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12 THE APP SPECTRUM TECHNOLOGY FOR ON-THE-GO DEFAULT SERVICING PROFESSIONALS. Verifyd Verifyd is "the compliant foreclosure auction platform" which ensures the legality of a foreclosure auction by transferring the entire process from paper to digital platforms on smartphones and tablets. Not only can Verifyd prove that a foreclosure auction took place at the right time, date, and location, but it also allows sale managers to interact remotely with auctioneers in real time. ose coordinating the sale can hold, cancel, or reinstate sales in real time, and possible buyers can follow sales by receiving alerts on their phones. NotesPlus NotesPlus is the closest you can get on a mobile app to old-fashioned pencil-on- paper notes. Your handwritten notes will be transformed into text using the app's intuitive vector-based system. With NotesPlus, you can select multiple drawings and notes by drawing a circle around them, and you can swipe right to access a built-in Web browser that will make it simple to grab images and details. e newer version features an excellent MyScript handwriting recognition engine that is free for everyone who has NotesPlus to use. ($7.99, iOS) Alien Blue Alien Blue makes it simple and easy to browse Reddit, the so-called "front page of the Internet. e app takes Reddit's busy, every-changing ecosystem of pictures, articles, discussion, and other information, and condenses them all into one easy-to- read, eye-catching design that focuses on the essentials like post titles, comments, and photos. With Alien Blue, you can view images and video seamlessly with touch-to-preview, vote on the best content to push it to the top, or submit your own comments, links, and stories for others to view and discuss. (Free, iOS) Pocket Pocket allows you to save anything you see (interesting articles, videos, or other Web content) for later viewing. You can save content directly from your browser or from such apps as Twitter, Flipboard, Pulse, and Zite. Once content is saved to Pocket, it can be viewed from any device—a phone, tablet, or computer—and it can be viewed from anywhere. You can even view Pocket content when you're offline—no Internet connection is necessary to view content from Pocket once it is saved. (Free, iOS, Android) WhatsApp WhatsApp, an early stage technology startup founded by two former Yahoo! Inc. employees in the heart of Silicon Valley, is a cross-platform mobile messaging app which allows you to exchange messages without having to pay for SMS. WhatsApp has a thriving user base and is free to use, even for international messaging. With WhatsApp, you use the same Internet data plan that you use for email and Web browsing. Users can also create groups and send each other unlimited texts, images, video, and audio media messages. (Free, iOS, Android, Windows Phone)

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