I’m not sure about some of the functions on this one. Whilst I can see the merits of a few I can see the at least one of them causing some confusion amongst restaurant staff as well as diners. As a reservation management system and customer reporting tool it looks to have all of the bases covered to enable business owners to monitor diner volumes and cancellations. It could also be a useful marketing tool. Read more
Clingle is what's known as a geo-social mobile check-in tool and adds a bit of very cool spice to your text messages. With Clingle you can send a private message so that the recipient gets their note in the form of text, photo or video either immediately or when they check-in at a restaurant, hotel or event. Read more
Sometimes you are too close to a problem to see a way to solve it. That's the point when you really do need your friends to act as a sounding board. You'd think they would be able to come up with an answer, wouldn't you. Well how about if you had hundreds of friends to act as that sounding board? CrowdStormer is a crowdsourcing app that pitches your question to the crowd and receive ideas and responses on how to improve, enhance or solve your problem. Read more
What do you do when you want to continue a dialogue or online session when you move away from the device you are conversing on? With most people the two options are either the complete abandonment of the session or a long delay while you log on to another device which can mean a vital loss of continuity and often the cessation of the conversation. Folloyu is a free tool for your iPhone or Android that enables an online session to be continued on a different device from the exact point it was left in a matter of click. Read more
This is a simple little app that could help businesses of all shapes stay firmly in the minds of valuable customers. The alerts generated by the system don’t even have to carry a selling message as they can simply be important reminders from say an accountancy firm that needs to alert clients about tax or company return deadlines. Alerts can be sent via email or SMS and they can all be customized to carry your businesses logo, other images and text content. From the forms page you can create your required alert for a particular customer and then schedule when ... Read more
If you are looking for a fun chat and dating app that's different from the rest you might want to pay attention to this one. FlavorConnect is a bright and bouncy site that asks you to select your 'flavor' or the type of relationship you might fancy...and all the flavors begin with f! If you are brave you can try chatroulette and see if there's anyone in that alternative community that takes your fancy. If you are tired of poor matches on other dating sites then maybe it's time to take another tack. FlavorConnect is unlike other online dating ... Read more
If you’re anything like me then alarm bells start ringing the minute you clap your eyes on a set of terms & conditions that would put even the most boring lawyer to sleep. I read them because I’m a reviewer and to be honest it was the only way to get a handle on how this site works as the home page is lacking any explanation of the basic mechanics. Read more
Honestly, how on earth did we ever manage to get through the day before the internet came along? My memory is fading but I assume we spent the day worrying about everything and bemoaning the fact that we couldn’t ask a whole bunch of strangers for advice. Read more
While HungryFlix looks like a fairly low key movie and video shopping tool for your mobile it delivers far more. Quite often the more subtle apps are the one's that really deliver the goods. HungryFlix is the bridge that helps independent filmmakers get their works of art distributed into iPod, iPhone and AppleTV. HungryFlix is the home for indie films on the iPod, iPhone, PSP and Apple TV. If you are a filmmaker or content producer here is your chance to sell your content as an iPod movie. HungryFlix is the leader in helping indie filmmakers distribute content as ... Read more
We all have heaps of apps tucked away within the various devices we use but rarely they work in conjunction with each other. We have social networking apps for keeping in touch with friends, file-storing apps for keeping and protecting our important data, apps for storing our photos and messages and apps to help you explore the outside world. Cloudbot let's you tear down the walls that separate these tools and present them all in one place so they can interact with each other Cloudbot is a mobile tool for your iPhone that goes some way to simplifying the ... Read more