Cool Product of the Day

Wine is a passionate hobby for millions of people all over the world.  Wine tastings and winery tours draw huge numbers every year.  Now, a cool product uses mobile technology to cater to the passionate wine enthusiast community.  Vivino is a mobile app available on both Android and Apple devices that allows users to discover, review and share information about all the wines they try.  Vivino contains a giant database of available wines for people to access the details about at any time.  Users can look up different wines and learn not only where it comes from, its flavor profile, and where one can buy it, but also what other wine drinkers think of it.  Vivino lets people leave starred reviews of thousands of different wines and share their opinions of the products.  People can favorite specific reviews and even follow users that have similar tastes to them.  When people become friends on Vivino, they each receive updates when the other user reviews a new wine.  Enthusiasts can find new wines to try out, or even avoid, based on the tastes of their Vivino friends.  Anyone who has trouble while downloading Vivino from the App Store or the Play Store will need to get Android support or Apple tech support to help. Read more »

While the Internet has made it possible to create new radio stations outside of the traditional radio industry, doing so is not usually a simple or easy process.  Stations still need to have constant audio content, whether it’s talk radio or music. Scheduling and recording that audio content still takes up an immense amount of time and effort.  Cool product Radiojar helps people create and manage Internet radio stations with far less difficulty and hassle.  Whereas Internet disc jockeys would otherwise have to spend lots of money on professional software in order to manage their station, Radiojar allows people to do so through their cloud technology.  Read more »

Over time, many people’s grocery shopping become repetitive, and they end up eating the same meals over and over again.  Some may want to expand their palettes but due to budgetary issues or a lack of ideas for new recipes, they remain stuck in the same pattern.  Cool product Kitchin wants to help these people find ways to change up their usual meals without forcing them to change their shopping habits.  Kitchin uses the groceries a person buys to search the web and find new and unique recipes that someone can use with those ingredients.  Users download the Kitchin app, take pictures of their grocery receipts with their smartphones and receive recipe suggestions directly through their phone.  Kitchin uses image recognition technology to recognize what food items are on someone’s receipt.  Kitchin then crosschecks those ingredients against a large database of potential recipes to find new possibilities for the app’s users.  Of course, any users who experience trouble using their mobile cameras should find a smartphone computer repair service before trying the Kitchin app. Read more »

It’s becoming more and more difficult to separate yourself from the pack with a video chatting product when Microsoft’s Skype, Google’s Hangouts, and Apple’s FaceTime provide stiff competition.  However, cool product Oovoo is giving users plenty of extra features that distinguish it from the rest of the pack.  Unlike the competition from major corporations, Oovoo offers customers not just chatting but also video recording and uploading tools.  Any users who want to record video podcasts or post video blogs on social media sites don’t have to use any outside programs when making calls on Oovoo.  People can record video calls directly through Oovoo saving them time and effort.  Given the rise of independent video blogs and media on the web, Oovoo is likely appealing to video bloggers and content creators due to this feature.  This cool product even lets users upload directly to YouTube through the software without even having to open a web browser.  People will have to link their YouTube accounts to Oovoo to take advantage of this feature.  Anyone who has difficulty linking their video account to Oovoo will need to find an online computer support service to help them. Read more »

Many restaurants invest in large complicated websites, but many owners don’t realize that the time and money spent on these sites doesn’t always translate into value for their business.  For one, many of the complicated websites that restaurants make aren’t mobile ready, leading to problems for customers who access the site on their smartphones or tablets.  Another issue is that many establishments don’t realize that the vast majority of customers only visit their websites for a few key pieces of information. Simplicity is often more useful in a site’s design than complexity that inconveniences users.  Cool product in technology Cilantro aims to help restaurants by providing them a more effective web presence using one-page sites.  Cilantro lets companies design a simple site that provides all the necessary information for their potential customers, such as location, menu and hours, without the extra clutter that creates inconvenience for users.  Cilantro makes sure that all the designs that restaurants can create with their service will work well on tablets and smartphones as well.  Companies that experience trouble with their Cilantro sites on mobile devices should seek a mobile IT support specialist. Read more »

