gave us the iPodo 2007 Apple introduced the touch screen cell phone

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o This presentation highlights some applications and programs that when loaded on your tablet, smart phone, or computer can make your work and personal live easier.

o Some of the applications and programs are available for free, others have either a one time charge or ongoing charges.

o There are many more apps out there than we have time to discuss.

Now for the APP’s

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General Productivity

o Web Conferencing

o Make connecting with your clients, employees, family easier than ever.o Use your email to invite people to a meeting and connect with 1,000’s or just one on one.o High-Definition Video Conferencing – See meeting attendees in high-definition without

the need for expensive hardware or video system, using easy-to-use video controls. o Desktop Viewing Enhance meetings by showing attendees any application and file on

your desktop. Attendees can share their desktops, too. o Collaborate Keyboard and Mouse Control Securely collaborate with colleagues on

projects by working together in real time. o Email and Instant-Messaging Integration Start scheduled or spontaneous meetings

from Microsoft® Outlook®, IBM® Lotus Notes® or various instant-messaging services. o Chat with all attendees or converse privately with a specific participant. o Integrated Audio Conferencing Choose free VoIP, phone conferencing or both. o Free Most offer Toll-Free audio service with numbers for over 40 countries.

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Dropbox is a free service to collect all your photos, docs, and videos. Any file you save to your Dropbox will automatically save to all your computers, phones and the Dropbox website. iOS Android

Instashare – Drag & drop files. Support for different systems coming soon. Bluetooth share photos between MAC devices without an internet connection just local WIFI or Bluetooth.iOS MAC OS Xhttps://itunes.apple.com/us/app/instashare-transfer-files/id576220851?mt=8

LogMeIn – LogMeIn Free remote access to your desktop from your mobile device or any computer over the Internet. Easy to use and FREE for up to ten computers.iOS Android https://secure.logmein.com/products/ios/https://secure.logmein.com/products/ignition/android/

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Notability- Make written/verbal notes or drawings using your finger or stylus. Print or export written docs. integrates handwriting, PDF annotation, typing, recording, and organizing iOShttps://itunes.apple.com/us/app/notability-take-notes-annotate/id360593530?mt=8

Penultimate is a first-rate handwriting app for the iPad that aims to replace your favorite pen with your index finger. The app features—besides basic note-taking—real-time presentation capabilities via VGA, write protection, unlimited notebooks, and plentiful sharing options. http://evernote.com/penultimate/

CamCard Lite reads business cards and saves contact information internally or in your phone's contacts. Not only is the app highly accurate, but it also lets you group contacts, make notes, and search LinkedIn. Feewww.youtube.com/watch?v=RM9mSpG224c

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Penultimate ++

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GoodReader – Multiple format reader – PDF, MS Word, EXCEL, Text, Pages, audio - create filing folders. iPad version was the #1 selling non-Apple app for iPad in 2010! Mashable describes it as “a Swiss Army knife of awesome!”

PrintMagic – Wirelessly print to your WiFi printers from the iPhone or iPad. This will work on most WiFi printers. Free app. Visit www.wellala.com or the iTunes store.

Dragon Dictation – Dragon Dictation is an easy-to-use voice recognition application powered by Dragon® NaturallySpeaking® that allows you to easily speak and instantly see your text or email messages. In fact, it’s up to five (5) times faster than typing on the keyboard. Must have an internet connection.

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Sales/Marketing

CamStudio - http://camstudio.org/ Open-source desktop screen & audio recorder. Create demonstration videos for any software program, a set of videos answering your most frequently asked questions, or record video-based information.

IMargin – Need to determine your sell price with a particular cost and a set margin? Simply enter the cost and margin to instantly see both sell price and gross margin. Customizable options, tax calcs. iTunes

Free %Gross Profit Margin Calc - %Gross Profit and Margin Calculator for business. Optionally factors in Sales Tax/VAT/GST. Menu option to email GP or Margin calculations.iOS Android Price: Freehttps://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nz.co.aztecinfo&hl=en

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Customer Relationship Manager – www.zoho.com Capture leads from websites, automate sales follow-ups, manage your email from within the application, associate social profiles and build better relationships with your customers from within your CRM account.

