Apps to get you fired, or hired

Apps to get you... FIRED or HIRED Apps have become an unavoidable part of day-to-day life. Whether its apps for monitoring sleep, helping you train, finding restaurants or logging working hours, there's an app for every element of work and play. But as we populate our devices with these handy little widgets are we likely to get in trouble with our employer? Check out which apps are likely to please the boss and which will see you packing up your desk! APPS TO GET YOU FIRED The apps most feared and hated by IT Gambling 58% File Sharing 52% Social Media Music Downloads 41 34% Games 31% (from multiple answers) THE MOST 'BLACKLISTED' APPS Apps named and shamed by employers United Kingdom United States DropBox 76% 58% Angry Birds Facebook 70% 58% Facebook Angry Birds 66% 54% DropBox Plants vs Twitter 61% 52% Zombies Plants vs 61% 46% Twitter Zombies France Germany Facebook 75% 66% Angry Birds Plants vs f 55% 57% Facebook Zombies Twitter 54% 54% DropBox Plants vs DropBox 51% 53% Zombies You Tube Angry Birds 50% 43% YouTube (by region) APPS TO GET YOU HIRED Apps most encouraged by IT Email Internet 35% Browser 20% Shared Messenger or Chat Storage 17% 9% Timesheets 8% (from multiple answers) THE MOST 'WHITELISTED' APPS Apps most encouraged by employers United Kingdom United States Email 81% 80% Email LinkedIn in 55% 63% Facebook Skype S 42% 55% S Skype Facebook 37% 52% Twitter Twitter 33% 48% in LinkedIn France Germany Email 75% 66% Email f S Skype Facebook 55% 57% Instant Twitter 54% 54% Messengers Skype S 51% 53% Facebook Linkedin in 50% 43% Twitter (by region) MOST POPULAR OPERATING SYSTEM Supported by IT 61% 43% 51% 66% Apple iOS 41% 50% 54% 60% Android 76% 37% 42% 48% BlackBerry 43% 36% 48% 47% Windows Mobile (by region) Absolute Manage allows IT administrators to: wirelessly configure devices, provision apps, query policies, track and reduce roaming charges, wipe data or lock the device, and securely distribute documents to mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. With authentic cross-platform capabilities, Absolute Manage is unique in that it provides customers with the ability to manage and secure all of their Mac, PC, Android, iOS, and Windows devices from a single console. AbsoluteSoftware TRACK. MANAGE. SECURE.