In 2001, the top 10 websites drew 31% of total online traffic.  By 2010, the top 10 websites commanded an astonishing 75% of all traffic on the web. This is a direct result of the number of mobile device users spending larger and larger amounts of time working with apps rather than browsing the internet.

With the number of apps in the marketplace that can do everything from manage your businesses’ inventory, collaborate with remote users, or connect with business prospects, developers are challenged to create apps that are more efficient and and user friendly in order to differentiate themselves.

In our Mobile App Series Tech Recs we feature the apps that we believe would be most beneficial to you when running your business. This month we will cover Jumpshare, Dragdis, & Ubooq.

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If you are like many small businesses, you likely are running a strictly Mac or PC environment with little cross over as it can be difficult for the two platforms to interact and share content. If you needed to grab a file from a visiting or mobile Mac, for example, in a PC environment, users would have to be pretty tech-savvy to figure out how to exchange files on the fly without resorting to email which isn’t workable for large files.

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LinkedIN’s goal of being the go-to site for professional relationship management has just been taken to a new level with the unveiling of a new and improved contacts management feature.  The desktop and iPhone app will aggregate and consolidate address books, online calendars, email conversations, and LinkedIN profiles as well as data from apps like Evernote, TripIt and CardMunch.

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Purchasing Microsoft licensing is an expensive investment and everyone knows how important it is to save your Product ID and CD key codes in a safe but accessible place. Unfortunately knowing you should do something doesn’t always mean actually getting around to doing it and if you find you have to repair or re-install your software, misplaced key codes will usually lead to a dreaded phone call to Microsoft.

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In Get Your Green On With BYOD,  part I of our GreenIT 2.0 blog series, we talked about how the recent recession has had the unfortunate result  of the end of many organization’s green IT initiatives.  The commitment to green IT should be long term in order for companies to benefit from consistently improved return on investment.   Businesses can recommit to green IT in a smaller ways like participating in eCycling programs and streamlining mobile device usage through the institution of a BYOD program.  After experiencing the win/win/win of reducing costs, helping the environment and helping others in need in the community many companies will be inspired to take on larger green initiatives.  In this installment we will discuss green IT in the cloud.

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