FSB Networking event a day in the life of your mobile phone

Editor's Notes

• #3: Cosmic is an IT and consultancy business. We are based in Honiton, East Devon. Our services are designed to support and improve the use of computers, internet and other digital technology, including websites, IT training, technical support and consultancy. We are a social enterprise, continually involved in a range of projects, such as the Connecting Devon and Somerset, which achieve meaningful social impact for individuals and organisations across the South West. I hope you find today enjoyable and please feel free to ask any questions.
• #4: And that’s why the CDS project is such an important one.
• #8: Boston Consulting report
• #11: Mobile
• #12: If we think about the revolution in the retail industry and how the internet and mobile computing has reshaped out high streets. 40% of all retail shop leases are up for renewal in 2015 – retailers moving out as part of a structural shift on how we shop in the internet. As Tim Jones, Chairman of the DCBD says “The stats are not encouraging - Boxing Day High Street sales were down up to 20%, whilst there were 147m visits to retail web sites on Xmas Day alone, compared with 110m last year. £500,000 was spent online every minute on Boxing Day. This is a business crisis and needs business leadership comprising something better than King Canute solutions.”
• #13: According to OFCOM research (06.07.15) there is record ownsership, around 2/3rds of our population, of smartphones transforming the way we communicate and how we get online.
• #16: While smartphones are replacing more of our gadgets, such as alarm clocks and digital cameras, actually using one to make a phone call is not that common, according to mobile network O2. The average smartphone owner spends more than two hours each day using the device. During that time, smartphone owners spend an average of 25 minutes using their phone to browse the web, 17 minutes on social networking, 13 minutes playing games and 16 minutes listening to music. Making phone calls with the smartphone was only the fifth most popular use for the gadget, only slightly more time than they spend writing and checking email (11 minutes) and text messaging (10 minutes).
• #19: 1.6 billion apps on Google Play Store (formally known as Android) and slightly less on the Apple App Store. So how do we decide which ones to use to make you more productive in your day to day work life……
• #20: Sleep well and wake up refreshed, forget about undersleeping, insomnia and connected health risks with the most intelligent alarm clock app. Smart Alarm Clock monitors your sleep cycles and wakes you up at the right time based on the scientifically proven sleep cycles concept. Compatible with both your phone and your tablet! How does the app work? During the night we go through several sleep cycles: transition to sleep, light sleep, deep sleep and dream sleep. In each of these stages we behave differently: toss and torn in bed, mutter or stay quiet. The sensors in your device detect all the movements, the app figures out which stage of sleep you are in and wakes you up during the light sleep stage, when your body is naturally prepared for awakening.
• #21: Calendars 5 - Event and Task Manager with Google Calendar Sync Natural Language Input: Just enter "Meet John at Starbucks on Sunday" and Calendars 5 will create the event for you. Task Manager: Easy to use task manager that has everything you need to organize, track and complete your to-dos. Interface focused on events; Elegant and easy to use interface makes it super simple to get a quick overview of the upcoming events and tasks. You always keep your focus on what's important; there is nothing to distract you. Works online and offline: Create, edit and delete events or tasks whenever you need it. All changes will be synced back to your account once you are online. Create custom recurring events (yoga every Tuesday, Friday and Sunday), get reminders or set custom alerts, invite people to your events and more. Intuitively create events with just one tap in your calendar. Drag and Drop tasks and events, swipe to switch between days and weeks, return to your ‘Today’ schedule with one tap.
• #22: Get the official Google Calendar app for your Android phone and tablet to save time and make the most of every day. • A new Schedule View - See your schedule at a glance with photos and maps of the places you’re going. • Events from Gmail - Flight, hotel, concert, restaurant reservations and more are added to your calendar automatically. • Assists to fill in your calendar - You can quickly create events with smart suggestions for event titles, places and people. • Different ways to view your calendar - Speedily switch between viewing a single day to getting an overview of multiple days at once. • All your calendars in one, easy place - Google Calendar works with all calendars on your phone, including Exchange
• #24: Easily share stories to Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, email, and more. Schedule posts with Hootsuite or Buffer. Discover Discover fresh, authoritative voices on niche and broad topics alike. Channel the mainstream or pull from the diamonds in the rough.
