Computer Support Blog

Unwanted emails are something that everybody deals with and that nobody wants.  Spam in people’s inboxes has been a serious problem since practically the inception of the Internet.  Spam and promotional email marketing has even changed with the times to get past spam filters and get into people’s digital mailboxes more often.  Companies use subscriptions now to load people’s mailboxes with advertisements legally.  People often accidentally sign up for these email subscriptions because they are bundled with other purchases and offers.  This unfortunate situation is why cool person in technology Henal Patel created the Unlistr mobile application in order to help people get unwanted promotional email out of their inboxes for good. Read more »

Most social networks dedicate their features to helping people communicate with others that they already know, or who live nearby.  Facebook connects people with friends and family and LinkedIn connects users with professional associates.  Geonick is a cool product on the Internet that takes a much different approach to social networking.  Geonick is a social network meant for travelers.  Its features, design and implementation all cater specifically to the needs of international travelers.  The designers of Geonick mean for it to help people connect with new people and experience new places rather than simply reinforce a person’s already established social groups.  Geonick takes advantages of things like mobile technology and GPS in order to focus on the mobility of the travelers and give people ways to use the social network while out experiencing the world.  Users who have broken smartphones or tablets will not be able to utilize Geonick to its fullest capabilities.  To use this cool product as its creators meant it to be, those with broken mobile devices should get mobile computer repair service. Read more »

“Going green” is becoming a more and more common goal for both big and small companies.  While the rhetoric around using alternatives to paper products usually revolves around environmental issues, there is a convenience aspect that comes with going paperless as well.  Many businesses find it easier to have all files and receipts stored on a hard drive rather than in a large, space-consuming file cabinet.

Paperhater is a cool product that wants to help businesses achieve this goal of paperless operations.  Rather than deal with stacks of paper and physical receipts for every transaction a business makes, Paperhater creates a system where a business collects digital receipts rather than paper ones.  Paperhater connects to both a company’s POS system and its printers and converts every sale into a digital receipt.  Each receipt is accessible through Paperhater’s web app.  Paperhater stores and encrypts receipt data in the cloud so businesses can access the information securely from any device.  Businesses that need employees to access sales information across multiple devices may want solid office tech support in order to avoid any complications or issues.  Read more »

Actors, artists, and others who need to promote and market themselves on the web all use social media as a key way to get others to notice them.  One of the major obstacles of promoting oneself on social media is a lot more obvious than many people expect—having people see what your post.  Even if someone has a substantial following on sites like Facebook and Twitter, it can be a challenge to maximize the number of followers that see a post.  Buffer CEO Joel Gascoigne is a cool person in technology who has created a product that can help with this particular problem.  Buffer is a service that helps people who need their social media posts seen by as many people as possible.  With Buffer, users can submit their social networking posts and Gascoigne’s product will post them at the most optimum times so that as many people see each post as possible.  Buffer lets users manage multiple accounts on social media through their service so they can manage all of their content in one place.  Computer tech support service may be helpful for anyone that hasn’t managed social media accounts through a third-party service before.  Read more »

The job market has not exactly been thriving over the last several years, and this has led to major difficulty for many recent college graduates.  Jobs are not only harder to come by in general, but the ones that are available are often hard to find as well.

Gradseek is a cool product that wants to help both new members of the job market and businesses with open entry-level positions handle this tough situation.  With fewer jobs to go around, many companies require more experience even for lower positions when a job opens.  This shift has left many recent grads stuck and unable to apply for positions that would normally be a good fit for people.  Gradseek believes that companies might be better off using recent graduates as a resource that they can tap for talented individuals that can benefit a company regardless of experience.  Gradseek lets students put themselves out there with complete and robust profiles for potential employers to sift through when they’re looking for employees.  Gradseek believes that if they present businesses with complete profiles of recent graduates, companies will be able to find the best people for open positions within the ranks of those graduates.  The company believes this trend will hold true in all industries, from fashion marketing to office computer repair. Read more »

