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Most online shopping websites like Amazon and Overstock have a wish list feature, which allows you to save items you want to buy later in designated lists for organized shopping.  However, these companies naturally limit what you can put on your wish list to items available on their websites.  The problem with this is that most people do not do their online shopping at only one site, so making a list limited to a single online retailer is rather inconvenient.  That’s where cool person in technology Lauren McDevitt has stepped in and created an easy-to-use web-based service to fix this problem. Lauren McDevitt is the founder and CEO of New York based company Wantworthy, which provides a service that lets users create a universal wish list with items from any online retailer they choose.  Rather than inconveniently having to keep track of several lists over multiple websites, McDevitt has developed a service where people can conveniently keep track of everything they plan to buy online in one place and in an organized fashion. Read more »

Libboo Founder and CEO Chris Howard believes that the way people currently discover new books is inefficient for both readers and authors.  It is incredibly difficult for an author to find an audience without spending a significant amount of money towards advertising, storefront space and paying prominent reviewers to read your book.  Many independent writers and authors backed by smaller publishers simply don’t have the necessary resources for such a marketing blitz.  However, Howard is a cool person in technology that believes that he’s found a solution to that problem with his online service Libboo.  Read more »

Keller Rinaudo, the CEO of Romotive, is a cool person in technology that wants to put robots that improve people’s lives in every home.  While you’re probably wondering if this is science fiction, it’s true that Rinaudo has already taken the first steps towards his goal with his company’s first product: Romo.  Romo is a robot that has a tank-like base that contains an iPhone dock and wheels.  The iPhone itself displays the robot’s face when connected. Users can control Romo through an iOS app that allows you to program its behavior.  You can program Romo for basic things such as being happy to see you when it recognizes your face through the iPhone camera. However, you can also have it do more complex tasks, such as rolling away from you to prevent you from pressing snooze when the iPhone alarm goes off.  If you have trouble programming Romo on your iPhone, smartphone computer support is probably a good option for you. Read more »

Many of us have printed single-sheet fliers to promote an event or organization in the past.  The process can be a pain, as you have to waste time and effort posting fliers in as many places as possible in order for people to see them. You also waste time and money having to print hundreds, and sometimes, even thousands of these papers.  Fortunately, Smore offers a promising online alternative to this classic grassroots marketing solution.  Smore is a cool product that allows you quickly design “one-sheet” web pages and post them online.  These single page websites act as an alternative to an event or promotional flier.  Smore’s concept revolves around simplicity, as they have their own website builder to help people create visually engaging pages for whatever they’re promoting.  Smore takes advantage of the web as a medium as well, as it gives users options beyond static images and text.  You can add videos, tweets, and numerous other web-specific pieces of content into your flier directly as well.  In theory, using Smore in combination with an established online presence could make an event, sale, or product promotion much easier.  If you want to use Smore but struggle to get it to function, online tech support is something to look into for help.  Read more »

There are many times startup owners might want to look into a strategic acquisition. However, they are afraid that by putting themselves out there, they are risking their business’s image.  Many people assume that if a company is interested in acquisition that means they are struggling, even if that is not always the case.  However, cool person in technology Jacob Mullins wants to help startups explore their options without worrying about those risks.  Mullins has founded a new company named Exitround aimed at this purpose.  Exitround provides an online service that allows startups to seek potential acquirers anonymously.  Mullins wants to enable companies to learn more about the acquisition process and explore strategic exits without risk.  He has set up Exitround as an anonymous marketplace where startups can list company details in a database that potential buyers browse.  Buyers can indicate interest and then startups only reveal their identity to the possible acquirers that they specifically choose.  Mullins wants to let startups explore possibilities whether they are actually worried about their operations and business IT support costs or are doing well and merely interested in what they might be worth.  Read more »

