Work smarter-not harder. We've all heard the expression. This is especially true for meeting and event planners who have a million little things to think of and get done in a timely manner. But it doesn't matter if you're an event planner, a speaker at a conference, an exhibitor at a convention, or someone attending a meeting. We all want to be more efficient with how we spend our time.

This is one of the reasons why we use smart devices and apps; they make things more convenient for us. Apps are fun to use, sure, but they're also time savers. This may be why utility/productivity apps grew 149% last year. We want to be more efficient and productive, so we use apps to help us do everyday tasks faster.

While you and I might use our iPhones to be more efficient, are we actually using them efficiently? In the interest of knowing more about the tech I use every day, I researched and tested out these five iPhone tips: