50 Apps That Will Blow Your Mind

Greetings Dear Readers

This week I was asked to appear on LotusFM and chat on the Alan Khan show all about Apps.  I was asked to bring a list of 10 Apps.  I found plenty more.  This is the result and you can find some wonderful apps in this list.  Just a warning, some of them can be very addictive and some have resulted in families having huge arguments because people are too busy playing with their apps.  Enjoy!

Apps list (There are 50 Apps here plus a few extra just for good measure!)

Games 

• 2048 - addictive game
• Candy Crush 
• Angry Birds
• Plants vs Zombies 
• The Room
• Words With Friends – made famous by Alec Baldwin, Airplane Steward asked him to stop playing

Photography 

• Instagram 
• Pixlr-o-matic  
• Pocket Light Meter – a light meter for photographers

To Do Lists

• Wunderlist 
• Any.do 
• Evernote 
• Clear+

Travel 

• Waze A GPS 
• Mango App
• Uber your own mobile taxi 
• TripAdvisor
• Find my Way – transport schedules - for BlackBerry devices
• Gautrain App

Audio 

• Garage Band to make music 
• Hokusai a recording tool for journalists

Social Networking 

• Ubersocial for Twitter and Facebook 
• Flipboard - magazine style view of your social feeds
• Vine – small videos
• Jelly – crowd sourcing answers to questions,

Chat 

• WhatsApp
• BBM
• WeChat
• Skype
• Mxit

Banking 

• FNB lets u use geo-payments to pay people 
• Standard Bank App
• Pebble from Absa
• Nedbank App

Bloggers 

• Tumblr 
• Wordpress 
• Blogger 

Shopping 

• PriceCheck 
• Checkers App – has discount vouchers 
• Pick n Pay App 
• Mr Price App – you can find your size of an item and shows you which store it is at
• Ster Kinekor App book tickets and use it to show your ticket so go ticketless. Uses passbook. 
• Snapscan - a simple payment option 

Video 

• Ted - interesting talks you can watch
• YouTube
• iMovie – you can edit your movies

Books 

• Kindle  - your own private library 

Security 

• Find my iPhone - enable it and then install this app on another ios device to find it, lock it or erase it or play sounds

Fitness 

• Endomondo - great for workouts, plotting your cycling or training. With thanks to @gordsreid 

Weather  

• YahooWeather

Presentations 

• Haiku Deck 
• Paper which is a sketch app

Cloud Storage 

• Dropbox 
• Box 
• Google Drive

Mail 

• Gmail 
• Mailbox

Weird Apps

• 20 Day Stranger

Futuristic Apps 

• Wikitude - augmented reality app uses phone camera so you can see interesting data around u.        

GoogleGlass Apps

Good site to learn how to build apps www.code.org

Do you have a favourite app?  Let me know which is your favourite app and why?

+Fred Felton 

Communications Strategist & Keynote Speaker

Falconscove

e - falconscove@gmail.com 

5 Tips On How To Save Space On Your @Blackberry

Greetings Dear Readers

Last week I noticed that my Blackberry was running out of space.  So I had to take
some files, apps etc off to save space.   Amazing what you pick up as you go along
in this world of tech.

Here are 5 Tips to save you some space on your Blackberry:

1.  Take a look at those Apps.

Yes we all love them don't we.  We get all those articles and our friends corner
us and say we just have to download the latest app.  So we download it
not realizing how much space it takes up.  The rule is if you don't use it
dump it.  So get rid of those Apps you don't use.

2.  Get rid of those pictures.

It's wonderful having a camera on your phone isn't it?  I mean snap, snap, snap
and before you know it you have a complete photo collection that will rival
some Universities.  So if you take photo's transfer them to your computer
and then delete them.  No need to keep them.

3.  Get rid of those calendar entries.

Delete all of those calendar entries you have beyond a month.  If you want to you can
even delete them as the event occurs.  No need to keep them.

4.  Delete those emails.

Take a look at those emails, especially the one's with attachments.  No need to store them
beyond 30 days.  They take up space and can clog your much needed memory.

5.  Taking out the battery always works.

You will be amazed how much space you clear if you take your battery out and put it in again.
This is known as a hard reset and works wonders.

So there you go, 5 tips to help you save space on your Blackberry.

Do you have any other space saving tips for your Blackberry?


Yours in social

Fred Felton
Social Media Strategist & Trainer
Falconscove
A Digital Media Agency
email: falconscove@gmail.com
twitter - @fredfelton

How To Run A Social Media Marketing Campaign Using Just a @BlackBerry

Greetings Dear Readers

Wolfgang Bonisch @charlotte_niche and @fredfelton at the @psasouthafrica National Convention 2012
                                                           #vocalislekker



This has been a crazy month for me helping out PSASA with some social media marketing
for their National Convention.  My company Falconscove helped them out with some social media
strategy and then the social media marketing at the convention.   Most of this was done using
just a @BlackBerry

Here are ways you too can market a event or convention using just a @BlackBerry

1.  Make sure you have UberSocial installed on your Blackberry


This proved to be my number one tool at the Convention.  Wherever I went I used
my UberSocial which gives you the wonderful options of sharing posts to Twitter, Facebook,
Linkedin and your Black Berry Messenger.

2.   Upload As Many Pics as you can


It has been proven that people look more at pictures than at statements so during your event
try and upload lots of pics.   Make sure you add the hashtag associated with the Event.

3.  Do some live blogging


For this I chose the Tumblr App for Blackberry and I must say it is rock solid, it works everytime
and automatically posts to Twitter and Facebook for you.  So during the event or at the end of the day
do some live blogging about the Speakers or the Event.

