UPDATED 09:01 EDT / AUGUST 14 2013

FreshBooks Launches Android App

FreshBooks is bringing accounting data to Android with a new application for mobile professionals. The free tool rounds out the company’s existing lineup of cloud services and iOS apps, which serve more than six million users across 120 countries.

FreshBooks for Android introduces the ability to create “professional-looking invoices and estimates,” check message statuses to see if a client has viewed or paid an invoice, and capture photos of expense reports. The app also enables users to track billable time on the go, import address book contacts, and sync offline work to the cloud as soon as they establish a connection.

“FreshBooks’ users span the small business landscape, from designers to lawyers to IT professionals to plumbers – really anyone who serves clients with their time and expertise. Whether time tracking from the coffee shop, capturing expenses from the airport lounge or sending an invoice right from the client’s office, FreshBooks for Android can help small business owners touch and tap their way to success.”

The rising power of mobile consumers coupled with the smartphone boom in emerging markets is driving demand for cross-platform transaction management software. Business intelligence giant SAP spotted this trend all the way back in June, when it acquired a Swiss e-commerce startup called hybris. The company completed the acquisition last week.

SAP didn’t disclose the terms of the deal, but it’s safe to assume it paid a hefty premium over the hybris’ annual revenue of $85 million. The firm’s solutions are used by over 500 brands – including General Electric, Thomson Reuters and H&M – to handle transactions carried out via websites, mobile devices, call centers and all the other mediums that fall under the omni-channel umbrella.


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