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TECHNOLOGY >>
The
World
in Your
Pocket
From Personal Finance to Fitness to Travel, There’s an App for Everything
BY JOSEPH BEDNAR
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It’s staggering how much accumulated knowledge is available with a few taps on a smartphone screen. Whether Apple or Android, countless apps are avail- able to help users with a wide range of tasks, from managing their finances to tracking their fitness goals
to getting an education in various topics to making travel easier and more fun.
For this year’s roundup of what’s hot in technology, BusinessWest checks in on what the tech press is saying about some of the most popular smartphone apps.
Dollars and Sense
Smartphones have put a world of personal finance in people’s hands. For example, Intuit’s Mint gives users a real-time look into all their finances, from bank accounts and credit cards to student loans and 401(k) accounts.
“Let’s start with Mint’s very high ratings in both the
App Store and Google Play,” Nerdwallet notes. “It’s free and syncs many kinds of
accounts: checking and sav-
ings, credit cards, loans,
investments, and bills. As
far as the actual budgeting,
Mint tracks your expenses
and places them in budget
categories. You can personalize these categories, which are unlimited. You set limits for these categories, and Mint lets
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