I've lost count of the times when I've agreed to meet friends at a particular bar or restaurant and one of us haven't been able to find the place. EchoEcho is a geo-social tool for your mobile that let's you find exactly where anyone in your address book is at any time of the day or night. And they will show you with the added benefit of a map showing you how to find them. Texting your location is like dancing your phone number. EchoEcho shows you exactly where you and your friends are on a map. No more wasting ... Read more
If you’re unfortunate enough to have been on the wrong end of a conviction relating to alcohol or minor possession then the chances are you’ll probably have to take a course of some sort as part of the Court ruling. Sitting in a classroom with a host of other people in a similar situation and being lectured at is never going to be everyone’s cup of tea and the good news is, in a lot of cases, it no longer has to. With this website all you need is a computer with internet access and a few hours of spare time. Read more
I suppose there comes a time in most people’s lives when they are actually pleased to see a lawyer riding in from the distance. This feeling of relief will be felt no less strongly if you’ve just been involved in a road accident or are about to be arrested for driving under the influence or whilst intoxicated. Whilst the friendly lawyer won’t exactly be riding in from the distance with this app he or she will only be as far away as your pocket. And as long as you’re not too intoxicated or “influenced”, a few dextrous movements of the thumbs ... Read more
How influential do you really think you are? You know what they say...sometimes it's not so much what you know as who you know. Klout works along those lines. It is a social analytical business tool that tracks the impact that your messages make and also analyzes your friendships and professional connections and your influence on them. Klout is an app that's all about personal publishing analytics and understanding the impact of your messages. Read more
It’s all well and good knowing who’s visited your website but unless you react and do something about it you stand less chance of making a sale. And let’s face it in this day and age every opportunity should be grabbed with both hands. Tringify is a simple solution to help make sure you don’t miss a trick and the particular trick in question here is missing a vital follow up call. Read more
As the name suggests this one is specifically for the hair salon business and having been designed by some of those in the trade it should tint all the grey bits. As an appointment app it will certainly help get that aspect of the working week sorted out but it can do more than that. You’re never going to get the whole world to stop telephoning to book but giving customers the option to do it via your website 24/7 should cut down on a great number of them doing so. You don’t even have to have an existing website to get ... Read more
There a few apps around that enable the electronic signing of documents, which is of course a legally recognized way of sealing a deal in many countries of the world these days. Most of the ones I’ve looked at though are geared to the business community which is fairly understandable given its regular and on-going requirement in this area. Signnow, whilst it is shortly to launch a ˈProˈ version, is very much an electronic signing tool for the one-off needs of personal users. With that in mind it follows that there are no registration procedures to go through and it’s all ... Read more
Getting together with a bunch of chums to buy a gift for one of the crowd is always a good idea. That is until it comes to crunch time and money has to change hands. People forget or suddenly don’t have the cash and you’re left holding the baby. If this scenario sounds familiar then you could make your life a whole lot easier by setting up a gift account with Let’s Gift It. This great looking app will take away the strain of getting everyone who committed to the cause to pay up. What’s more even if some of your ... Read more
Of the many weekly shift scheduling apps out there this one certainly looks to be up there with them as far as functionality goes with drag and drop features making the operation stress free and fast. If you’re still plotting your staff’s workload on a spreadsheet and then pinning it to the noticeboard you really should take a look at rotaville. You can still print out a copy of the weekly schedule if you like but with a good level of collaboration available on this system there are better ways to notify staff. Read more
Here’s a great idea, how do you fancy having your own website completely dedicated to your life and how you’re living it? Mabame will give you just that and you needn’t worry, it won’t come up in internet searches for all the world to see. You can of course share it with the friends of your choice but even then you’ll be in charge of what they can and can’t see. Read more