Everybody loves the New Year, with its promises of new beginnings, fresh starts and self-improvement. Unfortunately though, come mid-February, the New Year tends to become just another year and all our resolutions fall by the wayside.

The DStv Online team, however, want to make sure that this year is different. How? With technology, of course!

We take a look at the best mobile apps for making 2012 amazing.

Apps for Bringing in the New Year

Before tackling the New Year, you have to bring it in. Far too often, New Year’s Eve doesn’t pan out quite as planned, with disappointments ranging from family board game marathons to drunken nightmares on the roads. If you want it to be a good 2012, you should use technology to help it start off on the right footing.

DStv Online suggests that you arm yourself with GroupMe and a blood alcohol calculator (e.g. AlcoDroid for Android and DrinkTracker for iPhone).

GroupMe is a group communication app that lets you initiate group chats (i.e. private chat-rooms) and conference calls, share your location with friends and share photos. It is the perfect tool for getting all your friends together for New Year’s Eve and sharing the experience without hindering your mobility.

A blood alcohol calculator such as AlcoDroid or DrinkTracker provide a useful measure of how much you’ve had and when you’ve had too much, ensuring that you don’t party too hard and end up ruining your evening.

Apps for Organising the New Year

After successfully bringing in 2012, its time to get yourself organised. You’re not going to reach any of your year’s goals without a game plan. Luckily, once again, technology is here to help you.

The following are must-have apps for personal organisation:

  • Mint and Pageonce: : Personal finance can be a nightmare. Mint and Pageonce make it easy for you. Mint is a comprehensive finance management application, assisting with budgeting and consolidated account oversight. It helps you keep control of your finances and save money. Pageonce is a handy all-in-one bill payment application, allowing you to manage online monthly payments conveniently from a single platform.
  • Requall: Reqall is the ultimate “to-do list”. The app lets you capture reminder notes and resources in multiple formats, organises data according to tags, categories and locations and reminds you to use what you’ve captured when you need to.
  • Timr: The ultimate efficiency app, Timr is simple yet powerful. It is a platform that enables you to track and log your every waking moment, to maximise efficacy and ensure accurate billing and time management.

Apps for Looking Good in the New Year

With the help of all these great apps, you should be well on the way to an unforgettable 2012. The last thing you’ll need is a way to keep track of your watershed year and share it with others. Handily, we have just the thing for that – Path

Let others see how technology will make 2012 spectacular.