1. How Mobile Apps Help Businesses Dr. Gita Phelps Minority Youth in Business (June 2014)

2. Introduction Speaker: Dr. Phelps Associate Professor of Computer Science Information Systems and Computer Science Dept Hometown: Fort Valley, GA BS: Computer Science (Georgia College) MS: Computer Science (UGA) PhD: Computer Science (UGA) 20 years teaching at GC

3. Types of Mobile Devices Computing on the Go! Mobile Computers : Notebook/laptop Tablet PC (digital pen) Mobile Devices Handheld, industry- specific PDAs: organizers smart phones –internet enabled phone with PDA capabilities

4. What is a Mobile App? Applications that run on smartphones and other mobile devices. Helps users Stay Connected (Email, Instant Messaging, Twitter, Facebook, Skype) Stay Informed (GPS, Weather, News) Stay Productive (ToDo Lists, Calendars, Job Related Apps) Stay Entertained (Games, Books)

5. Features of Mobile Phones Camera GPS Microphone Tethering Push messaging Web Browsing

6. How Can Mobile Apps Help Businesses? Enhance profit, reduce paper and printing costs, have greater staff efficiency and better customer service. Connect with Customers and Employees Stay Productive There are apps available to meet nearly every business need, from word processing to remote access, so you can continue doing the job at hand.

7. App: Square At Sightglass Coffee in San Francisco there are no cash registers! The coffee shop does all its transactions through the iPad. Card reader plugs in to audio port https://squareup.com/https://squareup.com/ Accepts credit card payments

8. App: Vagaro The Beauty Room, a beauty salon in Minneapolis uses this app to schedule client appointments Syncs with stylists iPhones and iPads http://www.vagaro.com/iPhonehttp://www.vagaro.com/iPhone Appointment Book

9. App: Pro Prompter WXFL, a television station in Albany, Georgia has given its news anchors iPads to replace paper scripts. The station states that it can save $2,000 a month on printing, paper, and repair costs. http://www.bodelin.com/proprompter/http://www.bodelin.com/proprompter/ Accepts credit card payments

10. App: FedEx http://www.fedex.com/us/solutions/mobile/iphone.html http://www.fedex.com/us/solutions/mobile/iphone.html check the status of your shipments

11. App: Zappit QR code (Quick Response code) Popular two-dimensional barcode The information encoded may be text, URL, or other data. The QR code was created to allow its contents to be decoded at high speed. Common in Japan http://zappit.co/downloadhttp://zappit.co/download Scan QR and bar codes

12. App: BuzzTable http://www.buzztable.com/http://www.buzztable.com/ Guest Management

13. Havertys: Follow The Truck Driver’s Picture Current Status Expected Time Ability to make comments

14. Where Can You Get Mobile Apps? Apple - http://www.apple.com/iphone/apps-for-iphone/http://www.apple.com/iphone/apps-for-iphone/ Android - https://play.google.com/store/appshttps://play.google.com/store/apps Blackberry - http://appworld.blackberry.com/webstore/http://appworld.blackberry.com/webstore/

15. Find Mobile Apps That Would Be Helpful To Your Business Think of a Business Visit app stores online and find apps that would enable you to: Connect with Customers Connect with Employees Stay Productive

16. Design Features Users interact with apps for a few seconds Limited screen resolution (320X480) Design for Touch (not keyboard, mouse) Simple/Uncluttered, well organized interface Address a specific need --Do one thing very well

17. Design Your Own Mobile App

18. Why Study Computer Science? Computer Science is an exciting, growing, and challenging field that impacts most aspects of everyday life.  Medicine  Communications  Entertainment  Forensics  Education There is an application of computer technology for all areas of businesses. There are still many new computer applications to be discovered. Become involved and be a service to humanity.