6 apps to help you work from home

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Get the job done when you’re on the move, with apps that make it easier to work while you’re travelling

Networking Opportunities 

Free

Meet key people at industry events using networking tool Fuseami. Select the conference you’re attending and the app will put you in contact with fellow attendees, using the information in your Linkedin profile – you choose who you want to connect with. It also provides information on the conference agenda and speaker.

www.fuseami.com

Portable Presentations

US$149 per year per user

Upload a Powerpoint presentation from your computer to the Internet, then display it from an iPad. With Slideshark, you can jump between slides or to a website, without leaving the app. It’s easy to embed videos to help emphasise your pitch. And you can save and access files from the cloud, wherever you are.

www.slideshark.com

Expense account

US$60 per year per user

Not only does Trippeo find the best negotiated rates on business travel, it also stores itineraries and expenses in one place. Take a photo of your receipt and the app will create an automatic expense report that can’t be lost. It syncs with more than 15,000 credit cards, converts currencies and takes care of taxes.

www.trippeo.com

Read also: 7 tips to save big on your daily expenses

Project tracker

US$99.96 per year per user for premium version

Created by Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz and former engineer Justin Rosenstein, Asana helps teams collaborate on a project and track its progress, without sending a single email. From meeting a big deadline to organising an event, users can send notes and comments, create tasks, assign people to take care of them and monitor their status — all on one secure app.

www.asana.com

Sign documents

From US$120 per year per user

There’s a document that needs to be signed, but you’re in Tokyo and the paperwork is in Singapore. Fret not, Docusign allows you to access, sign and send important documents from your desk or smartphone. The app works in sync with applications and devices made by the likes of Microsoft, Apple and Google. It works only on trusted networks, so it’s as secure as it is functional, and is already in use in 188 countries.

www.docusign.com

Meeting planner

Free

Scheduling meetings in different time zones can be a fraught process. The answer: World Time Buddy, a world clock and time-zone converter rolled into one. The app helps you plan conference calls and web meetings by displaying the current time difference and noting what time it will be in your colleagues’ locations at the designated meeting time.

www.worldtimebuddy.com

This story was originally published on Silverkris.