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Seembee.com – Provide the User with Efficient, Easy to Use Online Personal Archiving System

admin — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 13:43:48 +0000

What it does:
We are offering an online personal archiving system, accessible anytime and anywhere. The smartphone is used as a front-end, for acquiring data and for quick viewing. The web environment provides extended capabilities for processing and manipulating the stored data. To be used in the kitchen to look for a recipe from last year’s paper using tags “Chocolate” and “Cake”, at work to look for a snapshot of a drawing made on a napkin at a restaurant using tags “Draft” or “block diagram”, on travel to look for tag “Insurance”. To use at class to take a snapshot of the board, adding an audio note “lecture of Prof. Johns, important stuff towards the end”. Fast, Efficient, User friendly.

How it beats the competition:
Our main competitor app is Evernote. In general, I would say that Evernote deals with a very wide spectrum of media storage (images, audio, video, office documents, web sites and more) while Seembee offers much more enhanced and in-depth capabilities for handling one specific type of data – namely images, with emphasis on providing tools for archiving miscellaneous personal daily documents (such as receipts, recipes, bills, instruction sheets, etc.). Unique features of Seembee, aimed at addressing such needs, are the multi-page documents support (generating a multi-page document at the acquisition phase on the iPhone, or stapling/unstapling documents from the web environment), the extensive folders and subfolders support and more. An example of use of same technology for different goals is handling audio recording. With Evernote, audio is regarded as part of the data items saved in the database. With Seembee, audio note is used to streamline the process of acquiring new documents fast. If in a hurry – take a quick snapshot, add a short audio description of the document or relevant data, and upload to the online archive. Later on, working via the web environment, one can use the data available and add notes and tags, staple with other documents, move into folder, etc.

Site:
http://www.seembee.com

Rotaville – Manage Workplace Rotas, Rosters, and Employee Schedules

admin — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 13:33:15 +0000

What it does:
Rotaville Rota Software is a new online webapp for managing workplace rotas, rosters, and employee schedules. Staff and shifts can be easily scheduled by managers with an intuitive drag ‘n’ drop or keyboard driven real-time calendar interface.

How it beats the competition:
Rotaville features an extremely fast javascript driven one-page-app style calender UI that makes shift scheduling a cinch.

Printed PDF weekly rotas are generated PDFs with a unique one-page design.

Mobile site access and iPhone App are available.

Site:
http://rotaville.com

RateMyBarber.com – Connects Customers to Great Barbers and Vice Versa

admin — Fri, 06 May 2011 13:26:21 +0000

What it does:
For anyone who has ever experienced the horrors of a bad haircut – including cuts that are too short, botched up, or who have undergone the simple inconvenience of suffering from bad customer service that is common at any given barber shop across America – good news is here. Until now, barbers have never truly been held accountable for letting people leave with bad haircuts. Unless the customers complain to friends or relatives, then the next bad haircut victim can just walk into their barber shop and leave unsatisfied. And no one would be the wiser.

How it beats the competition:
Ratemybarber.com will launch the first-ever rating site for barbers. It has been described by some as one of the most resourceful tools in men’s grooming since the invention of the razor. Is this an exaggeration? Hardly not. Ratemybarber.com founders have created this site especially for men, and some women, who are looking for the best barber to achieve the ultimate quest for a great haircut.

Ratemybarber.com works simply by asking users to rate the barber(s) they use or that they have used in the past. Customers can share their haircut experiences with the world and read reviews from other patrons to determine whether the barbershop is a place to go or a place to avoid. As the world’s only free barber rating system known to man, Ratemybarber.com offers a multitude of ways to bring up the level of professionalism that is currently in place. Technology is here and the soon-to-be released platform allows for both website and mobile apps for iPhone and Droid users; making it even more convenient to find a place to get a decent haircut. This is especially helpful to tourists or people who have moved to a new city, or even long-time residents who are unhappy with the barbershop they have been using.

