Cool Product of the Day

Many people are amateur filmmakers, and it seems just about everybody is creating and posting videos online.  For serious movie-making ventures with more professional implications, there are many obstacles to hinder the completion of a film project.  Costs can be high, licensing and copyrighting your work can take a great deal of time and effort, and every step from beginning to end must usually be done through several different agencies.  Enter Nimia, which looks to change the way you manage the creation of your video from management to licensing to distribution and everything in between. Read more »

Too often, workplaces operate in a way that makes them undesirable places of employment for a number of reasons. Workplace tensions, poor relationships between coworkers and management, and lack of engagement can lead to disloyalty and apathy. These in turn lead to high employee turnover and loss of profit. The intent behind Zealyst is threefold, according to its designers. Firstly, it works to strengthen relationships between employees. Secondly, it improves the office “culture,” making it a healthier environment for everyone to work in. Thirdly, it increases employee retention as a natural result of their office being a better atmosphere and a place they are more likely to want to remain. Read more »

There are plenty of places online where you can keep up with your favorite sports teams and find out the latest scores and sports news. From each club’s own official website, to its social media pages, to the thousands upon thousands of sites created by fans, there seems to be no end of web pages you can view in order to get up-to-date information on the teams you follow. Fanzo changes things in a number of innovative ways to make the fan experience even more enjoyable and to engage users in competitive fun on an international scale. Read more »

There is an abundance of apps that help people search online through the huge number of cafes, diners, and every other imaginable type of eatery. What these apps do not typically address, or most often address poorly or incompletely, is how to find a restaurant that can cater to an individual’s particular dietary concerns. These can be allergies, religious or conscientious restrictions, or limitations for health reasons. The daily challenge of finding eating options for someone with a food restriction can be a difficult one. Enter Eatfindr, which is improving upon existing technology to help people find precise and helpful reviews with criteria specific to food sensitivities. Read more »

When it comes to business, advertising may be the most important method utilized to spread knowledge of your company and its products and, in turn, typically generates the majority of your sales. With the progression of technology, it is essentially necessary for advertising to involve multimedia presentation in order to garner the most attention. Traditional advertising does not grab a potential customer’s interest the way that it used to, and it is important to connect with people when attempting to sell a product. Shakr exists to make creating a video ad for your business extremely fast and easy, and just as efficient to edit it to fit your particular needs and post on various social media and video websites. Thanks to Shakr, you can have great video ads for your company prepared and ready to go within just a few minutes. Read more »

There are many websites and mobile apps that reward users for shopping, but Affinity.IS is much more. The premise of the app is that shopping has always been a game, but now it is one users can win. Its developers advertise it as a so-called “Influencing System,” claiming that it provides new technology in order to help businesses attract more customers by having celebrities reward those same customers for shopping with them. It does not stop there, though; it connects its users with sports teams, local retailers, and even social causes and charities who can all, in turn, aid each other. Read more »

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 »