iPad
Apple’s breakthrough tablet computer was a huge hit among consumers this year, especially for things like reading and gaming. And while that was largely how the device was marketed, we also started to see it used for business purposes, especially in the financial services and technology industries.
Currently, there are over 1,750 iPad apps in the “Business” section of the App Store, and that doesn’t even include the 1,640 apps found under “Productivity.” Apple’s Keynote, Pages and Numbers apps are all in the top 10 top-grossing apps in the store, and others like Remote Desktop Lite, Documents To Go, Box.net and PrintCentral have proven quite popular.
Another business function fulfilled by the iPad this year has been attending online meetings. GoToMeeting, WebEx and Fuze Meeting all have solid applications that make attending conference calls and meetings easy and, oddly, sort of enjoyable.
Geckoboard
Businesses have an enormous amount of online data to keep track of. Between Web analytics, social media metrics, email subscribers, CRM, customer support stats and project management, companies have at least half a dozen dashboards to log into and pull data from.
Geckoboard is an all-in-one dashboard for displaying all this data and more in one location, offering a comprehensive snapshot of one’s business at a glance. It’s designed in such a way that it can easily be displayed on a computer monitor, mobile device or large screen TV around the office. The Web app has some growing to do, particularly in terms of the breadth of data sources it supports, but considering it was just launched late this year, it’s quite promising.
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