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Networking Tips: 10 Great Mobile Apps that Can Help Make Networking Easier

Thanks to the proliferation of smartphone technology, there are a multitude of useful mobile applications for professionals today. Whether you’re attending networking events or simply traveling for business, here are 10 great mobile apps that can help make networking easier when you’re on the go:

1. Seesmic – With this mobile app, you can streamline your social media updates and support multiple Twitter accounts on your smartphone. Plus, the iPhone version also lets you update numerous other social networks at the same time.
2. Bump – This app lets you share information stored on your smartphone with friends, colleagues, or perhaps someone you just met.
3. Evernote – This app helps you easily capture and remember things. You can upload photos of people you meet, for example, or business cards, text, sound memos, etc. Tag the upload and it will be available from any computer or smartphone.
4. Dragon Dictation – Using this app, you can simply talk into your mobile device to send tweets, Facebook updates, create text files, and write emails.
5. Foursquare – Using the “check-in” function with this app, you can record where you’re traveling or dining and link it to your address book and Facebook and Twitter friends. In this way, you can stay connected with your contacts, get recommendations of venues to visit, and more.
6. Documents To Go – This app lets you view, edit, and create documents – including Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files – wherever you are.
7. Box.net – Access, share, and sync files from anywhere with this app.
8. Smart Group – If you have an iPhone and/or iPad, you can use this app to manage groups in your address book.
9. Group Email – Also for iPhones and iPads, this app lets you send emails with attachments to a single contact or groups of contacts.
10. Google Maps – Last but not least, Google Maps can be very useful in helping you get where you need to go.

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