Following up on his previous post, CIO.com blogger James A. Martin offers up five more of his favorite apps of the year, including a cool iPad app that turns your Facebook friends into tour guides. And we’re back, with a highly subjective list of my 15 favorite Android and iOS apps that I reviewed in 2012. The previous post listed the first five: AirDroid, Any.DO, Circa News, CloudOn, and Current Caller ID. What follows, in continuing alphabetical, are my next five favorites. Dragon Remote Microphone (Dictation) Android, iOS; Free SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe If you grow tired of typing all day, it might be time to invest in a speech recognition program. Dragon Dragon Naturally Speaking Premium Edition for Windows PCs or Dragon Dictate 3 for Macs are consistently the top-rated desktop speech recognition applications. (Both programs are $200 but are currently on “holiday sale” for $150.) Each has a cool twist: With the free Dragon Remote Microphone app, you can use your iPhone or Android smartphone as a wireless microphone over a Wi-Fi network for dictating text and commands. I tested it using Dragon Dictate 3 on a Mac and an iPhone 5 and it works beautifully. The free Dragon Recorder iOS app lets you make memo and other voice recordings anywhere, then have Dragon software on your computer transcribe the recording into text. Flipboard (News/Social Network Aggregator) Android, iOS; Free Long an iOS favorite, Flipboard made its Android debut this summer. Both apps are ideal for aggregating your favorite online-content sources, including major news sites as well as your social media networks, into one easy-to-browse, magazine-style format. The Android version still isn’t optimized for tablets, unfortunately. Jetpac (Social Travel) iPad; Free Jetpac is a traveler’s wish book app (for iPads only). It turns your Facebook friends’ travel photos into destination slideshows, revealing more about your friends as well as places you’d like to go. Photos from Facebook users you don’t know are incorporated into the app as well, to give it a broader scope. The app may also cause you to step up your own travel photography efforts. iPhoto (Photo Editing) iOS; $5 Apple’s iPhoto Mac program has never been my favorite among desktop image editors (I prefer Adobe Photoshop Elements). But the iOS version is a beauty in the traditionally elegant, streamlined Apple way. You can easily add a variety of effects to images and enhance and crop them. And the latest version adds new ink effects, such as Chalk and Palette Knife. Klout (Social Media Scoring) iOS; Free Klout, the social network stature scoring system, released a free iPhone app this year. It’s far from perfect, but if you’re hooked on the ”Klout krack” as I am, it’s the hookup you need. Example: You can see your current Klout score just by looking at the app’s icon. You’ll receive notifications about your score and when you’re eligible for Klout perks, among other things. Related content opinion The changing face of cybersecurity threats in 2023 Cybersecurity has always been a cat-and-mouse game, but the mice keep getting bigger and are becoming increasingly harder to hunt. By Dipti Parmar Sep 29, 2023 8 mins Cybercrime Security brandpost Should finance organizations bank on Generative AI? Finance and banking organizations are looking at generative AI to support employees and customers across a range of text and numerically-based use cases. By Jay Limbasiya, Global AI, Analytics, & Data Management Business Development, Unstructured Data Solutions, Dell Technologies Sep 29, 2023 5 mins Artificial Intelligence brandpost Embrace the Generative AI revolution: a guide to integrating Generative AI into your operations The CTO of SAP shares his experiences and learnings to provide actionable insights on navigating the GenAI revolution. By Juergen Mueller Sep 29, 2023 4 mins Artificial Intelligence feature 10 most in-demand generative AI skills Gen AI is booming, and companies are scrambling to fill skills gaps by hiring freelancers to make the most of the technology. These are the 10 most sought-after generative AI skills on the market right now. By Sarah K. White Sep 29, 2023 8 mins Hiring Generative AI IT Skills Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe