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Social networking websites and apps have changed a lot about how people interact, both online and in the physical world.  People make their information readily available online through public profiles on many different sites.  Because of this reality, people can find out much more about those they meet as many details about a person are available in their numerous online profiles.  Social networking has also changed professional networking.  People use sites like LinkedIn to find potential business contacts that could be helpful to them and for investigating contacts they’ve already met at events like conferences.  However, this level of convenience isn’t enough for cool product in technology Highlight.  Highlight believes social networking can be easier still—automatic even.  With this cool product, people can connect with others just by walking by them on the street or being in the same building.  Highlight uses GPS technology within people’s smartphones to locate and identify people that users may want to connect with when they are nearby.  Anyone who has a malfunctioning GPS function in his or her mobile device will need smartphone computer repair before he or she is able to take advantage of Highlight. Read more »

Convenience is becoming a key aspect for many traditional retail stores.  As brick-and-mortar stores continually add online and mobile components to their business models, finding ways to make the retail experience easier for customers is essential.  Cool product in technology Curbside offers retail stores an opportunity to do exactly that by letting customers pick up their purchases as if they were going through a drive-through at a fast food joint.  Many retail companies have pick-up options where a customer can buy an item online and pick it up at a nearby store that day.  Curbside collaborates with these retail stores and aggregates all of the different stores’ services into one convenient mobile application.  By using Curbside, customers do not have to navigate through numerous websites to place individual orders for pickup at different stores.  Users can easily find items for pickup at many different stores and purchase them from within the app itself.  People can even do this when they are already out shopping since Curbside is a mobile application available on Android devices and iPhones.  Anyone who has issues while trying to download the app should find a mobile tech support provider for assistance. Read more »

Recently, RESCUECOM posted an article on this blog about new startup Review Trackers, which helps small businesses keep track of their online reviews and analyze them to adjust their strategies.  Since we posted our first article, RESCUECOM has had the chance to try out the Review Trackers software for ourselves and speak to the company’s founder, Chris Campbell, to gain further insight into the company’s product and history. Read more »

While going to the movie theater is a favorite pastime of couples and families looking for a night of fun, the price of doing so has driven many people away from movie theaters in recent years.  In many areas, going to see a movie while also purchasing popcorn and drinks can cost upwards of sixty dollars for a family of four.  The cinema is no longer an economical form of entertainment for many people.  The lack of attendance doesn’t help movie theaters stay in business either.  Cool product Dealflicks has a solution that can benefit all involved parties.  This cool product acts as a way for customers to get discounts on movies while also helping theaters fill seats that would otherwise remain empty.  Read more »

Learning music as a hobby can be a difficult task.  Mastering an instrument and learning new musical pieces takes a lot of time.  Many people have busy schedules and find that taking the time to practice their instruments is difficult unless they have constant access to new material and easy ways to learn it.  Cool product in technology Chromatik is an iPad and iPhone app that aims to help hobbyist musicians learn new songs daily.  Chromatik sends users a new piece of digital sheet music every day.  The app also provides several helpful learning tools to help people learn and play the music they receive.  Not only can amateur musicians easily read high quality sheet music off their mobile devices with Chromatik, but they can also use the built-in metronome and reference tracks that Chromatik provides to learn the music accurately and quickly. Read more »

One of the biggest problems with young people growing up and taking on more responsibility is that many of them do not know how to properly keep track of and manage their financial situation.  While some high schools teach basic personal finance to their students, many don’t and countless young people enter the world without the skills and mindset to handle their money responsibly.  Cool product in technology Osper wants to use a mobile app to help children and teenagers learn about personal financial responsibility.  Osper gives people between the ages of eight and eighteen access to a special pre-paid debit card with a specific allowance.  That debit card connects with the Osper mobile app, which is available on both iOS and Android.  Kids can use the app to check their balance and their purchase history.  With Osper on their phones or other mobile devices, these children and teenagers can learn how to keep track of their spending habits and adjust them appropriately to their situations.  Any families that have issues while trying to download this cool product may want to find out if they need mobile PC repair for their devices’ wireless receivers. Read more »

Finding time to study can occasionally be a serious problem for busy young people.  Students in elementary school and high school often do a lot of time-consuming extracurricular activities and finding significant time to keep up with their studies can be difficult.  One solution to this problem is the use of flashcards for quick studying when waiting somewhere or riding in a car or on public transit.  Many students carry flashcards that they create for their course material around in their bags and pull them out whenever they have a few free minutes.  Cool person in technology Becky Splitt wants to use technology to take this method even further.  With Splitt’s company StudyBlue, students create digital flash cards that they can access on their mobile devices at any time.  StudyBlue stores all digital flash cards in the cloud so students don’t have to worry about carrying around packs of index cards for different classes.  They can simply open their tablet or phone and start studying when on the go.  Splitt wants to give students the digital tools to find convenient ways to study no matter how busy they are during the week.  Any student struggling to access StudyBlue on their device might need tablet computer support or smartphone tech support. Read more »

Finding available public parking is extremely time consuming, especially in larger cities.  Many people know what it’s like to account for extra time when traveling due to uncertainty about if and when they will be able to find a parking space.  Public parking is very limited and demand is usually very high.  Cool product in technology Parko wants to be the solution to finding vacant parking spaces fast and simply.  Parko uses large amounts of crowdsourced data in order to track where there will be available parking spaces at any given time of day.  This cool product will direct people to where they have the best chance of finding an open space when driving into a city.  Parko generates a color-coded parking availability map to guide users to areas where parking is most likely available at any given time.  People don’t have to waste time driving around endlessly in circles when they can use Parko to determine the best place to look for parking when they need it.  Parko is available as a mobile app to users on iOS devices and anyone who has trouble downloading the app may need Apple tech support for his or her device. Read more »

Crowdfunding is one of the biggest innovations the web has provided to small startups and independent artists in recent years.  The biggest crowdfunding sites, such as Kickstarter and Indiegogo, support all types of crowdfunding campaigns, whether they be for a technology product, a video game, an independent film or even a theater production.  However, it is also very easy for projects to become lost on these larger sites. People aren’t just competing with others in their field for attention and support, but also projects in many other areas.  Cool product in technology Musicraiser is a crowdfunding site designed specifically for musicians.  By keeping the type of crowdfunding projects listed on the site limited to only music-related campaigns, Musicraiser gives individual artists and bands a better chance at achieving notice from fans.  Read more »

Apartment hunters have always had to be wary about the properties they visit when looking for a place to rent.  While somewhere may seem perfect on the surface, there are numerous cases of bad landlords and neighbors making life difficult for renters.  While once can evaluate the quality of a living space without much trouble, it’s not possible to judge a landlord or property management company after one or two meetings with them.  It’s also impossible to know if they people you live next to will respect your needs and preferences as a neighbor.  Cool person in technology Eric Wolfe is helping people avoid these problems with his company Swapt.  Swapt is a website where renters can review places to live in cities from across the United States.  In many ways, Wolfe’s service is essentially a Yelp!-style site for apartment buildings and rental properties.  Users can leave detailed reviews and rate the places that they have lived in order to help others make informed decisions about where they want to rent.  Anyone who experiences technical problems while going on this cool person’s site and trying to leave a review may require home tech support services. Read more »