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Travisa Passport and Visa Service

Travisa Passport and Visa Service App

I travel internationally for a living and therefore I need to know which countries require a Visa and more importantly the requirements. Keeping up with this information is next to impossible because it changes without notice. Luckily there’s a great App called Travisa Passport and Visa Service. Travisa is a company that specializes in Visa and Passport services and while you can certainly use their service, you don’t have to just to use the App. Recently I traveled to Brazil and I already had my Brazil Visa, but then I wondered if I’d need one for Argentina or Chile. A quick check of the App revealed that I didn’t. However, in the case that I did need one the complete information would be there including the necessary items required to apply and how to apply. If you do use Travisa’s services then you can also use the App to track the status of your Application. The App automatically checks for updates when you launch it and if there is an update it downloads right into the App so that you always have the latest requirement information.

It’s also good for US Passport info. If you are about to renew or add passport pages to an existing passport, the Travisa App can show you those requirements as well.

The App allows you to review requirements directly within the App or email them to yourself or anyone else that needs them.

If you travel internationally, this is a must have App! It’s a Universal App for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch.

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Reviews / Travel
Flight+

Flight+ Offers a Lot in One App

I travel for a living and therefore my travel apps are now a way of life. I depend on them to keep me updated with last minute changes or cancellations. I also depend on TripIt.com to keep all of my itineraries straight. While I do use FlightTrack Pro as my primary flight tracking App of choice, I thought I’d give Flight+ a shot since the price was low and the interface looked intriguing. Flight+ meets my first requirement in that it can pull your flights in from your FREE TripIt.com account. Without that feature it would have been D.O.A. Once I logged in and approved the App on my TripIt account, all my upcoming flights were there to bring into Flight+. If you don’t have a TripIt account (although I can’t imagine why you wouldn’t), you can enter flights manually. This is also useful when you want to track someone else’s flight, say a relative or friend that’s coming to town. Flight+ offers a ton of information. Sure it offers the flight info and will send push notifications of delays, but it also offers info about the plane, the seat map, the airport, the weather, terminal maps, flight paths, calendar syncing, a flight board of all the flights of a particular airline and more.

Sounds great, but what’s missing?

While Flight+ is a solid App there are a couple of glaring omissions. First of all the “+” in Flight+ doesn’t mean that it’s a Universal App. There’s currently no native iPad version and that alone will keep it from being my default app. While it does have TripIt support and my flights did “Import” I can’t tell if it will automatically “sync” future reservations. There’s an Import button that when tapped brings up your TripIt list of flights. While it’s nice being able to choose which ones come in, I’d definitely want to have the option to automatically sync like FlightTrack Pro does.

The Bottom Line

For the casual to frequent air traveler there is simply NO REASON not to get Flight+! The $2.99 asking price is great for the features that it provides. Flight+ also has a slick, refreshing interface that’s easy to navigate and easy on the eyes. However, for the professional traveler you might still want to stick with or go with FlightTrack Pro. It’s more money, but offers a few more bells and whistles including being a Universal App for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.

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adoberevel

Adobe Revel Gets New Features

Adobe Revel allows you to automatically sync your photos to/from your iOS devices, Android devices and your desktop computer. The iOS App has just gotten a nice update to include:

  • Support for the Retina Display on the new iPad (3rd gen).
  • Tag photos with an Event name.
  • Photos from multiple dates can be tagged as a single Event.
  • Share, export, and delete multiple photos at once.
  • Faster editing performance on iPad and iPhone.
  • View photos from a single day or event using Grid View.
  • View only your favorite photos.
  • View photos by events.
  • Adjust photo date and time.

Adobe Revel is a paid service at $5.99/month. You can do a 30 day Free trial to check it out right within the app.

You can get Adobe Revel for iPhone, iPad, iPod touch for free here from the iTunes

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scannerpro

Scanner Pro goes iPad Native

I always love it when one of my favorite Apps that started out as an iPhone App gets updated to be a Universal App, which means that it’s now native on iPad. The good folks over at Readdle have updated my favorite document scanning App for iOS, Scanner Pro to be a Universal App for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. They also took this opportunity to improve the user interface and increase the scanning speed.

With Scanner Pro you can use your iDevice’s camera to take pictures of documents, receipts, photos, etc. and convert them to PDF while straightening them out and enhancing the quality. Since I’ve been using this App I rarely use my desktop scanners anymore. It’s great for scanning receipts for expense reports. The PDFs can be uploaded to Dropbox.com, emailed, sent to Evernote, Google Docs or directly to your PC or Mac.

It’s one my “Must Have” Apps.

You can get Scanner Pro for $6.99 here from the iTunes

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Dropbox

Dropbox Just Got a Whole Lot Better!

 

Dropbox Just Increased Your Space!

This isn’t an update to the Dropbox App, but it effects the App and it’s just way too good to not mention! Traditionally Dropbox (the free cloud storage service) provided 2GB of free storage space to anyone that wanted to sign up for a free account. Users could earn additional free storage space by referring friends to the service with a customized link (found on your Dropbox webpage under “Get free space”). For each person that was referred, an additional 250MB of space was awarded to the referrer’s account. Some months ago Dropbox was testing out their new auto photo uploading feature and upped the awarded space to 500MB per referral IF you used the auto photo upload feature. Now to the good part. A couple of days ago Dropbox changed their policy and is now awarding 1GB of FREE space for referrals with no requirements (just like it was originally)!!! The absolute best part, is that they’re “backpaying” everyone for referrals from the past. If you’ve noticed a sudden increase in your storage space, this is why. Drop box is an integral part of my workflow both photographically and just for data storage of important documents. If you don’t already have a Dropbox account, there is no better time than now to sign up for a free one here.  If you don’t know how you would use Dropbox check out Terry’s 5 Ways To Take Advantage of Dropbox here. 

Where to check for your Dropbox allocated space

 

UPDATE:

My buddy David brought it to my attention that the 1GB referral reward is for people with PRO accounts (meaning that you paid for the upgraded space), however after looking into it a little more, they have changed their policy for free users as well. The 500MB reward for referring people used to be only if you were using the auto upload pictures feature. Now it’s  500MB no matter if you’re using that feature or not. Dropbox didn’t spell any of this out in the notifications that they sent out and David had to dive into the help section to find this info. Sorry for the confusion. This is still a great change all of the way around for everyone though! More free space no matter if you’re a free or pro user!

 

 

You can get Dropbox for your iPhone from the iTunes store for free here: iTunes

You can get Dropbox for your iPad from the iTunes store for free here: iTunes

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