CloudTags are the Next Stage of Retail
Much of the technological innovation that makes life easier does so through its application to retail and improving the connection between buyers and sellers. Utilized in a number of different ways, technology has completely changed the way people do business. CloudTags is a new startup that looks to take advantage of tech in retail and improve upon it in a unique way.
It does this by linking retailers and customers in both online and offline shopping to create a so-called “connected store” using a combination of smart tags, sensors and devices. This helps retailers to create more effective solutions for customer issues and increase customers’ overall satisfaction with the shopping experience. It is a step forward in mobile technology that makes shopping, whether at home or in-store, faster and easier than ever before. Read more »
Someone has taken advantage of the latest tech and applied it to just about every sport and hobby imaginable, and bowling is no exception. While it may have taken some time compared to bigger money-makers, more televised, and more generally popular sports, an app called Action Bowling from tech startup Rolltech is making a way for users to get the most from their bowling. There is both a competitive and social aspect to the app, and the many things it lets you do include letting you track your scores and stats, challenge a community of global bowlers, and connect with friends. You can use it to work toward improving your own game as well as connecting with others about your shared hobby. 
The beginning of a new school year is upon us once again, meaning you need to make some very important choices, including purchasing the computer or tablet you think will ensure the most success in school for yourself or your child. Whether you are going off to your first year of college, in high school, or the parent of a school-aged child, you want to be able to rely on your technology for the entirety of the school year and beyond. 
Most people who have questions browsing a website attempt to find the answer through trial and error, resorting to searching the Internet when they cannot find it. The FAQ section on most websites is rarely helpful, and the map on how to navigate the site is usually isolated from the site itself. It is often difficult to find what you want to know where it would make sense to be, and this is a dilemma a startup called AnswerDash hopes to resolve. Essentially, it has produced a question-and-answer technology that a company can embed within its website, allowing users to find answers more easily, while clients gain insights into their users’ behaviors and can adapt customer support accordingly. 
Newsletters and flyers have long been a trusted and widely used method of getting news out locally, and it is even more effective through use of the Internet. People can now put together an engaging, eye-catching notice in a way that gathers much more of an audience than canvassing neighborhoods instantly, particularly through social media. Smore is a startup that works to make the creation and online distribution of flyers and newsletters easier while ensuring a larger audience. Its developers tout it as a means of taking promotional material to the next level with built-in tools that make spreading your message fast and effective. It also boasts a simple, user-friendly format that enables anyone to create something that looks professional with little to no design experience. 
Presentation is a key aspect of marketing, one of the most important elements in keeping a company relevant and increasing public interest in it. Content marketing, a marketing strategy that focuses on creating and distributing effective, relevant, and consistent content to attract potential customers, has always been a major focus in drawing them, and this is where a startup called Visual.ly aims to help. Not only is content marketing more important than ever to help companies stand out among innumerable competition, especially in the online marketplace, but it has also been growing very rapidly over the last decade in particular. Visual.ly helps by, in its creators’ words, simplifying the production and distribution of visual content. 
The Internet makes shopping online faster and easier along with the added convenience of being able to do so anywhere at any time. It also provides an opportunity, particularly with the advent of smartphones and apps, to improve and combine services of all kinds. Postmates is a startup that works to do just that with the delivery of the goods you purchase online. While there are plenty of online retailers that offer various shipping services, bike courier apps and services, and personal delivery options, as well as massive companies like Amazon offering quick on-demand delivery, Postmates distinguishes itself as a unique app in two ways. Firstly, it allows users to receive delivery of anything from anywhere. It is not merely for retail or any one segment of the market, but offers delivery of anything from fast food to clothing to groceries and anything else from any retailer. Secondly, it now offers an unlimited monthly subscription allowing users to get anything and everything they want delivered quickly from anywhere whenever they want. 
The online marketplace has been growing as the ideal means for individuals as well as companies to buy and sell for years. More recently, it has also become a great way to rent, particularly through services such as Trulia and Zillow, and Airbnb. While these companies prove how fruitful online rental can be, they service the particular need for home and apartment rentals, but car rental has been a trickier thing to manage. Now, however, a startup called Getaround has emerged to help make online vehicle rental easy, practical, and convenient. While people have been able to use apps like Uber and Lyft for some time now in order to make money from their cars or, conversely, easily and quickly get a ride when they need one, only the typical rental agency options have been available for vehicles until now. 
Do you know what to do when a virus attacks your computer? Do you know why your laptop won’t boot up or your phone refuses to turn on at all? It is an unfortunate fact that everything we own wears down over time, but RESCUECOM is here to provide all the information you need to face your technology problems without fear and get the best performance from every tech device. 
Retailers will do just about anything they can to be able to most effectively engage customers, and these customers are constantly seeking a better shopping experience. Point Inside is a startup that seeks to help shoppers with their retail experience while utilizing that experience to aid retailers as well. As its creators describe it, it is an app helps mobile shoppers search, plan, and complete their in-store shopping trips with digital in-store product location solutions. In doing so, it helps businesses better engage shoppers and encourages them to continue shopping in the future as recurring customers.