Create Narrated Slideshows with Narrable
Posted on November 9th, 2015 by RESCUECOM
Education is about more than lectures, cold facts, and standardized testing. Ideally, a good education will form critical thinking skills, giving children something to draw from and develop for the rest of their lives rather than mere information to pass a test and forget. Narrable is an education app designed with this in mind. It helps students crate a brief audio slideshow with narration and/or music as well as visual effects starting with uploaded photos. Read more »
There is no shortage of websites and apps dedicated to arranging travel, whether on a very basic level or involving every step in the process. Until recently, however, there were very few, if any, dedicated to arranging travel packages specifically geared toward sports fans for specific sporting events. Fandeavor is a service that does exactly that, providing what its creators guarantee to be a trouble-free solution for easy sports fan travel packages and VIP game day experiences. While users can use the website to simply buy tickets to any number of games in any sport nationwide, Fandeavor focuses on providing a customized selection of sports experiences to complement games in a way other websites and services do not. 
The medical field is one of the most important areas to which we can apply the latest technological advancements and innovations. It is no surprise, then, that along with the utilization of newer technologies in hospitals, clinics, and other medical businesses, we now also have a variety of medically focused apps for personal use. These range from those that can help us monitor pulse, breathing, and other statistics to those that provide medical advice on the spot and much more. HealthID is an app with a focus on personal health that provides individuals with an easy platform they can use to manage, track, and share every aspects of their health. Rather than focusing on one specific area such as monitoring, scheduling a doctor’s visit, or alerts, it brings all aspects of one’s health together in one place. It also is not limited to patients, but offers services to pharmacies and caretakers as well. 
It can be difficult when shopping online to find the deal you want or to be able to sell your own goods in a way that is completely safe. Even on a trusted site like eBay, you face many potential scams as either a buyer or a seller, and PayPal made many changes over the years after losing millions of dollars to fraud. Nonetheless, the online market is a lucrative and worthwhile venture with great potential. Fortunately for those who buy and sell online, there is Addoway, a service that helps you to utilize the online marketplace without fear. It works to reduce fraud and make the marketplace experience more secure for buyers and sellers by allowing them to buy/sell from friends or other sources proven by social media. 
Whether you are part of a group splitting a check after dining out or splitting the utilities bill with roommates, there is more to sharing costs than simply calculating them. Splitwise is an app that not only calculates each person’s part of a split bill, but also helps you manage every one with a simple record and then pay these costs through PayPal. It helps you and your friends or family keep track of shared bills regardless of the types of expenses so that if friends owe you money or vice-versa, you can easily settle it directly from within the app or via the website. If a debt goes unpaid for too long, it also provides an e-mail reminder feature that you can use to remind those who have not yet paid you back. 
Most experts agree that all mathematical and scientific education will one day take place exclusively online. Currently, despite the glut of tech devices we use both in our personal lives and in the classroom, students and teachers continue to use rudimentary supplies for school and beyond. FastFig is a solution developed to provide the math, science, and engineering fields with the best platform possible for education and exploration. In many cases, we give creators, scientists, and engineers or those studying these fields pencils, paper, and outdated calculators rather than the most advanced technology to realize and expand upon ideas and knowledge. FastFig is a startup that seeks to offer fully functional system for math on the Internet. As a free Computer Algebra System (also called CAS), it makes math, no matter how difficult or complication an equation, easy to learn, type, and edit. 
Travel is a hobby that millions of people around the world enjoy, and many companies have online services, mobile apps, and other uses of technology to address all that it entails. These services include everything from booking vehicles and hotels to offering discounts for tourists and sightseers to helping you discover and find where you want to go. Touristlink combines the best elements of various travel services in one place with a focus on the social aspect. It is a website that its creators tout as the social network for travelers, connecting them with locals anywhere they want to go. It also provides many benefits to help people create the perfect trip and allows users to meet others, discover new destinations, and connect with experts beforehand. 
One of the most challenging things to do in any large city and even many smaller ones is to find parking near the places you want or need to be. This is especially true of large event venues, particularly when a major gather such as a conference, convention, or sporting event is taking place. Very few people are exempt from the difficulty of finding parking near where they desire to be, whether residents or visitors to a given city. XOOM Park is an app that looks to address the parking problem. There are some services and apps that allow you to find what parking may be available, but what about situations in which there is only paid parking? This is where the app comes in, offering parking options that would not otherwise be available. 
As an educator, finding the right teaching opportunity can be a difficult process. In order to be most effective, a teacher’s skills and values need to match with the educational needs and principles of a school. Beyond that, each one has a different set of skills, educational philosophy, and abilities that allow them to bring unique worth to schools. There are many job placement services and websites, but few that cater specifically to the field of education in a helpful way. Fortunately, there is Haystack EDU, a service that its founders call a cross between LinkedIn and Match.com for teachers. It serves as a talent hub for teachers and schools that combines the importance of investing in people and the promise of achievement through technology. It works on the belief that teachers are professionals, and one way to treat them as such is to provide them the opportunity to distinguish themselves and to find the best possible opportunities. 
Vending machines are a good source of income, and they remain popular in schools and businesses of all kinds. The progress of technology allows for even more income from these machines, and this is where a product called VendScreen comes in. These advanced vending machines comes equipped with interactive touch screens and cashless payment options and are thus much more effective and customer-friendly than older models. Not everyone carries cash at all times, and even then, some may not have much and must limit their purchases. VendScreen not only allows for larger purchases from such customers as those with limited cash, but also offers valuable content that engages and attracts people with information not available on traditional models.