Apartment hunting, especially in urban areas, can be a difficult and frustrating process not only for the renter, but often for the landlord as well.  However, cool person in technology and Nestio CEO Caren Maio is improving the situation with her online apartment rental platform.  Nestio is a service that caters to all parties involved in shopping for a place to live.  Maio has led Nestio to where it offers online tools and services to not only renters, but also landlords and brokers as well.  Maio’s vision involves making the entire process easier for everyone.  Nestio offers an easily accessible platform to store information and post listings for landlords who want to avoid repetitive data entry and postings.  For renters, Nestio offers online tools for organizing your search and filtering results appropriately.  It also provides easy communication tools for both renters and landlords to streamline the entire process.  Maio is working on all sides to solve the problem of accessibility and inefficiency in the renting process and trying to make Nestio the solution many have been waiting to find. Nestio users who run into difficulties should find online computer support for a potential solution to their problems. Read more »

When Adi Tatarko attempted to remodel her Silicon Valley home several years ago, she ran into many roadblocks and has since described the experience as rather miserable.  However, realizing there was a problem with how insular the interior design world was, this cool person in technology set out to create an online service that would be part of the solution.  In 2009, Tatarko and her husband Alan Cohen launched Houzz in hopes to create an online platform that would help those going through the process of designing and renovating their homes.  The site allows users to create “ideabooks”, which they fill with designs and photographs posted on the site by design professionals and other users.  Users can then also create “projects” where they upload pictures of the renovations and designs in their own home.  Each project or posting also has a discussion forum where people can ask questions about a design’s specifics.  The site works to create a dialogue between members and promotes a collaborative effort in the difficult task of designing and remodeling your home. If you want to use the site, but find yourself overwhelmed for any reason, tech support is available to make your experience more pleasant.  Read more »

When you move to a new town or city, one of the most difficult things to handle is the lack of social connections and support that comes with all-new surroundings.  However, there’s now an iPhone app and online service that attempts to solve this problem called Likemind.  Likemind acts as a giant bulletin board where users can post “fliers” inviting others to speak with them if they share a specific interest.  Fliers can be up to four pages long and users can creatively fill them with text and images in whatever layout they want.  Each flier has a specific amount of “tabs” that another user can take in order to contact the poster.  There are a limited number of tabs for each flier so if one flier is particularly popular, that user will not get flooded with extreme amounts of spam or contact requests.  This cool product also allows users to filter who sees their fliers.  You can limit your audience by age or gender in order to target a specific demographic if you wish.  If you have trouble using the app on iOS, iPhone tech support is something you should consider. Read more »

Have you ever imagined being able to manage your postal mail as quickly or conveniently as e-mail?  Jason Seriff certainly has imagined it.  In fact, he probably imagined quite a few different ways to accomplish the feat while he was developing snail mail management software as Outbox CTO and cofounder.  Seriff is a cool person in technology who founded Outbox with the hopes of creating a system that made handling postal mail digitally simple for people everywhere.  Along with cofounders Will Davis and Evan Baehr, Seriff set out to make people’s lives easier by erasing the need to handle physical mail that you don’t want to manage.

Outbox is a service that allows you to handle your postal mail via the web, iPhone, or iPad.  Once you sign up for the service, you give the company access to your mail.  Outbox then collects your mail, scans it and stores the files.  Users can then use Seriff’s software to view and manage their snail mail digitally on their computer devices.  Read more »

With so many professionals using mobile and touch technology nowadays, it was inevitable that someone would make software to optimize presentations on such devices.  That cool person in technology is Brent Brookler, the CEO of Treemo Labs.  Brookler and his company have created an iPad app called Flowboard.  Flowboard allows users to create dynamic presentations right on their tablet.  Brookler and his company designed the app to have an easy-to-use interface.  In theory, Flowboard allows people to create presentations more easily by avoiding complicated menu systems.  Brookler wants to make it so laptops aren’t necessary for professionals making presentations for meetings on the go.  In some ways, Flowboard is his attempt to let people replace their work laptops with iPads in certain situations.  Those who want to do so should make sure they have iPad support to help with the transition. Read more »