Computer Support Blog

Electric light is such a basic aspect of everyday life that people generally take it for granted.  Light is a constant to most people in that they never question the way it fills their homes or the effect it can have on their moods.  However, cool product in technology LifX is making light in the home dynamic and giving users control of it.  With LifX, people can alter the color, brightness and quality of the light in their house with a few simple taps on their smartphones.  People can adjust their light to match their needs of whatever is happening in their homes at the time, whether it be work, relaxation or a party.  Any time someone wants a change, that person can simply open up the LifX app and adjust their light accordingly.  This cool product gives users access to over sixteen million colors, according to the LifX website.  Users can fine-tune the light in their homes to match their mood or to help change it, if they so wish.  Any users who have trouble adjusting their LifX light bulb with their smartphone may require smartphone computer support assistance.  Read more »

While resorts and luxury hotels are common destinations for people to spend their vacations, many families prefer to rent a residential home for the duration of their stay.  While fewer extra services are available when renting a property short-term for vacation purposes, houses often provide more space for big groups on longer trips.  Property owners in popular vacation destinations such as Cape Cod and Myrtle Beach rent their properties out frequently to vacationers who desire this type of situation.  However, finding short-term renters for a property can sometimes be difficulty for an owner.  Cool product in technology Dwellable can help with that issue.  Dwellable is a web and mobile-based vacation property rental listing site.  Those who own property at a vacation destination can list the available rental dates and prices for their property online using Dwellable.  This cool product provides those looking for a house to rent for their trip an easy, accessible platform with many options to choose from at any given time.  On Dwellable’s site, they claim to have over 250,000 rental locations available to users.  Anyone who has trouble while trying to access this cool product’s listings can get assistance from a remote tech support company. Read more »

No one likes going to restaurant and having to wait to sit down at a table.  It’s even worse when disorganization or inefficiency makes the wait longer than it needs to be.  Cool product in technology NoWait is a service that uses smartphones to help restaurants seat people more efficiently and quickly.  By making the seating experience better for customers, NoWait is helping both the restaurant patrons and restaurant management.  Read more »

People often find themselves in unfortunate circumstances when traveling with their cellphones and ending up with no signal.  When driving long distances or heading to remote locations without wireless network connections, smartphones essentially turn from incredible tools of communication into fancy paperweights. However, there is now a cool product in technology called FireChat that allows users to chat wirelessly on their smartphones without any Internet connection.  FireChat is a smartphone application that uses a proprietary technology called “mesh networking”. Mesh networking lets smartphones communicate with other mobile devices in proximity even when there is no Wi-Fi or mobile signal connection available.  FireChat does not completely replace the need for an Internet connection or allow users to text people from very long distances without a connection.  Still, this smartphone app has many potential applications for consumers who travel.  Read more »

Making plans and trying to account for and include all of one’s friends is not always a simple task.  Keeping track of one’s own plans is difficult enough in many cases.  Trying to keep track of every friend’s long-term plans as well is pretty much impossible.  Enter cool person in technology Karl Jacob and his new product Hangtime.  Hangtime is a smartphone app that aggregates local events of all types and allows its users to indicate what events they are definitely going to be at and what ones they are potentially interested in attending.  Once a user and all his or her friends are on Hangtime, making plans with other people becomes far simpler.  For example, if a user sees that there is a concert they want to see in their area, that user simply taps to indicate that they are going.  The app notifies any friends also going or interested in the event so that they can contact the user if they want to make plans to attend together.  Anyone who has trouble downloading Jacob’s program from the App Store should contact iPhone tech support for help.  Read more »

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 »

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 »

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 »

Many people assumed that smartphones would make life easier to manage.  However, in many cases, all mobile technology did was replace physical address books, appointment books, and travel itineraries with virtual versions of the same things.  People still have to manually manage their contacts, calendar, and travel plans.  They just manage them by tapping on their phone instead of writing in a notebook or typing on a desktop.  Cool product EasilyDo aims to deliver users a way to manage their lives that actually does change how people do things.  Read more »

Retail chains with franchised stores often struggle to keep a consistent experience across all of their locations.  While a store in one city may have excellent staff who keep up with many issues, another may have rude staff or have problems with tracking inventory.  Corporations spend millions of dollars each year at trying to get all of their different stores to give customers as similar experiences as possible.  Still, it’s impossible for companies to fix problems when they are unaware of them.  Cool person in technology Bob Bahramipour wants to make sure that retail chains never miss issues in their retail stores again with his company GigWalk.  Read more »