One of the best things to happen to humanity in this century is the advent of technology. Not only has it allowed us to be able to connect with people across the world, but technology has also contributed to the overall improvement of human life and daily activities which, a few short years ago, could have taken days, weeks or months to complete. Thanks to technology, we have access to various tools and applications which help us to get things done within a short time.
There are virtually hundreds of applications and tools which you can utilize to get things done in your business. Some of these applications or tools are even mobile-compatible i.e. you can download, install and use them on your mobile gadgets and be on the move. You may have streamlined the process of getting things done around your office or in your business, but making use of these applications will enhance your productivity as well as save you enough time to get things done and time to spare for other important things.
But how many of these applications do you know and how exactly can they help you to enhance the efficiency in your business? We will be taking a look at several of these time-saving tools and how to use them to improve your business.
- Google Calendar – This free service is a powerful tool to engage if you want to experience and enjoy the smooth running of your business. The best way to get a result-oriented team to work efficiently is to ensure that every team member knows what the other is doing. Making use of Google Calendar will enable each member of the team to be able to establish collective schedules in which everyone is permitted to generate entries. You could also use the service as a private diary or planning aid to prepare a to-do list or plan an agenda for the week.
With this helpful tool which can easily be installed on your Android phone, you will get notified of any assignment or task that you need to do, alert you about that doctor’s appointment or friend’s birthday via emails, pop-ups, and text messages. There is a list manager known as Google Tasks that is built into the widget that alerts you about the schedules on ground.
- Wunderlist – Named the ‘App of the Year’ by the Apple organization in 2013 and the ‘Best To-Do List App’ by The Verge in 2014, Wunderlist was bought by Microsoft earlier in 2015. The free version is all that you need to get things done in our business unless you desire to have access to features such as unlimited task delegation as well as file uploads.
In a few words, Wunderlist allows you to generate to-do lists that you can share with your coworkers or family and friends. It also allows these people to be able to edit the list. It is a user-friendly tool and the edit capabilities are no way hampered even if two or more people are working on the to-do list at the same time. It was integrated with Slack features recently which display its notifications and tasks in the work-collaboration tool even to its users as they chat in real time.
3 Universal Password Manager – Passwords have become a daily part of our lives; from your social media accounts to your email addresses, you can only access them via your passwords. The rise of cyber hackers has made it necessary for people to create hard-to-crack passwords for their accounts on social media or email. Having so many passwords could be confusing and make you harried, but thanks to the Universal Password Manager, you don’t always need to try to memorize your passwords. The powerful application lets you store your passwords in one encoded database which can only be accessed using one password. This is the password that you need to memorize for you to access the other passwords to other accounts thus saving you time and energy whenever you forget the passwords. Of course, this also means that you can create and store complicated passwords that will withstand any security breach.
ToodleDo – This is one of the most user-friendly tools that experienced business people have utilized and given positive reviews. ToodleDo helps you to organize your to-do lists on your Android as well as iOS devices and also on the internet. This useful tool, which is free of charge, is all about tasks; and under each of the tasks, you can create sub-tasks or extra notes as well as reminders. If you want to categorize your tasks into different folders, ToodleDo allows you to do so. Although this tool used to be deficient of some artistic design if compared to other tools in this category, ToodleDo recently underwent a redesign which has significantly enhanced its design.
Evernote – Have you ever been in a situation where ideas seem to be flowing to you, and you don’t have a pen and a notepad to capture them? It could be frustrating as no memory is sharp enough to be able to remember everything. Thanks to Evernote, a productivity tool that is freely available, you will be able to capture ideas or thoughts on the go. With this tool, you can record interviews, meetings or speeches, add text or voice attachments, images as well as create to-do lists. You can also share files via Evernote with your friends.
Any.Do – This useful application offers every feature that you will want to see and use within one to-do list application. One of the essential functions that make the Any.Do application to stand out from the rest of the pack is the push notification it sends to you every morning reminding you to create a plan for your day. You can also make use of its cool voice entry feature along with its tendency to erase any task that you complete simply by shaking your mobile device.
Although the tool is designed to be used on the iPhone, you can make use of the Any.Do application on the iPad and, with full syncing, on the web as well as on a desktop. An extension of the tool was created for Chrome which has received a four-star rating with more than two thousand reviews.