The benefits to barbershops is also favorable because those barbers who rise to the high “clipping standards” can expect increased traffic from users of Ratemybarber.com. Barbers can essentially grow their businesses just by maintaining high feedback and continuing to achieve great ratings on their service. It is a great way for even small barbershop owners to leverage marketing without having to advertise using costly traditional mediums; such as the Yellow Pages, TV, radio or newspapers that have become outdated sources for people searching for specific services.

Barbers can also advertise or sponsor widget badges on the Rate My Barber website for just a fraction of the cost of other marketing opportunities. In fact, three or four customers pay for a year’s worth of advertising on the site and now many small barbershop owners can even have a professional website for just $399. This gives them even more of a chance to connect with customers and increase traffic using the modern marvel of the internet.

Founded by two Miami trendsetters, entrepreneurs and inventors; Windy Pierre and Andy Saintilus created Rate My Barber both out of frustration of a bad haircut and also out of clever resourcefulness as a way to connect customers and barbers.

Future plans of the two co-inventors include intent to launch Ratemybarber.com on Windows, Blackberry, and as Palm apps by May 25, 2011. As another premium rating site born of highly inventive concepts, Rate My Barber is destined to make its mark on the world, one good snip at a time.

Site:
www.ratemybarber.com

SaleLocator – What’s On Sale Now In Local Stores

admin — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 14:57:37 +0000

What it does:
SaleLocator is a new shopping search engine and iPhone app that brings local retail sales information to local shoppers. A nationwide local retail sales finder, SaleLocator offers the country’s largest collection of in-store sale information to help bargain hunters find the best ongoing sales near them.

How It Works:

Find local brick-and-mortar retail sales by proximity, category and keyword
Click on the store name for location, items on sale, directions, map, phone number

Features

Local Stores & Sales
Local Mall Info
Robust Search
Maps & Driving Directions
Share the sale via Facebook, Twitter, email
Save the sale to your SaleLocator account

How it beats the competition:
SaleLocator showcases local brick-and-mortar sales in all US markets, from the smallest towns to the biggest cities. Terrific for research online, buy offline shoppers, there are no sign-ups necessary, no circulars to search, no coupons to print, no group buying, no waiting and no shipping. The site brings together advertised and unadvertised promotions that are already happening in the consumer’s neighborhood, and shoppers can search for local retail sales (based on your city, state or zip) by keyword and category.

Site:
www.salelocator.com

iFaceLaugh – iPhone Social Networking App

Charles — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:00:15 +0000

What it does:
iFacelaugh.com specializes in the conception of unique and compelling iPhone applications and is the brainchild of John Blossom who resides in Hawaii. John is always ready to exchange facelaughs or play a round of Laugh-a-Laugh at iFacelaugh.com Uniting the world through laughter: iFacelaugh!

How it beats the competition:
Creates, collects and shares “facelaughs” with other users. Contains laugh imitation game called Laugh-a-Laugh

Site: http://www.ifacelaugh.com

Mixero.com – Muting The Noise On The Social Web

Charles — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:00:35 +0000

Today’s information streams are characterized by an amount of noise that can be more than noticeable sometimes. This startup aims to do something about it and reduce that interference, lowering it all the way to zero whenever that is possible.

The fact remains that people on Twitter (one of the main “live” channels along with the emerging Buzz) do not unfollow others as often as they should, many times out of politeness and not wanting to offend friends. A system like Mixero is the right way to deal with these lists which are oversaturated with followers, and that are brimming with information generated by people we are frankly far from connected with. What Mixero does is to refine both Twitter and Facebook streams as much as possible, and it does so by way of many filters and the option of grouping individuals together to keep them out of the way.

Both a desktop version of Mixero and an iPhone app are already available and procurable through the site. It is interesting to stress that the iPhone version can be synced with the desktop app for ease of use.

Site: http://www.mixero.com/

[Via KillerStartups]

HeartbeatApp.com – For Those Who Develop iPhone Apps

Charles — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:56:05 +0000

If you develop apps for iPhones and you are looking into ways of having a clearer overall picture of the way these apps are being assimilated by the public, stopping by this website will most likely be a good move.