• #27: IF was formerly known as IFTTT, which stands for "if this then that", concisely summing up what this app does. It powers up your Android device in all new ways, letting you automate various functions. You can create simple statements such as "if my location is home, turn on Wi-Fi", or "if I snap a screenshot email it to me". As these are all simple two-part statements they're easy to create and they can also be shared with the wider IF community. That also means there are tons of pre-existing 'recipes' to choose from, so you might not even feel the need to create your ownIFTTT gives you creative control over the products and apps you love. Recipes are simple connections between products and apps. There are two types of Recipes: DO Recipes and IF Recipes. Create simple connections between apps like Facebook, Dropbox, Instagram, Twitter, and Gmail, as well as devices like your Nest Thermostat, Fitbit. Popular ways to use IF Post all your Instagrams as Twitter photos Save your favorite tweets to Evernote Share Facebook status updates on Tumblr or LinkedIn Post videos you like on YouTube or Vimeo to a blog Create your own camera by connecting DO Camera to Facebook, Twitter, Google Drive, Tumblr, Evernote, Slack, and hundreds more apps and devices you use everyday. Customize your photos with a message, drawing, and even emoji! Popular ways to use DO Camera Snap a picture and place emoticons on it to share Post photos to a holiday album on Facebook Catalog receipts on Evernote Post a picture on Twitter with one tap of a button Save pictures of decorating ideas to a Dropbox folder Save photos of things you want to buy to Google Drive
• #28: GPS Mileage Tracker Automatically detects device movement and tracks mileage AUTO START when plugged into power or connected to a Bluetooth device and driving more than 5 mph. Or, you can have the app auto start on a set timeframe. TripLog automatically stops the trip when the vehicle stops and/or is disconnected Show vehicle parking locations Sync data between multiple mobile devices Capture expense receipt photos and upload to the Cloud
• #29: Evernote is the first and last word in note-taking, or it might as well be anyway. With multiple notebooks to help you keep your thoughts tidy, simple to-do lists, a powerful search tool so you can easily find specific notes and the ability to sync between devices it's a must have for anyone who ever jots things down. Which we'd wager is just about everyone. It goes that little bit further than just being a notebook though, as you can also share your notes and collaborate on projects with others, easily track expenses and attach files, all through an attractive, clutter-free interface
• #30: Google Now Launcher brings you closer to stock Android and ensures that Google Now is rarely more than a swipe away. Just swipe right from your home screen to bring up your Google Now cards. Or if you want to search you can do that from a bar at the top of all your home screens. The Google Now Launcher is not as feature-packed as some launchers, but like stock Android itself it's clean, minimal, fast and easy to navigate. It's an essentail download for any fans of Google Now or anyone who objects to bloat. It also makes finding and launching apps easy, with app suggestions presented at the top of your app drawer Manage your day Stay on top of what’s happening in your life every day, including what you need to do, where you need to go and how to get around. Google Now is an intelligent personal assistant developed by Google. Google Now is available within the Google Search mobile application for Android and iOS, as well as the Google Chrome web browser on personal computers. Google Now uses a natural language user interface to answer questions, make recommendations, and perform actions by delegating requests to a set of web services. Waze is the world's largest community-based traffic and navigation app. Join other drivers in your area who share real-time traffic and road info, saving everyone time and gas money on their daily commute See helpful cards with information that you need throughout your day, before you even ask;
• #35: Capture what’s on your mind: Add notes, lists and photos to Google Keep. Pressed for time? Record a voice memo and Keep will transcribe it so you can find it later. Share ideas with friends and family: Easily plan that surprise party by sharing your Keep notes with others and collaborating on them in real time. Find what you need, fast: Colour code and add labels to notes to quickly organize and get on with your life. If you need to find something you saved, a simple search will turn it up. Always within reach: Keep works on your phone, tablet, computer and Android wearables. Everything you add syncs across all of your devices, so your thoughts are always with you. The right note at the right time: Need to remember to pick up some groceries? Set a location-based reminder to pull up your grocery list right when you get to the store. Doxie one $129