Presentation Software - http://www.apple.com/apps/iwork/keynote/Graphics soar across the screen. Words build dramatically over a photo. Slides flip one after another. With a tap, you can add stunning new transitions and effects. And make your presentation shine — or shimmer, pop, or twist plus an app to control it from your iPhone. Not just PowerPoint.

Linkedin www.linkedin.com - Want to find that key contact, know where they work and meet friends and colleagues of your partners? A simple way to keep track of business and professional contacts and relationships. Free to use or add advanced search options for an additional fee. Great for sales & marketing people to connect and to post market and product specific information.

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BRIA – VOIP for iPhone using your office VOIP SIP settings, looks like you’re in the office, use extensions for co-workers when out of the office, free calling, free or purchase.http://www.counterpath.com/bria.html

GolfNow ++ – Find local golf courses, get special rates, reserve tee timesFree source for discount golf tee times at over 4000 golf courses throughout the United States, Canada, Bermuda, Mexico, Ireland and Scotland. http://www.golfnow.com

BHC Integrated Support Services – Give the Sales /Service Technician the means to quickly access compliance information on Fire Extinguishers, Sprinklers, Exit & Emergency Lighting, Alarms, and more without having to reach for a print guide or online referencehttp://www.brooksequipment.com/resources.asp

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Eview Sales & customer correspondence securely stored, easy retrieval. Provides multi-site owners the ability to see company-wide issues and challenges …or selectively narrow the focus. All collected data and pictures are uploaded to a cloud-based database that can be organized, searched, sorted, filtered and downloaded in many ways and shared with others. www.eviewapp.com

WinFF - http://winff.org/html_new/ This is an open source all-purpose media conversion tool.

iHandy Level is a free app that can indicate whether a surface is level. Sonar Ruler allows you to point your phone at an object and it will tell you the distance. Additional apps at a cost. http://www.ihandysoft.com/level_free.html

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iHandy Flashlight Mini - Bright. Fast. Simple. The most elegant and functional flashlight app, ever! And it's the ONLY flashlight app that goes with a compass, giving you the direction in the darkness.

Battery Master - shows you the current battery level of iPhone /iPad etc, e.g. the remaining time for standby, audio, video, game play, Internet browsing or even FaceTime, Skype, iBooks, GPS etc. in different scenarios. http://www.ihandysoft.com/battery.html

iHandy Carpenter – Light, pretty and handy carpenter tool kit, right on your iPhone! Get 5 professional tools in ONE app. - A plumb bob, the easiest way for you to verify the verticality of lines or walls, a surface level, a bubble level bar, a steel protractor, measuring angles from 0 to 180 degrees, a steel ruler, supporting both inches and centimeters. By swiping it left and right, the ruler can measure things much longer than your iPhone!

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Convert For Windows - Convert is a free and easy to use unit conversion program that will convert the most popular units of distance, temperature, volume, time, speed, mass, power, density, pressure, energy and many others, including the ability to create custom conversions! http://wscope.com/convert.htm

Convert Units – area, weights, distance, mass, energy, real time currency. 13 ready made conversion categories. If yours isn’t there just make a new one! Free on iTunes!

Quick Scan - Scan all types of commercial barcodes: UPC, EAN, ISBN etc.,Search prices and product details from retailers like Amazon, Wal-Mart, eBay, BestBuy, Buy.com.,Scan QR Codes which encode texts, URLs, contact details, calendar events, emails, messages and map locations. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/barcode-scanner/id336944062?mt=8https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.zxing.client.android

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doForms http://www.doforms.com/ Users can easily create unique forms for dispatching, work orders, inventory, workflow or expenses with no programming required. Technicians can also attach video, audio and images to forms. Scan inventory barcodes and sketch notes on top of photos.

DispatchTrack – Easy-to-use mobile tool feeds work status updates into the software so it can be managed and tracked from the office. Instead of manually plotting routes, the dispatcher uses a GPS-enabled drag and drop map from the DispatchTrack software to deliver optimal driving directions based on the technician’s location.