4.  Tell your Tweeps what is going on at the Event


People are curious and they want to know what is going on at Events.  So if you hear a gem
or a nugget of wisdom spread it with your Tweeps.  They will remember that.

5.  Make sure your battery is fully charged.


I know it sounds like a stupid thing to say but so many people forget to do this.  So just in case
take another battery with or your power cord and charge when necessary.


Yours in Social


Fred Felton
Social Media Strategist & Speaker
Falconscove
A Digital Media Agency
email: falconscove@gmail.com

10 Tips For Small Business Owners

Greetings readers and bloggers.

Welcome to another entry in my blog.

Today I focuss on small business owners.   Here are some tips that can help you
become more productive with your business.

1.  Use the diary in your cellphone.
Most cellphones today have diaries in them and you can sync your main diary with it and schedule your meetings on the go. If you have a blackberry it will even tell you the time you have available during the day.  This is most valuable as a business owner because time is precious and you have to use it as best you can each day creatively.  

2.  Market your business.
When you are starting out you are going to have to shove your business name down peoples throats.
That means branding your car on the sides and even the back.   When people sit in 2 hour traffic jams and stare at the car in front of them they just might see a business they need.  

3.  Give out those business cards.
Design some catchy business cards and give them out wherever you go, at networking events, conferences, coffee shops, wherever you go.   They should clearly display your name, position, company, what you do, contact details, email, website, twitter username and maybe even your blog.

4.  Advertise your business.
You will have to start advertising your business as well.  That means advertising in publications or newspapers that your target market reads.   If you have a small budget you can even advertise on free sites on the internet and place ads on the internet.   Use your blog or website to advertise too.

5.  Start a email newsletter.
Work on a simple email newsletter that you can send out to clients and potential clients.  Get their permission and then email it to them weekly or monthly filled with tips that can help them and then offer your services.   This is a proven sales strategy.

6.  How do you answer the phone?
Well, how do you?  Is it,  Hi.  or Ya or Hello (long pause as you wait if any telemarketer is going to hit you with a sales pitch for some new mobile phone.)    Make sure that you treat each call as a potential sales call and when you answer your phone remember that you represent your business.   So something good would be 'Hello, This Is John Smith from ABC Cleaners how can I help you?'

7.  Use your invoices as sales options.
When you send out your invoices to clients don't forget to send out any new specials you have or new services you are providing.

8.  Inbox, Outbox.
Make sure you keep a clean office and that means as bills or receipts or admin comes in it is handled promptly and filed in the right folders.

9.   Email tips.
Have a good email address which represents your company name.   Make sure you also have a good email signature at the end of your email with all your contact details and maybe a special you are running.  File your emails in folders such as action, to do, next week, next month, clients.   Set up whatever folders you want but just make sure you know what your system is and clear it monthly.

10.  Network, network, network.
Attend as many networking events as you can from business meetings to conferences to exhibits.
They will help you out and meet new people, find out what they do, get interested in what they do and get a business card and give yours and in a day or two email them to set up a coffee meeting.  Take it from there.


Well hope those tips help you out in your business and it leads to making your small business a big business  :)

Contact me if you would like me to come by and show you more business tips.


Fly high, Fly Free


Fred Felton
Motivational Speaker & Biz Analyst & IT Consultant
Falcon's Cove Consulting
email: falconscove@gmail.com

email us to book Fred for a motivational talk or a talk on how to use Twitter for business.

Independent Review of the Blackberry Curve 8520

Good day bloggers.

Welcome to a review of one of the latest smartphones out there.

Phone:  Blackberry Curve 8520

Wherever you go these days it seems that everyone is walking around with a Blackberry.
Why may you ask?
Well these phones enable you to stay in contact with your twitter tweeps, your facebook pals
and loads more.

What does this phone have?

1. Blackberry App World - which is similar to the iTunes store where you can find loads of apps which are small programs you can load onto your phone.  Many of them are free.   Some of these apps are games, programs, to do lists, screensavers, photo's, document management files the list goes on and on.
2. Twitter - this you get via App world
3. Facebook 
4. Linkedin - a definite tool for business people on the go who need to network
5. The Weather
6. Ubertwitter - another wonderful twitter app
7. Foursquare - location based software
8. Gowalla - similar to Foursquare
9. The phone also has a good alarm which you can set for weekdays or the weekend.
10. The calander function is great as it shows you how much time you have free during the day.  This in turn makes you much more productive.
11. The phone has a similar keyboard to your computer however it can prove problematic if you have big fingers.
12. Email on the go - one of the big features of this phone is your email finds you and you can reply to emails instantly.  A huge time saver and productive tool.
13. The blackberry internet plan lets you surf the internet as much as you want, unlimited.  A great option.

Downside

1. The battery is not very good and does not last long.
2. The battery takes a long time to charge
3. The keyboard can prove cumbersome.

Tips

1. To avoid the battery going flat quck, switch off the bluetooth and wi-fi functions.
2. Switch off all noise alerts also to save battery.

Final Analysis

1. This is a great entry level smartphone for the consumer.  A must buy.
2. One can also look at it's new big brother which features 3G also.
3. This phone has GPRS, EDGE, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.

Useful links.

1.  crackberry.com

2.  blackberry.com

3.  Find them on twitter @BlackBerryHelp for help and advice

Price:  Check your local service providers for the latest prices.

Fly high, Fly Free

Fred Felton

Falcon's Cove Consulting

Motivational Speaker & Business Analyst & IT Consultant 

email: falconscove@gmail.com

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