GET MORE

Thursday 22 September 2011

The Best iPhone Apps For Event Planners

Brides, wedding planners and everyone in the wedding or event industry knows that although it is extremely rewarding, planning a wedding or event is a daughter task. To help streamline the process and expand the planner toolkit, we have created a list of must have iphone apps for the dedicated event planner:

1. Xpense Tracker

XpenseTracker is an all inclusive expense tracking and reporting application for your event.  Its ease of use and full features makes it an essential tool for every iPhone user wishing to track their expenses. Its power does not end at the iPhone but extends to the desktop by allowing emailing or exporting of the expense files and accompanying photo receipts directly to the desktop.

Download | $4.99

2. Dropbox

Dropbox is the easiest way to sync and share your files online and across computers and it is free.You can view event photos, videos, documents, and presentations in your Dropbox on the go. It also makes it easy to save photos and HD videos taken with your iPhone’s camera at your event.

Download | Free

3. Google

You can find Google through your mobile browser, but the app is a major time-saver. The voice search function is seamless. Ask it for specific Wikipedia entries, for instance, and it complies. Or just say “Starbucks” and the app uses the phone’s GPS to find the nearest location.

Download | Free

4. Hootsuite

The Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn iPhone apps are all fantastic to use but with Hootsuite you can read and write to all of your social networks all in one very neat interface. You can also set Hootsuite up to track keywords, hashtags and lists for your event – so if anyone says anything about your Event you’ll hear it first.

Download | Free

5. Evernote

Evernote turns the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad into an extension of your brain, helping you remember anything and everything that happens in your Event.
From notes to ideas to snapshots to recordings, put it all into Evernote and watch as it instantly synchronizes from your iPhone to your Mac or Windows desktop.

Download | Free

Top 8 Best iPhone Apps For Engineers

Engineers love technology so it should come as no surprise that they love iPhone apps. The many iPhone apps available can do just about anything and some are even geared toward those whose focus is engineering. Here are 8 must-have iPhone apps for engineers.

1. Circuit Lab

Circuit Lab is an electronic circuit analysis tool based on the modified node analysis method. The analysis may be under DC conditions and under steady-state sinusoidal conditions (AC). Diodes (non linear devices) may be analyzed only under DC conditions.

Download | $3.99

2. Elektor Electronic Toolbox

Elektor Electronic Toolbox combines electronic reference material with calculation and conversion tools in one handy app. Whether a professional or hobbyist, the app gives users a collection of the most important electrical information right at their fingertips.

Download | $5.99

3. CapCalc

CapCalc will help you determine capacitance values and related capacitor codes. Simply enter one of either picofarad, nanofarad, microfarad or the capacitor code and CapCalc will generate the other values for you! Also included are references for capacitor mathematical functions as well as color and tolerance codes. CapCalc is a great tool for all electronics enthusiasts and excellent reference for anyone creating or researching circuits and schematics.

Download | Free

4. Circuit Pro

The Circuit Pro App is a utility application developed to assist electrical engineers and electricians with the task of sizing branch circuits according the National Electrical Code (NEC). This application finds the appropriately sized standard breaker size based on the input circuit load, which can be entered in either Amps or kiloWatts.

Download | $4.99

5. EE Basics

EE Basics contains a large selection of Electrical Engineering laws, equations, tables and reference material that Electrical Engineers may find useful during their work.

Download | $1.99

6. elecPuzzles Lite

The elecPuzzles app allows you to test your knowledge of some basic electronic circuits. Perform the necessary calculations to solve problems presented to you.

Download | Free

7. Electric Circuits

With “Electric Circuits” you can learn the basics of a home circuit. You’ll learn by playing: every level brings up new components, making more difficult to create your “Electric Circuit”. It’s pretty basic and missing parts that we think would round it out, but it’s still fun.

Download | $0.99

8. Digi-Key

Digi-Key’s app for the iPhone and iPod Touch is the design engineer’s passkey to one of the world’s largest inventories of in-stock electronic components.
With instant access to digikey.com, our application is designed to help you source the electronic components you need whether you’re at work, at home, or anywhere in between!