Technology is constantly changing our lives, both personally and professionally. We’ve gone from desktop to laptop to tablet and we’ve ultimately settled to using our smartphones for everything. From listening to music and watching movies to taking groundbreaking photographs with only a simple tap. There is little we can’t do on our phones nowadays and the era of the apps is in full bloom, which means that there will be even more things in our lives that will be adapted to our phones. Not only that, but mobile websites and apps are becoming perfectly synced with each other, making each other more effective. And one of the major areas that app technology has crossed over to is business. In fact, there are some industries that have been optimized through apps and now there is no going back because they became better for it. Take a look!
1. Forex/Trading
To thrive in Forex and trading, you have to be properly informed. Specialists at Forex Academy provide the latest trading news, but also detailed material on making a proper financial analysis to reach maximum profit. You can’t afford to miss out on anything if you want to make it, which means that you need to have access to it on the go, wherever you are. So you have to app up! Some of the best-rated Forex trading apps are Forex Time FXTM, Trade Interceptor, MetaTrader, eToro, and Netdania. With the knowledge from the academy in your pocket and the specialized apps at the tips of your fingers, you are well on your way to trading success.
2. The Restaurant Business
Only a few years back, running a restaurant meant covering each sector separately. The inventory was done periodically, the orders were almost always made according to a pen and paper list system, the menus were inevitably paper-based, and the payment process meant using a cash register and a POS. Today, you can use a single app to integrate all of these things into a process that flows. When you put in an order, it will also update your inventory, and it will generate the receipt. You also have access to an Android tablet POS system which saves you a lot of time with the payment process. A single app has revolutionized the business simply because it helps restaurant-owners run things more efficiently. And there is no going back!
3. Booking
When was the last time you called to reserve a table at a restaurant or to book an appointment at a salon? It’s probably been a while because there’s an app for that now! With Reserve, you can get a table at virtually any restaurant you want to go to in just a few simple taps. No more phone calls, no more lists, no more waiting, all thanks to an app. Glam Squad is a similar app that can score you a spot with top stylists in your own time and at your convenience. With this app, you get to connect with the stylists and specialists directly, thus bypassing the ever-crowded lines from the salons. All of this started from industry giant Booking.com, which has extended its services to a top-notch Android app that has made booking a vacation a breeze.
4. Travel
It’s never been easier to plan your travels! You can book a flight by using an app. Whether it is that of your chosen airline or one that integrates several airlines, scoring a seat on a flight is extremely accessible. You don’t even have to travel with massive documentation anymore because you can check-in and get a virtual boarding pass through the app. Flight checkers are also connected to Booking.com, so when you book a flight, you automatically get the full list of accommodations available at your destination in the time frame you have chosen.
5. Personal Healthcare
Healthcare apps have made a major breakthrough in personal care: they have made monitoring and prevention fun! With a simple app on your phone, you can track how many steps you’ve taken in a day, monitor your blood pressure and your heartbeat. You can also monitor your sleep on a longer period of time to identify speed disorders and improve your sleep hygiene. You have access to symptom tracker apps, which can help you notice when it’s time to see a doctor, as well as medication guides (Drugs.com), which have patient-oriented info about how to properly take and store medication, but most importantly, about drug interactions.
Diet apps can help you organize a rigorous diet system and keep track of your progression. By using these apps, patients can report their symptoms better to their doctors, but they are also more eager to work on the small things that make you healthy, such as drinking water, getting exercise, or eating better. Why? Because they have access to apps that can guide them through the process and actually remind them when it’s time to drink that extra glass of water. Health apps are modern personal health coaches and it has made personal care better with it.
As you can see, using apps has changed all the industries on this list and it has done so for the better. With these apps, we have access to doing the things we need in an optimized process and all according to our personal schedules. We can bypass the time-consuming parts of the day to get enough time to go to a restaurant, go on a holiday, and get a good night’s rest at the end of the day.