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Wednesday
Nov202013

Wireless Wednesday for 11/20/13: With Mitch Evans - Rick's Favorite Apps

Mitch is working the 10pm - 2am shift this week, so he joins Mitch late on Wednesday night to talk about his favorite apps.

 

* TOPICS - Rick goes over his favorite and "must have" apps of 2013 and , the App of the Week!

1.  Kayak - Rick's favorite travel app

The #1 Mobile Travel App. Compares hundreds of travel sites to find you the best deal. Includes hotel, flight and car search and booking, flight tracker and itinerary management. And, of course, KAYAK is free.

- Compare hotel, flight and car rental deals
- Book your hotel, flight or car rental, right in the app
- Track your flight status
- View and manage your itinerary with My Trips
- Look up baggage fees, airline numbers and airport information

 
2.  Bump  Free for iOS or Android

NEW: Now Bump works with computers too! Photos, videos, files, everything. Just go to http://bu.mp on your computer web browser.

NEW: Share files on your device with a single bump!

Use Bump™ to share contact information, photos, videos, and files by simply bumping two phones together. Just open Bump, hold your phones, and gently bump your hands together -- Bump will magically do all the rest.

• SYNC WITH YOUR COMPUTER: Visit http://bu.mp on your computer and bump your space bar to transfer photos, videos, and files
• SHARE CONTACTS: Share your contact info; connect on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn
• SHARE PHOTOS: Share photos and videos with friends and family
• SHARE FILES: Share files or documents stored on your device
• SYNC DEVICES: Move contacts, photos, and files between your devices

With more than 100 million downloads all over the world, you can use Bump with all of your friends!
 

3.    Evernote - Favorite notetaking app and more  (Free to start using it)

Evernote is an easy-to-use, free app that helps you remember everything across all of the devices you use. Stay organized, save your ideas and improve productivity. Evernote lets you take notes, capture photos, create to-do lists, record voice reminders--and makes these notes completely searchable, whether you are at home, at work, or on the go.

New York Times ‘Top 10 Must-Have App’, Winner: TechCrunch Crunchies, Mashable Awards and the Webbys.
Key Features:
• Sync all of your notes across the computers and devices you use
• Create and edit text notes, to-dos and task lists
• Save, sync and share files
• Record voice and audio notes
• Search for text inside images
• Organize notes by notebooks and tags
• Email notes and save tweets to your Evernote account
• Connect Evernote to other apps and products you use
• Share notes with friends and colleagues via Facebook and Twitter
• Works with Evernote Business: Capture, browse, search, and share Business Notes and Business Notebooks from your iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.
◦ Premium feature: take notebooks offline to access them anytime
◦ Premium feature: allow others to edit your notebooks
◦ Premium feature: add a PIN lock to your Evernote app

Two subscription options:
◦ Evernote Premium monthly for $5


4.  TuneIn Radio  - Listen to the radio even where you aren't in your car or a radio isn't around. 

Including SportsRadio 92.9 The Game

 
5.  VIPorbit - Free for your iPhone

Contact management software
Easy to use calendar and contact manager designed to work across Mac, iPhone and iPad.
VIPorbit Contact Manager includes a full-featured calendar, customizable contact database and so much more.
Have an iPad? Get ViPorbit Contact Manager for iPad for only $4.99
Manages contact details, including names, multiple addresses, social media accounts and includes 14 customizable fields to track whatever you need.
* Imports contacts from Address Book/Contacts
* Includes a built-in calendar that displays day, week, month and list views, and works with the Apple calendars
* Links related events and tasks to each contact
* Stores a chronological log of all completed and upcoming activities related to each contact
 


App of the Week

Keepy  -   Free, but if you want unlimited Keepies  - $29.99 per year


Keepy lets you organize, enhance, share, admire & save the magic of childhood in a private, interactive & emotional timeline. Keep photos, artwork, voiceovers, schoolwork & mementos, videos, and more with Keepy.

Simply...
*SNAP IT: Take a photo of your kid’s first day of school, lego creations, finger paintings, ticket stubs, report cards, ceramics frogs or anything else that you want to KEEP for your child.

*ENHANCE IT: Tweak the lighting, colors and the crop of your photos (aka keepies) with our easy tools.

*LABEL IT: Add your kid’s name, and the date each keepy was created, to magically generate your organized, interactive (and emotional) timeline.

*RECORD IT : Press “record” and have your child tell you the story behind each keepy so you can keep that cute little voice forever!

*SHARE IT: Invite grandparents or loved ones to be your kid’s “fan” so they can see your child’s private timeline. Or share specific keepies through facebook, twitter or instagram (not so private timelines :)

*ADMIRE IT: Encourage loved ones (and yourself) to leave video comments so you and your kids can admire their keepies, and people’s reactions to them.

*SAFEGUARD IT: Sync your keepies to dropbox to make sure they’re safe and sound forever.


 

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