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VEGAS INC COVER STORY free, JotNot Signature costs $5. easily. can be moved by twisting or tilting the phone, and slides can be easily changed with text features. TripIt A "This can be very helpful on the fly," said Monty Lapica, founder of Coloma Ventures, a local firm that matches tech startups with investors. vailable for smart phones, computers Cost: Free TripIt aims to make traveling easier. The app, owned by expense-management software company Concur Technologies, organizes flight, hotel and rental car in- formation into one online itin- erary. Users their send email travel confirma- tions to TripIt, which bundles them together in a sequential master itinerary. The app also provides driving directions, maps, flight status checks, flight check-ins and weather up- dates. Users can even use it to book res- taurant reservations or other activities. "It is a must have for anyone who trav- els," said David Langford, vice president of technology for Smart City Networks. "All of your pertinent travel information is right at your fingertips, all in one spot easily accessible on your smart phone. It even offers additional information, like local weather forecasts and maps corre- sponding to your itinerary, to make trav- eling easier. JotNot A tablets, Expensify A vailable for iPhone, iPad Cost: Free Expensify automates the expense re- porting process. The app syncs with credit cards and bank accounts to track purchases as they happen. Users snapping reports Nationally, more than 200 million doctors and health care providers use mobile apps. "The use of a tablet or iPad among doctors in the United States is currently 62 percent, almost double from 2011," said Karen Rubel, vice president for de- velopment at Nathan Adelson Hospice, which used iReferDR to develop a cus- tomized app. "Our healthcare system has benefited greatly from advances in communications technology, and smart phones and tablets are changing the way health care professionals com- can scan and municate. iReferDR allows companies upload receipts by photos of them and submit ex- pense electronically. Mileage can be inputted tronically via GPS or odometer. Developers say Expensify, which gained 1 million users in four years, processes more than $2 million in expenses daily. Intro A CLOCKING IN: Forte President Scott Action is seen at a job site at Planet Hollywood on Nov. 14. vailable for iPhone, iPad, Android Cost: Free Intro helps businesses grow by con- necting people. vailable for iPhone, iPad Cost: Free JotNot, a suite of products from devel- oper MobiTech 3000, aims to eliminate clutter for people on the go. The JotNot Scanner is a portable scan- ner, as its name implies. It converts paper- work, receipts, business cards and other notes into PDFs. The app automatically re- moves shadows and corrects contrasts, mak- ing documents look crisp and clear. JotNot Fax tablets lets users send PDFs to any U.S. or Canadian fax number. JotNot Signature allows people to sign PDF documents from an iPhone or iPad. The signed documents can be password- protected for emailing or sharing. While the scanner and fax apps are Cost: Free for generic version, custom- ized version costs $7,500 iReferDR is a customizable app for healthcare organizations. Companies can build personalized programs with branding, location, worker profiles, Facebook Pages Manager A vailable for iPhone, iPad Cost: Free Pages Manager helps people quickly access and manage Facebook pages re- patient information, call buttons and motely. links. A patient referral feature allows doctors to make referrals quickly and Users can post updates – text or photo – and interact with subscribers through iReferDR A Using information from users' Linke- dIn, Twitter and Facebook accounts, the app creates customized, ranked listings of people to meet. It shows where users' social networks overlap, such as having shared contacts or similar educational backgrounds, and allows members to contact one another through the app's network. Thomas Knoll, a Las Vegas entrepre- neur who used to work for Zappos, said Intro allows him to stay on top of con- nections that could lead to new hires or business deals. "There is a ton of value in discovering the connections all around me," Knoll said. Forte Specialty Contractors app C ustom, for internal use Not available to the public Forte Specialty Contractors is among the Las Vegas companies developing their own custom apps. Forte's program will allow construc- tion workers to report work hours from the field. Traditionally, workers logged their hours on paper, then Forte spent additional time and money having staff re-enter the data into office computers. The new app will work with any smart phone, computer or tablet. "We will be able to tell what job ev- ery one of our workers is at, what task they are working on and whether they are clocked in or out," Forte Co-owner and President Scott Acton said. "This is seamlessly entered into our accounting software and can be tracked by man- agement in real time." vailable for iPhone, iPad, Android, them when I am in a store or at a meet- ing. It even syncs my to-do list with my Outlook calendar." "Personally, I use it to store music I hear and may want to buy, gift lists, my travel diary, room measurements in my home, household information such as filter sizes and miscellaneous useful in- formation," Alexandre added. "It is eas- ily the app I use the most." SAM MORRIS Awesome Note A vailable for iPhone, iPad Cost: $3.99 Awesome Note is another personal organization app for creating notes and lists. Customers can use it for memos, diaries, to-do lists, shopping lists, travel journals or ongoing projects. Users can customize its personalized choose colors, ground images, fonts and icons. "Professionally, I use it to take notes in and meetings to keep and update my to-do list," said Debra Alexan- dre, president of the Nevada State Develop- ment Corp. "I am able to set up files to hold information such as of- fice maintenance records, inventory, room measurements, goals, books and articles to read and favorite websites. Because all of those files are with me wherever I go, it allows me to access look and back- elec- small businesses, Facebook pages have replaced company websites. "Facebook is an integral part of my so- cial media marketing, and this app helps to embrace these advances in technol- me manage my page effectively," said ogy." Michele Rothstein, president of Balloons With A Twist. "I get notifications about new activity on my page right away. On some days, I'm overseeing several events. Because of the instant notification fea- ture through Facebook Pages Manager, I have been able to help out clients at the last minute or attend an event I might not have known about." comments or private messages. Push notifications alert users to new activity, and the app supports Page Insights and analytics. Busi- ness owners also can cre- ate Offers the app. For many Facebook using | 26 NOVEMBER 2012 | 15