Speedtest.net ++ – Do you have the speed you need for this download? Ookla Speedtest helps keep your ISP honest!. What's your Speed?iOS Android

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NFPA Apps – Apps to bring the most popular Codes and standards to your smart phone/pad. NFPA 1, 13, 25, 70, 70E, 72, 99, 101, 921 and 1600. More to come. iOS Android Windows

Building Reports – Inspectors use standard PDAs with BuildingReportssoftware to scan devices and upload results to a secure, web-based account. The data is compared to past inspections and statistical analysis using an online database. Unique bar-code registration ensures comprehensive inspections by monitoring inspectors' progress in real time during the inspection, preventing missed items, and facilitating fast action on repairs. Scanned timestamps cannot be modified, and reports are ready immediately as either a dynamic web page or a downloadable document to authorized users only.

A suite of applications with subscription fee. Forms tool, scheduling, fire protection & security. www.BuildingReports.ca

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TPS Dovenet - Quotes, billing, inventory, tracking sales, and service dispatching. TPS mobile for field people. Lists of projects, parts, purchase orders Capture service tickets, customer signatures, start and stop times. http://www.dovenet.com/TPSMobile.htm

Site Works - Project management tool allowing PDF prints to be e-mailed to a tablet and then allow field notes to be added and e-mailed back into the office. The notes are applied to the prints as well as a spread sheet. Works for a walk through punch list. http://www.nutes.biz/siteworks-snag-list-punch-list-ipad-iphone.html

GPS toolbox - Check your signal strength, location accuracy, measure the distance between two points (ie like a tape measure), Trace your route.https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.highwaynorth.gpstoolbox&hl=en

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SPL Graph- SPL Graph is an audio level chart recorder for the iPhone and iPod Touch. It works by averaging the SPL for one second, applying an optional weighting filter, and plotting the sound level. You can record the audio for the graph, and email graph results.iOS FREEhttps://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/spl-graph/id307451201?mt=8

SPL and Spectrum Analyser, by jjbunn - SPLMeter shows SPL (deciBels) of the Android's mic signals, and their frequency spectrum. The meter has three speeds: Fast, Medium and Slow. Shows peak envelope and frequency of maximum intensity, and clipping. ISO 1/3 Octave bars and Spectrogram. Price: $ 1.49Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.julian.apps.SPLMeter&hl=en

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Ohm work- Ohm Work is a free, ad-supported resistance calculator. It allows you to enter the colors on the bands of a resistor and get its resistance, including the tolerance and the temperature coefficient. It supports four-band, five-band, and six-band resistors.https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/ohm-work/id406539017?mt=8

Ohm’s Law – The Ohm’s Law formula is easy enough to use, but it can be difficult to remember. This app makes it even easier to determine the relation between voltage, current, power and resistance. It’s by far the most popular Ohm’s app in the Android marketplace.https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=RedBinary.OhmsLaw&feature=related_apps

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Adobe Ideas – Take a photo then draw notes on the photo in vector format allowing almost unlimited zooming. you can also write on photos captured from screen shots of your phone or iPad…maps, web pages, prints of buildings etc. A note taking tool for 9.99

DocAs DocAS - lets you take note, sketch your ideas, annotate PDFs, convert other document format to PDF, do presentation, read documents, record meetings and classes, and share your notes/documents on your iPad, All-in-One.

MapsWithMe – downloadable maps – works without internet service –FREE

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PlanGrid – PlanGrid is a free app that lets you bring all your project plans, specs and photos to your iPad. Sign up for a free account on plangrid.com and drawings you upload will automatically sync to iPadsin the field.view pdf plans, notate and save on the fly– also walkthrough friendly and can measure to scale on the fly.