Essentially, Heartbeat is a service whereby you can manage your whole AppStore business from a central place. You will be able to visualize your sales in an unequivocal way via charts and graphs, as well as seeing sales trends and discovering these shortcomings that you should address. For instance, you will be empowered to see which sector of the audience you are failing to reach, and do something about it. Moreover, you will be capable of viewing balances and keeping track of each and every payment that has been put your way.

In addition to that, Heartbeat makes it simple for developers to see if there is any technical glitch since they can receive crash reports before a real damage to their reputation is done. Likewise, reviews and rankings at the AppStore are easily accessible from Heartbeat, so that you can see if there is something you should add to your app while there’s still a demand out there.

Site: http://www.heartbeatapp.com/

[Via KillerStartups]

My6Sense – A Smarter Feed Reader for the iPhone

FunMobility – America’s Largest Mobile Content Community

Charles — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:22:52 +0000

FunMail Inc. provides carrier-grade animated and visual peer-to-peer messaging solutions for wireless carriers and network operators. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Pleasanton, California, FunMail’s unique patent-pending technology analyzes short text messages, and dynamically generates relevant animations and visuals. FunMails are optimized automatically according to the capabilities of the receiving device. FunMail works with all major SMSc and MMSc models, including CMG, Logica , Ericsson, Nokia and Openwave. FunMail brings the power of visuals to wireless messaging, and integrates with a wireless carrier’s existing infrastructure, upgrading it to have intelligent visual messaging functionality. FunMobility provides our carrier partners with unique, revenue-generating content and applications highly desired by today’s mobile customers.

FunMail is releasing a new iPhone app that chief executive Adam Lavine says will finally convince people to use their phones’ multimedia messaging (MMS) capabilities.

It is called FunMail, and it automatically offers up suggestions of images you should send along with your text messages.

Lavine points to a study FunMobility commissioned from Frost & Sullivan showing that only one out of every 70 mobile messages is sent using MMS (i.e., a protocol that allows the sending of media, such as photos combined with text). That’s because the amount of images users have on-hand is usually limited to images taken with their camera, so it’s rare when they’ve got a picture that functions as the perfect illustration for the text message they want to send. FunMobility, on the other hand, has a library of images, and automatically recommends one to accompany your message, making the process much easier.

FunMail is releasing a new iPhone app that chief executive Adam Lavine says will finally convince people to use their phones’ multimedia messaging (MMS) capabilities.

It is called FunMail, and it automatically offers up suggestions of images you should send along with your text messages.

[via VentureBeat]

Site: http://www.funmobility.com/

My6Sense – A Smarter Feed Reader for the iPhone

Charles — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:20:22 +0000

At this very moment, at this very villa in the Israeli city of Hertzeliya Pituach, the final preparations are being made for what can be best described as ‘TwitterSense’—a way to automatically filter your Twitter stream so that the most relevant Tweets come out on top. The location in question is the home of my6sense, which currently offers a powerful way to filter news feeds. It is applying its filtering technology to Twitter and by the looks of it you’ll soon be able to follow as many Twitter users as you want and still never miss out on the most important tweets.

It took insistent prodding on my part to get my6sense to spill some of the beans and give me a sneak peak. The good news is that TwitterSense (my term, not theirs) is real and it works. The bad news is that it’ll take a couple of more months to be deployed. And yes, it could greatly improve the way we consume Twitter streams.

[via Techcrunch]

Site: http://www.my6sense.com/

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ThirdPresence.com – Reaching Out To Mobile Users

Charles — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:40:02 +0000

ThirdPresence is a white-label mobile video publishing service that enables media companies to distribute their existing TV, radio, video and audio services to mobile devices easily and cost-effectively using their own brand.

Media companies can create a presence for their brand in the pockets of consumers. Leveraging their existing TV, video, radio and audio content on mobile phones creates substantial new revenue opportunities for brand content owners and aggregators.

Consumers can access their favorite media content anytime and anywhere during those frequent idle moments. Discovering and consuming content with any mobile device is easy and enjoyable.

Site: http://www.thirdpresence.com/

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