Hullabalu Stimulates your Child’s Creativity
One thing technology has given us, particularly devices like tablets, is a new and more effective way to keep children entertained. It allows parents to do more than simply sit children down to stare at a TV screen, providing for more educational, thoughtful, and interactive entertainment. Many apps offer such a service, but one called Hullabalu offers a new take on children’s storytelling. Rather than providing digital books containing interactive segments, something very common in mobile apps for children, the app itself is the story, which progresses as children engage with the magical world it introduces. It introduces your child to a purple panda bear called Pan, a strong female character who has adventures alongside a cast of other characters. It is not strictly educational in nature, as many children’s apps are, meaning it is not curriculum-based. That said, it does teach logical thinking in the sense that actions have consequences, and it offers some text at the bottom of the screens. The purpose of the app is less about learning to read and more about sparking a child’s creativity and imagination. Read more »
Paper forms are not the safest means of storing and accessing children’s health records since they can and often do get lost, and a school fire or other disaster can destroy them. Technology now allows us to store files digitally, where we can create backup and, in the case of children’s files, share them with schools, camps, daycares, and doctors. CareDox is a startup that seeks to do just that. In its creators’ words, it is a care coordination platform for parents and schools that automates and streamlines information collection and access to improve child safety. It is a system that makes it easy for parents and schools to manage and share medical information. CareDox works in the cloud to allow users access anytime, anywhere, delivered through any web browser so that there is no download of any kind or software to install. 
Privacy online is an issue concerning everyone, but one that some do not understand how to handle. We share a great deal of information over the Internet, and we access very private data such as bank account on computers and mobile devices. It is extremely important for everyone to employ effective security measures to ensure their information is not stolen and misused, and while many people believe that there is no issue of safety when texting, sending images, or even listening to voicemail from their phones, this is not always the case. Now, an app called Surespot ensures that every message sent to or received by your phone is secure. It is a secure mobile messaging app that uses its own powerful encryption to keep each text, image and voice message completely private. 
Marketing has always been one of the most important aspects of business, and it is a part of it that must keep up with technological advancements in order for a company to remain successful. With almost everyone online, brands must target interactive marketing of their products or services using digital technologies to most effectively reach people and convert into customers. Overall, digital marketing is simply a better way to effect promotion and increase sales than traditional marketing techniques. Instant E-Training is a digital marketing training provider with an online library of training videos, web conferences, and certification programs. Its goal is to provide training to help adult professionals acquire new skills in social media, SEO (Search Engine Optimization), content marketing, web analytics, Pay-Per-Click, inbound marketing, and other vital skills. 
Most students struggle with the task of organizing their class assignments and simultaneously keeping track of due dates for any number of assignments. Having a student planner is a very old concept, but students can easily forget papers or folders, leaving them at school, at home, or any number of places they go throughout the day. This is where Schooltraq, a startup built for students to help track classes, assignments, and due dates on a single dashboard, can help. An academic planner for students, it helps them track homework more efficiently and see it at a glance, add assignments at any time, and more. It employs a simple-to-use interface and syncs between a smartphone and any number of other tech devices. 
Just about everyone knows how popular and useful apps are for both business and fun, and apps of all kinds are becoming more widely used by the day thanks to the proliferation of mobile devices. When it comes to business, though, you need someone to help you build an app in order to get the results you want, and Appnotch is a startup that serves as a custom app builder with a few advantages over the competition. Most businesses have a website, and Appnotch offers free conversions from a website to a mobile app. It also features an easy user interface and costs relatively little to publish your app and use all the tools it offers. Beyond that, it offers integration into your phone’s other apps and services, such as maps, directions, and the “push-to-call” feature, as well as linking to your tech devices media and your social networks. Conveniently, when integrated, any updates you make to your website automatically apply to your app. 
Customer loyalty and rewards programs area driving force in helping businesses gain new customers and make a larger number of them repeat customers. It is a growing trend among retailers that has seen huge growth with help from apps and services tailored specifically to help them provide incentives to continue shopping. It is even more effective when paired with social media, as almost everyone is on at least one, if not several, social networks. Popdeem is a startup that combines loyalty rewards with social media to make incentivizing business even more effective. It works, in its developers’ words, to “amplify brand moments,” helping retailers drive engagement by rewarding their customers for sharing specific actions on social networks. 
It is far easier for a business to succeed when it keeps up with the technology that makes things faster and easier, and doing so also helps to better meet consumer needs and expectations. One of the most innovative technological advancements is the cloud, providing the ability to store services and data online and quickly access them from any tech device at any time. For businesses that want to get the most out of the technology that can help them stay organized and connected while improving consumer experience, Spindle is a helpful resource. It offers what some call “unified commerce,” connecting every vital aspect of business operations through a single cloud service in order to elevate the consumer experience. 
While Cricket is not one of the more popular sports in the U.S., there is growing interest, and it is second in popularity worldwide. In fact, its huge fan base across the U.K., Australia, India and Pakistan in particular, and many other countries puts it second behind only football (what Americans refer to as soccer). Thus, it is something of a surprise that so few sports apps available cater to fans of cricket. Cricbuzz is an app for just about any mobile device as well as the Google Chrome browser that serves to solve this problem. Many sports apps will provide up-to-date scores, news, photos and videos, and Cricbuzz does the same for cricket fans while offering features that allow fans of this popular sport wherever they are to get a bit more than the typical sports app. 
Nobody likes paying bills, but it is an unfortunate necessity and a part of everyday life. Unfortunately, here are not always multiple options afforded to us to make them easier to pay, and it is often a rigidly structured system. Now, there is an app, simply and appropriately called SettlementApp, that seeks to ease the burden of figuring out and making payments. It is an app that allows retailers and collection agencies to create flexible settlement options for clients in a matter of minutes. Ultimately, it makes it easy for businesses to create and send out payment options to their consumers. Most agencies rely on costly and outdated methods for payments, such as sending letters in the mail, and many businesses still do not accept payments online. SettlementApp helps people pay their bills more easily while helping businesses with the consumers who respond with greater satisfaction and loyalty to those that offer flexible payment options.