1. Adobe Acrobat Reader
Whether you work in or own an SME in the UAE, you’re constantly on the move, shuttling between banks and government departments and such.
Here’s where the Adobe Acrobat Reader app comes into play.
Not only is it one of the best ways to view
or annotate PDFs but also is handy if you need to quickly sign them.
2. Eureeca
When it comes to setting up business, sometimes the first step is the most difficult. You may have a brilliant idea but the resources to fund your business could be hard to come by.
Enter Eureeca, a crowdfunding system based in the UAE.
Visit the website, load your proposal and its estimated cost and if your idea is good enough, it might just get funded.
3. Business in Dubai/Abu Dhabi Business Center
The two apps, introduced by the respective Economic Departments, provide information and e-services to help businesses.
The apps create a profile for e-services such as trade name reservation, initial approval, licence contact update and renewal of trade licence.
They are also a gateway for finding business partners since the apps inform users about relevant addresses, sites and data for commercial facilities in Abu Dhabi and Dubai.
4. Google Drive or OneDrive
As a new business, it wouldn’t hurt to find a cheap way to store and share data.
Google and Microsoft offer free storage with their accounts, eliminating the need to invest in large-scale servers during the initial stages.
The advantage?
Both these apps are accessible across devices, creating seamless usage
for all employees within an organisation.
5. Pocket Analytics
Most businesses have websites and social media pages providing insight into their customers.
The Pocket Analytics app consolidates all your data from these outlets in one place to view on the go.
You can check your sales figures, the amount of traffic on the pages and more, all in
easy-to-read graphs where the information can be changed through drag-and-drop features.
6. Tripit
This app makes it easy for you to organise and share your travel plans with colleagues, family and friends.
Forward all your travel bookings to plans@tripit.com and the app automatically takes your details, creates itineraries and syncs it to your calendar.
Easy to use, it is available online at Tripit.com.
The app recognises reservations from more than 3,000 booking sites including cruises, restaurants and more.
7. iTranslate Voice
With more than 170 nationalities in the UAE, language can be a hurdle for entrepreneurs.
This app helps you break down those barriers. The voice recognition feature offers you the option of talking instead of typing. Just speak and the app recognises your voice, transforms it into text and then translates it into another language (it covers more than 60 languages).
You can select from a series of dialects, choose a male or female voice and even control the pace of talk.
8. CamCard
Wondering on what to do with all those business cards you collect at trade shows, exhibitions and conventions?
Instead of letting them gather dust, use CamCard to take their pictures, which then reads the cards (in 16 different languages) before adding the contacts to your phone.
The app automatically updates contact details on to a preselected email that syncs across your devices.
9. Workflow
This app helps with time management.
Using Workflow you can customise your phone to bypass certain time-wasting tasks.
For example, you can call an Uber in advance of your next calendar event or create a button to give your mum a quick call.
It allows you to create any type of button for any type of activity that you may do on a regular basis and with the simple click of that button your task can be completed.
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