Scan business card info into contacts in less than 5 seconds for free

Scan and Store business cards on your phone 

It could take you hours entering all the details from a networking event, this apps can make that task a pleasure, the apps can scan the business card and the OCR (optical character recognition) pulls the information into the contacts, the process can take less than 5 seconds per card rather than several minutes.

Abbyy Business crad reader

Business Card Reader 4.0 for Android with sync across Android and iOS

22 languages, available

Cam Card

Available on Iphone & Android
Read business cards accurately in 17 languages & used by 100 million users

ScanBizCards Lite - Scan Card

A very versatile app to scan business cards for android devices, access them from any device Android

Google Maps - Satellite advertising

Google Maps and Satellite Advertising

A few tips to increase your business visibility.

I wonder when Google is going to start offering satellite advertising, google updates their maps every 1 to 3 years, I am thinking that if businesses start painting the roofs at their premises; once Google updates their satellite imagery; presto you can have a large banner being advertised.

I guess that it will be cheaper if Google superimpose the image, at the moment they have the street view, which shows the outside of the business or house, the Google 360º indoors where you can navigate inside the premises.

Indoors Maps

Engage your visitors, employees, students, help them to search find and navigate indoors.

(Create Maps People)

Let your visitors see the inside of your business and navigate to all the areas, people are twice as likely to make a booking with you, prices for this type of photography start at £ 275.00 + VAT or you have the option of buying your own 360º Camera.  

Request a photo shoot from a professional photographer or agency in your own country

(See it in google maps)

Google invites you to borrow its Trekker Street View backpacks and photograph the world.
They will not just give it to anyone but if you are interested you can complete this form: Trekker Street view

Secure your activities online

Make Every effort to secure any data you access or hold online

Every second 12 people around the world fall victims of cyber crime, it is paramount that you take every precaution to minimize the chances of this happening to you.

This Video paints the bigger picture and moves us closer to the reality that we are all vulnerable.  

Threats are always changing, by accessing your email, hackers can monitor your dealings and target you accordingly, the above video shows how a person was tricked into handing over more than £46,000. People falling for this tricks are from all walks of life, all operating systems, all websites can fall victims;  A business was scammed into handing over £1million to bogus caller (article), a person that bought a 1.3 million house from a bogus owner (Article).

Ransomware is on the rise, this malware asks you for payment (often bitcoins or digital currency which is untraceable) to decryp your documents after they have been encrypted with a key, unless you pay your documents will be deleted or damaged by encryption, payment does not guaranteed that you will get you documents back. Your computer can become infected by simply visiting on a website.

RATS:  Remote Access Trojans. Phishing - Spear Phishing - Pretexting - Baiting - Scareware

Some Tips:

1. Update your antivirus and malware software. Total 360 (Recommend)
2. Have an active firewall (most antivirus software come with firewall)
3. Set up 2 step verification (Where possible)
4. Strongest passwords are the ones with more than 1 word, including numbers charterers and even lower and upper cases.
5. Only download software from reputable sources.
6. Read reviews about software you want to download. (use a sandbox if not sure about the source) 
7. Secure your mobile phone Check this for some advicec

Proton Email: (More secure than most)
Every time you send an email it is as if you were sending a postcard, (anyone of the people involved in the delivery can read what it says)“ProtonMail offers encrypted email, which makes it virtually impossible for anyone to read it except the sender and the recipient.” Wall Street Journal

2-Step Verification (Recomended)
Makes it almost impossible for your account to be hacked as it adds an extra layer of security; the hacker will need to know your username, password and will also need access to your phone in order to get access to specific codes generated by the phone app. Google's Authenticator app allows you to secure accounts like amazon, teamviewer, last pass, paypal, dropbox.
It may not be the perfect security solution, but two-factor authentication reduces the risks associated with common Web activitiesThere are many services on the internet offering this service.

WiFi Access list

Create a list on your router that will only allow people on the list, this list is created with mac addresses.