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60 Apps in 60 Minutes Redux: The next 60 apps you need to know

Scott Brown Social Information Group

Joe Murphy Librarian, Tech Trend Spotter

SLA Annual Conference

Chicago IL USA, July 17, 2012

Jim – unprofound.com

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Twitter

@scbrown5

@libraryfuture

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Apps for iPhone, iPad, Android (and occasionally Blackberry, Windows Phone)

Specific to CI, librarians, and info pros

Productivity Business/news

Entertainment/content Communication Social networks

Lifestyle Just for fun

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• As of August 2011, half of U.S. adult cell phone owners (50%) now have apps on their phones.

• Overall, apps that provide regular updates about everyday information (news, weather, sports, or stocks) and those that help people communicate are the most commonly downloaded.

Source: Pew Internet: http://pewinternet.org/Commentary/2012/February/Pew-Internet-Mobile.aspx

The growth of apps

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CI, librarians & info pros

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ArticleSearch

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bit.ly

Curation features for custom URLs and shortening on the go.

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Merck manuals

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Dragon Medical 360

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Dragon Medical 360

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http://threering.com/

Create digital student portfolios with a Smartphone app

The mobile as creation, curation, and data management tool.

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Vendor apps

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CH-Plate

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iThoughts

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Harrap French Business Dictionary

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19 EasyBib

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Productivity

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OnLive Desktop

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Google +

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LogMeIn Ignition

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http://prezi.com/ipad/

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FastCustomer

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iCloud

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CamCard Lite

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CamCard Lite

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https://drive.google.com

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Interview Prep Questions

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https://squareup.com/register

Square for mobile payments and new products

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Pocket Resume

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Business/news

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• Access the most-read and most-emailed articles

• Category headers, including news, industries

• Links to major Business Journal events

Thanks to Barbara Fullerton for this one!

American Business Journals

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Staying current – Techcrunch

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Data.gov.uk/apps

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Stitcher Mobile streaming radio / podcasts

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Entertainment / Content

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FlipBoard Social magazine-like app aggregates web content

with a visual touch-interactive display.

Flipboard harnesses visual engagement, social discovery, & self

curation.

For iPad – specific content title

For iPhone. Social and

content streams

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44 http://www.widbook.com

Social, crowd, and self publishing

iAuthor

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Communication

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HeyWire

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Facebook Messenger

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Join.me

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Join.me

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Apple iMessage

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Google Translate

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Social networks

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Curates

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Tumblr’s expansion reflects growth of mobile self micro-publishing

Tumblr boasts:

64 million posts/day.

57.5 million blogs.

Serves content creators and curators.

‘Tumblr’ overtaking ‘blog’ in Google searches

http://mashable.com/2012/06/03/the-beginners-guide-to-tumblr/

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LunchMeet

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Pinterest

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Instagram

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Facebook Camera

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Lifestyle

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Conversation Shaker

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Augmented Reality

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Tip & Split

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Airline apps

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http://thenextweb.com/media/2012/05/31/uk-music-discovery-app-shazam-

leverages-its-data-to-predict-this-summers-music-hits/

http://www.shazam.com/music/web/pressrelease.html?nid=NEWS20111117144336

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Pandora

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Spotify

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Silent Film Director

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http://about.me/joemurphylibfut

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Unstuck

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Unstuck

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Relax Melodies

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Location

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Glympse

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Wikihood

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Layar: What’s cool

and new

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83 Now a mobile life-streaming app

Path

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Just for fun

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Happy hours

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Fake-A-Call

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Drunk Blocker

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Casual Gaming

… meets physics

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With Mitt

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iSpeech Obama

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WTF Should I Make For Dinner

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How to keep up

iOS

http://www.imore.com/apps/

Android

http://www.androidcentral.com/apps

Blackberry

http://crackberry.com/crack-team/software

Windows

http://www.wpcentral.com/apps

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How to keep up

Android apps

http://www.androidtapp.com

http://play.google.com/store

iPad apps

http://www.apple.com/ipad/from-the-app-store/

iPhone apps

http://www.apple.com/iphone/from-the-app-store/

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Apps search engine! http://www.quixey.com

Find apps by key word, function, etc.

Filter by OS (iOS, Android, etc.)

Results give you pricing, description

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Which are your coolest?

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