College textbooks are rising in price faster than college tuition, which itself is outpacing inflation.  Over the last thirty years, college textbook prices have increased by 812%.  This fact means that current college students should take every chance they can get to save money on buying books each semester.  Cool person in technology David Miller founded SlugBooks to help students in their quest for the best and lowest prices on their textbooks.  Many universities overcharge for textbooks in their bookstores because they know most students don’t have the time and information necessary to find better prices online or elsewhere.  Miller’s company SlugBooks takes the difficulty and time-consumption of textbook price hunting away with its online tools for finding good textbook prices.  Miller’s website lets students find the textbooks necessary for their classes and then searches the web to find the best deals available on those books.  Miller’s goal is to make it easy for students to find cheaper prices and spend the least amount possible on textbooks to help them save money for the semester but still got all the books that they need.  Whether someone is taking a class in Advanced Network Services or in Political Science 101, SlugBooks can help them find inexpensive alternatives to getting the necessary textbooks. Read more »

Video content on the web is in abundance these days thanks to user-generated content on sites like YouTube and DailyMotion.  While there is much high quality entertainment available on these sites, there is still a lack of high quality How-to video on the web.  Even for subjects where there is a significant amount of videos, such as home computer repair, the vast majority of content is low quality with bad sound, bad video and no production value.  There isn’t a convenient and free space for people to access high quality how-to videos made by experts on the Internet.  Cool product Grokker is changing that by building a large video database that exclusively contains expert how-to videos for anyone interested.  Read more »

Online reviews can often be a struggle for both small businesses and larger corporations.  All it takes is for one negative review to go viral and it can heavily affect a company’s reputation.  Mark Salsberry is the CEO of JetJaw and a cool person in technology that wants to help businesses deal with the problem of online reviews.  JetJaw uses a web-based platform for customer interaction and support that can work with any business providing a service.  When a company signs up for JetJaw, Salsberry’s platform becomes the main point of interaction between customers and the business.  If someone wants to share their experience or write a review about a company’s service, they must do so through the JetJaw platform.   Read more »

Networking in any professional field is often awkward, time consuming, and generally not people’s favorite thing.  Even at professional conferences and other events, there is no way to know what other people attending are actually in the same specific field as you or who might be helpful to connect with for mutually beneficial reasons.  This situation means that most people waste time trying to start conversations just to find out who might be worth networking with at all.  Fortunately, there is a cool product available on the web and for mobile that can potentially take away this awkward aspect of professional networking.  Airmatch connects people who can help each other professionally before they go to a conference or event in order to save them time and ensure they get a chance to speak to each other.  The team at Airmatch has programmed its system to match up people attending the same event automatically who could be a networking match.  Once Airmatch connects two people, it allows them to schedule appointments with each other during the professional event.  Those who have limited experience with technology and may need help using the Airmatch system should make sure they have a tech support provider available to help them. Read more »

While online shopping has become the norm for many people, many still prefer to shop in physical stores.  This is especially true for home-based products like furniture and decoration.  No matter how many pictures someone looks at online, seeing the physical product in person is always preferable when it’s going to be on display in one’s home.

Cool person in technology Alex Loizou has created a product that uses the resources of the web to help people who prefer to shop in the physical world.  Loizou’s product StreetHub has a database of items on sale in retail shops and boutiques.  Using GPS technology to cross-reference with this database, Loizou’s website connects users with nearby shops that carry the specific products and items they want.  This way, a user can browse through products online but still go out and purchase them from a physical store once they find what they want from the convenience of their home.  If someone is on Loizou’s site and sees a set of table and chairs they like, or any other product, that person can still go to the store and see it in person before buying.  StreetHub could be a godsend for anyone who has ever bought items online only for them to be very different than a shopping website represented them.  Since StreetHub uses Wi-Fi and GPS to determine location, someone who has a computer with these features broken may need home computer repair to use Loizou’s service. Read more »