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12 THE APP SPECTRUM TECHNOLOGY FOR DEFAULT SERVICING PROFESSIONALS ON-THE-GO Tripit Making and keeping your travel schedule is made incredibly simple thanks to Tripit. Once you download it and register your account, you can forward all of your travel confirmation emails to plans@tripit.com and Tripit will make and keep track of your itinerary, including hotel reservations, flights, car rentals, and more. If you already use Gmail or Google Apps, Tripit will do this for you automatically without needing to forward your emails. You can also access directions, maps, and weather right from the app. free (Tripit Pro $49/year), Android, iOS, Windows, Blackberry Cisco WebEx Meetings Never miss an important conference call with Cisco WebEx Meetings, which is perfect for pros who are often out of the office. e free version of the app offers video conferencing with up to three people on the call and 250 mb of data storage. With the app, you aren't just joining a web meeting—you can also have host account capabilities to set up times for your meetings and have control over stopping and starting them. Sharing files, such as Excel or Word docs, on the go with the people you are in the meeting with is also a feature. free (can purchase larger usage packages), iOS, Android, Windows Phone 8, BlackBerry CardMunch is app created by LinkedIn allows you to snap a picture of a business card and have it automatically converted to text and a contact for your phone. It also shows the person's LinkedIn profile and any connections you share. With this app, you'll never miss a potential contact because they are running out of cards. Simply offer to just take a picture of their last card rather than asking to take it with you. free, iOS MagicPlan On location and want to produce a floor plan quickly? With a smartphone or tablet, now you can do so just by taking pictures of the inside of the building. e app measures and compares distances from a set of photos. e free version allows you to produce a .pdf or .jpg of the floor plan that can be exported. Several pricing options also exist for those wanting to export in .dxf, for AutoCAD or SketchUp, and HTML formats. free, Android, iOS Privatext If you handle sensitive information from your mobile phone, you have to worry about the security of that info. is is where Privatex steps in. is app encodes each text message and wipes it off both the sender's and the receiver's phone after a preset amount of time determined by the sender. For additional security, the user can set up a PIN number in order to log into the app. Both text and picture messages are supported by Privatext, but the recipient must also have the Privatext app to see Privatext messages. free, Android, iOS