Subscription services seem to be becoming the new norm for entertainment.  Netflix has changed the television world with their streaming service model and Spotify has made a huge impact applying the same concepts to music.  Now, there is a cool product that wants to shift this model to yet another area.  Bardowl provides users unlimited access to streaming audiobooks using a month-to-month subscription model.  The company focuses entirely on a mobile-based subscription for the time being, providing the app on iPhones, iPads, and iPods to start.  A mobile-first approach is likely the right one given the immense growth of the mobile market over the last several years, especially in the area of entertainment.  People already frequently download audiobooks from Amazon and Apple for use on their mobile devices, so believing they would use primarily use a mobile subscription service to listen to them is not much of a stretch.  Users who experience any trouble listening to books through the Bardowl app should seek out a mobile tech support company for assistance with the issue. Read more »

Apartment hunting, especially in larger cities, is often one of the most frustrating and difficult aspects if moving somewhere new.  There are many directory sites for people to sift through when looking for places to live, but these sites are often less than helpful.  Apartment postings on most directories don’t disappear once someone rents a vacant space.  This issue creates situations where people end up calling countless buildings asking about apartments that aren’t even available.  Beyond that, most directories don’t offer full details on different apartment buildings.  Many places surprise apartment hunters with hidden move-in fees.  Other buildings don’t list what amenities are available to tenants in their advertisements.  The lack of clarity in these listings cost people immense amounts of time in their searches. Apartment seekers track down and contact many places that are dead ends.  Cool product Apartable wants to be a force for positive change in these situations and help renters get complete, accurate, and real-time information about apartment availability.  Apartable’s site provides dynamic apartment listings that update in real-time when a place becomes unavailable.  Anyone who has issues trying to work the Apartable website to access these dynamic listings should immediately contact a professional for remote computer support. Read more »

Many high school and college students have experienced that moment of panic where they sit down to write their final paper and draw a sudden blank on how to approach it.  Many times primary sources and notes don’t seem to help and the student just can’t figure out how to structure their argument or tackle the necessary issues.  Cool product WriteWork wants to help students overcome this moment of panic by offering them the chance to see how others before them have attacked similar topics.  WriteWork is an online resource that offers students a database of over 120,000 sample essays covering a range of topics for students to use as resources and inspiration in their own essays.  Read more »

Creating legal documents and contracts is a long and tedious process when done manually.  For companies that have to make hundreds or even thousands of these documents a year, the process can waste significant amounts of time that they would rather spend in other areas of business.  Tech company Exari has developed a cool product that helps automate the creation of legal contracts for business use. Exari’s software aims to help companies save time and focus on other operations besides tedious document creation.  Exari is trying to make the creation of legal contracts and other documents a non-issue for businesses by reducing a complicated process into just a bit of data entry.  Using this cool product, businesses don’t always have to have legally trained staff available to create documents. Exari aims for even average employees to be able to use their software.  This company makes their legal document creation products available through the web via a cloud-based system.  Any companies that have trouble accessing the system from their network should get in touch with a business IT support provider for assistance. Read more »

Missing a bill and ending up responsible for late fees is one of the most frustrating things a person can experience.  Unfortunately, it is far from an uncommon occurrence, especially when people juggle so many online bills, credit cards, and even multiple bank accounts.  Keeping track of all of one’s payments and personal finances isn’t always simple and mistakes happen.  Cool product in technology Check wants to help people avoid making those mistakes altogether.  Check is a smartphone and tablet application that connects to all your credit cards and bank accounts and automatically notifies you of payment issues before they happen.  Users enter what bills they have to pay each month into the app and Check lets them schedule when to pay what bill out of what accounts.  Check notifies people whenever there is an upcoming bill and whenever funds in a specific account become too low.  Consumers only set Check up on their phones or tablets once and then it automatically keeps them up to date.  Mobile PC support is available to any customers who experience problems downloading the app. Read more »