Computer Support Blog

One of the biggest steps in planning a major life event such as a wedding or a baby shower is the gift registry. Going through the process of creating a registry can be long and often stressful, as can searching through the many potential items in order to find the perfect gift. It is particularly difficult when someone creates a variety of registries for several different stores. AmazingRegistry expands on the traditional bridal or baby shower registry by combining every aspect of the process to be much simpler and more accessible. Read more »

Often the most difficult task of a hiring manager is the long and arduous recruitment process of a prospective job candidate. Frequently it turns out that, while many apply for a given position, only very few are legitimately qualified. Talentsquare’s developers created their product as a way to make the process a great deal easier and faster. In their words, it is “a platform where hiring managers can easily explore, test and implement a better recruitment process in a few clicks.” One can see how useful a tool this could be when there are so many job seekers, particularly when a job needs filling as quickly as possible. Read more »

Whether due to a last minute emergency, indecision, or unfulfilled claims of financial support, many have faced the burden of having to pay most or all of the money others had claimed they would contribute when attempting to raise funds for a group event. Often there are non-refundable reservation or cancellation fees for a particular event or use of a venue. Sometimes, if one or more people pull out too close to the time of the reservation, the full fee is required. Evenstir’s developers have created a solution to this dilemma. Read more »

Our social media serves many purposes, from business applications to maintaining relationships to personal entertainment. A new product from Riffsy expands on the personal entertainment and communication aspects of social media by allowing you to share GIFs and videos right from your keyboard. The app’s developers tout it as the easiest way to share GIFs everywhere, permitting users to instantly share to all their favorite messaging services with one tap. It is simple to share media as a GIF or a video, or simply post the link itself. There are millions of GIFs to search from in order to find the best one for users to express themselves. It is not limited to the image itself; it can include audio as well. This is a useful app in general for people who enjoy the aspect of expression that media can offer rather than static, traditional communication. Read more »

The advent of the Internet brought an unprecedented ability to communicate and socialize like never before, often with people we would never have met otherwise. The desire to connect with those close to us and the intrigue of building connections with others led to the birth of social media, and it has grown to immense proportions. As such, it is one of the leading focuses of developing technologies. While many products focus on meeting new people and creating relationships, SocialRadar takes the more practical first step of building relationships with those you already know. It is an app that lets you see who among those within your social networks is nearby wherever you go. The main purpose of the product, according to developers, is to take the amount of online information and make it useful in the physical world in order to create a better-connected society. Read more »

Email was one of the first programs ever created for mass consumer use when the Internet became available to everyone. It started simply, and over the course of time has gained a variety of different functions depending on the provider. The developers of PowerInbox designed it as a way to make more out of email for retailers and their customers. What the product does is offer a means for users to interact with their favorite web services from within their email. For example, you can like, reply, and comment on posts from social media without having to open another window and visit the website. The company also offers retail-friendly components that could help businesses by allowing marketers to customize emails with interactive features of their own. Read more »

Anyone who travels on a regular basis has faced the issue of downtime due to delayed or stopped flights, among other reasons. This can lead to a great deal of boredom and frustration that can sometimes last for several hours. The intent behind the Flyinstyle mobile application is to create new opportunities for travelers to connect with airport merchants in order to find retail, dining and service promotions. This way, stores located in airports can receive the benefit of capturing sales that they might otherwise miss. What it essentially does is turn time typically used uneventfully and unproductively into time better spent for travelers, while presenting the retail industry with new opportunities for promotion and engagement of customers. Read more »

Perhaps the greatest difficulty in being a project manager is keeping track of resources, time and work done as effectively and thoroughly as necessary. Cobaltpm exists to provide everything you need to keep a project under control. Beginning with planning, the app helps you along the way with task and resource management, time tracking, document sharing, and detailed as well as timely reporting. Cobaltpm keeps everything organized so that you can always maintain control and know how your project is progressing from start to finish. Read more »

The final and most important stage of any business transaction is the billing process, and this is where Bill4time comes in. Bill4time’s developers advertise it as your complete time billing solution. The website and its app make it easy to track time and expenses, project management, document storage, accounting tasks such as invoicing, and more. There are many different steps to finalizing a transaction, and Bill4time works to simplify and speed up each of them. Read more »

One of the most convenient aspects of the progression of technology through the Internet is online banking on smartphones and tablets, which continues advancing to include a broader range of functions. Byndl is a service that allows companies to help users take further advantage of the possibility of making purchases through their mobile tech devices. The reason it is unique among mobile apps is that it applies to a market that few others have yet explored in this way: vending machine services. Read more »