• #36: OneNote is an excellent note-taking tool since Microsoft Office is the de facto standard when it comes to productivity tools in the workplace, Windows users can take advantage of it to manage their meetings, meeting notes, and minutes. It's easy to use, makes adding and organizing sets of notes for different events easy, and thanks to OneNote's many mobile apps for Android, iOS, and Windows Phone, you get access to those notes anywhere and can share them with others. Turn your tablet into a paper notebook and capture your ideas everywhere, anytime. Taking notes, sketching, and drawing is as straightforward and simple as using real pen and paper. Use a selection of six expressive pens and brushes for writing, sketching, colouring, and marking. Lets you easily exchange your notebooks between Bamboo Paper on other mobile platforms without any loss of quality or ability to edit. Enrich your notes or journal with photos. Add images or photos to your page and sketch or write on top. Prefer to start on real paper? Capture your ideas with pen on paper on this new smart folio by Wacom and digitally shape and refine them later in Bamboo Paper. In app purchases. Minutes.io gives you an elegant and easy to fill out template for every one of your meetings that makes sure you capture the attendees, what was discussed, what action items came out of the conversation, and who owns them. The template can be as simple or as complex as you need it to be, and if you sign up for an account, you can save your notes with secret URLs that you can distribute only to the meeting attendees so they can review the notes when they need to. It's loaded with keyboard shortcuts and tools to help you take notes in your meetings, and the best part is that you don't even have to sign up for the service (unless you want to save your meeting minutes on multiple computers) You can just start using it, take notes, send the minutes off to the attendees, and come back when you want to use it again. The service drops a cookie on your system to identify it so you can get back to your minutes easily
• #37: Simply scanning the things you see. Create a Campaign - AR
• #38: Only Available on Apple at the moment.
• #39: If you forget to switch it on, then enter time later on. Toggl Free to $49 a year per user. Harvest Free for one user with four clients and two projects to $49 a month up to 9 users;
• #41: Wunderlist helps millions of people around the world capture their ideas, things to do and places to see. Whether you’re sharing a grocery list with a loved one, working on a project, or planning a vacation, Wunderlist makes it easy to share your lists and collaborate with everyone in your life. Wunderlist instantly syncs between your phone, tablet and computer, so you can access your lists from anywhere. Key Wunderlist Features: • Create all the lists you need and access them from your phone, tablet and computer • Easily share lists and collaborate with family, friends and colleagues • Start conversations about your to-dos • Attach photos, PDFs, presentations and more • Share the work and delegate to-dos • Setting a Reminder ensures you never forget important deadlines (or birthday gifts) ever again • Organize your projects for home, work and everywhere in between with Folders Wunderlist is free to download and use. Wunderlist Pro upgrades your experience and gives you unlimited access to Files, Assigning and Subtasks to help you accomplish even more for $4.99 a month or $49.99 a year through an in-app purchase
• #42: Periscope is Twitter's new live-streaming video app, it allows you to watch and broadcast live video from all across the globe. Periscope saves the video streams once you are finished, so that anyone can view them for up to 24 hours It lets you post live video streams which your followers can watch and comment on as you broadcast, or view up to 24 hours later if you make it available for replays. The immediacy and impermanence of each clip has a certain appeal and it's a slickly laid out app, with nice details, like getting to see hearts flutter up the screen as and when your followers send them. Even if you don't want to make your own videos there's something addictive about viewing other peoples, so embrace your inner voyeur and give Periscope a download. You might lose a lot of time to it, but you won't regret it
• #43: The to-do list that helps you form good habits. Track up to six tasks you want to complete every day. Your goal is to build a streak of consecutive days. Streaks works with the Apple Health app to help you achieve your fitness goals
• #46: Discussion on what apps do they use?