Business or pleasure? Productivity apps for stress-free travel

27 November 2012

Written by steljes

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Following on from our favourite productivity apps, we thought we’d bring you our favourite productivity and efficiency apps for on the go.

According to the Global Business Travel Association, fifty-two percent of business travellers make use of apps regularly when travelling, while seventy-eight percent of those surveyed found using them boosted productivity and ease.

In our interview with leadership across distance expert Mark Fritz he mentioned Flipboard as one of his go-to apps for condensing information.

What are your must-have apps for commuting – whether it’s into London or across the world?

Google Wallet – this might be something more for early adopters than something you can use widely, but anywhere you can use a contactless card you can now use Google Wallet. Turn your phone into your credit card.

Boingo‘s Wi-Finder – locates WiFi hotspots and includes a VPN to safeguard your information, as well as giving you access to a data tracker that can help you prevent running up data charges when you’re not connected.

Dropbox – we mentioned it before and we’ll mention it now – this is the ultimate tool to sync files, back things up and share documents. View from your phone, your laptop or your tablet and keep on top of changes made by others.

Join.Me – recommended to us in a comment on our last article, this one gets a special mention. Run your meetings on the fly and share screens… sound familiar? Nothing beats Freestorm visual collaboration solutions when it comes to meetings, but Join.Me allows you a small sense of that screen sharing on your iPhone or Android.

CamCard – this business card reader helps you organise stacks of cards from trade shows online. If it all sounds a bit unnecessary, watch this demo (and free up your wallet):

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jf30yQEC5I]

Between CamCard and Google Wallet, you’ll definitely be travelling lighter!

What apps do you rely on to get you across those distances?

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