DWG TrueView - http://usa.autodesk.com A free CAD viewer and converter made by Autodesk (makers of AutoCAD). You can easily open and view customer drawings and even plot them to PDF for convenience (no licensing required) WINDOWS

MagicPlan – MagicPlan MEASURES your rooms and DRAWS your floor plan just by taking pictures. You can then get your floor plan in PDF, JPG and DXF format or publish an INTERACTIVE FLOOR PLAN on the web. Uses camera to plot and size / draw a room within an inch of accuracy and save as pdf.https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/magicplan/id427424432?mt=8

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Electronic Toolbox Pro – Electronic Toolbox Pro combines electronic reference material with a huge collection of calculation, lookup and conversion tools in one handy App right at your fingertips.iOS Android

Ibend Pipe – iBend Pipe is a conduit bending application on an iPhone. It calculates the bends using English or Metric measurements so you don’t, complex conduit bending calculator. iOS https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ibend-pipe/id339407922?mt=8

Conduit Runner Pro – This app is purely for calculating conduit bends and fills, with added features for pull box sizing. It can perform calculations for 3-bend saddles, parallel runs, offsets and more. iOS Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.intineo.android.conduitbendpro&feature=more_from_developer

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BlubeamRevu CAD – Access and navigate your PDF files on the go from anywhere, and view your PDFs how they are meant to be viewed – comments and annotations display clearly and accurately so nothing is missed. Redline your PDFs with industry-standard symbols, and save them for reuse across sessions. Collaborate with colleagues across the globe in real time using Revu.

STARBUCKS – provides a map of local stores, allows purchase from app, embed your card for scanning at the store, reward system for free drinks and specials. Daily necessity.

Clear Day – should I go outside? Depicts weather conditions using stunningly crafted set of videos (not still images like other apps), displays animated radar map (Canada/US) over amazing 3D globe

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Catch Up or they’ll Pass You!!

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Pinout – Pinout simplifies selecting the right electrical connector for audio, video, network, computer and miscellaneous electronics. The app contains a guide to USB, RCA, HDMI, Scart and several other connectors.iOS Android Price: Freehttp://blog.softwareadvice.com/articles/construction/the-best-android-iphone-and-ipad-apps-for-electrical-contractors-1090711/

Find My Car iPhone Android Price: Free https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/find-my-car/id349510601?mt=8 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.elibera.android.findmycar&hl=en

Stuff Finder provides a quick and easy way to tag your stuff with a GPS code location. Provides street map to the general vicinity within 16 ft and a pinpoint button for additional guidance. iOS FREE

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Civil Engineering Calculations, Jamoke Innovations LLCAutoCAD IREF, Digital Cheetah SolutionsBuzzsaw, Autodesk Inc.AutoCAD WS, Autodesk Inc.Inventor Publisher Mobile Viewer, Autodesk Inc.ABB Energy Calculator, ABB/Armitage ComAdvantech WebAccess, AdvantechScalife, ScanbuyWeiser. Schneider ElectricSEW Diagnotics, SEW-Eurodrive$avings Predictor, Yaskawa Electric AmericaProSoft i-View, ProSoft Technology Inc.Vision Air Handler Quick Select, McQuayLutron Home Control+, Lutron Electronics

HVAC ASHRAE 62.1, ASHRAEHVAC Psychrometric (Plus), Carmel HVAC Duct Sizer, Carmel SoftwareRaritan Power IQ, RaritanTube Bending Tooling Calculator, Unison LtdSEW IE Guide, SEW-Eurodrive GmbH & Co HVAC Toolkit Ultimate, Carmel SoftwareHVAC Toolkit, Carmel SoftwareHVAC Residential Load Calcs, Carmel SftwreHVAC Equipment Locator, Carmel SoftwareHVAC Quick Load, Carmel SoftwareIP Cam Viewer, Robert ChouIndustrial Knowledge App, Ind. Tech Trg.Mechanical Engineer, MultiEducator, Inc

Cross Sections Calculator, David HolmesMechanics Basics, FPC Ltd.EE Basics, FPC Ltd.Engineering Toolkit, FPC Ltd.HVAC, FPC Ltd.Engineering Dictionary, Zuruu InteractiveWire Ampactity Pro, Comoving MagneticsFault Calculator Pro, Comoving MagneticsPV Toolbox, Comoving MagneticsVoltage Drop Calculator Pro, Comoving Mag.Box/Conduit Fill Pro, Comoving MagneticsElectrical Pro, Comoving MagneticsPowerEdge, Eaton CorporationLaser Align, Ludeca, Inc., Rockwell Steam tools calculator app, Spirax SarcoAnd many more applications

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Many thanks to Sue Sadler at XTRALIS for her contributions

Thank you for your attention Happy Apping!

Fred@LRiFire.com

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