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Many independent crafters, artists, clothing designers and inventors desire a physical retail location to sell their artwork or products.  Unfortunately, finding affordable and reasonably located retail space is not as easy as it sounds.  Cool product Storefront is an online space that aims to make the process of finding store locations easier for smaller retailers and artists who want to sell their goods.  Users simply log on to the Storefront website and browse detailed listings in multiple cities for different storefront locations.  Read more »

Finding the perfect image for a website, brochure, or presentation is not as easy as it sounds.  Purchasing a unique image can take an excessive amount of time.  People can spend hours or even several days looking for exactly what they need on the web.  Cool product ImageBrief wants to make life easier for people looking for specific types of images to buy.  The team at this startup wants to utilize the unused photographs taken by many professionals to fill the needs of those hoping to find the perfect image.  Professional photographers often have thousands of photos that they have taken but never sold or posted to a portfolio.  ImageBrief gives photographers a chance to make money selling these pictures while helping others find the exact type of picture are looking for on the web.  People ask for specific kinds of photos on ImageBrief and photographers search through their past pictures to find appropriate matches.  If a user likes a particular image that a photographer submits, the two can then make the transaction for the image directly through the website.  Users should not hesitate to contact tech support if they have trouble viewing images offered to them through the site. Read more »

There are thousands of different races that amateur athletes train for all over the world.  While famous marathons get a fair amount of press, there are also many 10K races, Ironman races, triathlons, and even half-marathons for runners and other athletes to experience.  Many of these races are unique as well, given the varied terrain they take place on as well as the different organizations and companies who run the events and determine the overall experience for athletes.  However, some of these races are better run than others and cool person in technology Greg Lou wants to help runners find the best races for them.  Read more »

Apartment hunting, especially in larger cities, is often one of the most frustrating and difficult aspects if moving somewhere new.  There are many directory sites for people to sift through when looking for places to live, but these sites are often less than helpful.  Apartment postings on most directories don’t disappear once someone rents a vacant space.  This issue creates situations where people end up calling countless buildings asking about apartments that aren’t even available.  Beyond that, most directories don’t offer full details on different apartment buildings.  Many places surprise apartment hunters with hidden move-in fees.  Other buildings don’t list what amenities are available to tenants in their advertisements.  The lack of clarity in these listings cost people immense amounts of time in their searches. Apartment seekers track down and contact many places that are dead ends.  Cool product Apartable wants to be a force for positive change in these situations and help renters get complete, accurate, and real-time information about apartment availability.  Apartable’s site provides dynamic apartment listings that update in real-time when a place becomes unavailable.  Anyone who has issues trying to work the Apartable website to access these dynamic listings should immediately contact a professional for remote computer support. Read more »

Many high school and college students have experienced that moment of panic where they sit down to write their final paper and draw a sudden blank on how to approach it.  Many times primary sources and notes don’t seem to help and the student just can’t figure out how to structure their argument or tackle the necessary issues.  Cool product WriteWork wants to help students overcome this moment of panic by offering them the chance to see how others before them have attacked similar topics.  WriteWork is an online resource that offers students a database of over 120,000 sample essays covering a range of topics for students to use as resources and inspiration in their own essays.  Read more »

Members of small communities and neighborhoods often look out for each other when problems arise.  Whether someone has been the victim of a crime or lost something important to them, such as a valuable possession or a pet, neighbors are usually willing to provide aid in some way.  People usually help out by posting flyers or going around the community and asking questions, hopefully piecing together enough information to assist the person in trouble.  Cool person in technology Jay Sebben wants to use technology and the web to help people within these communities assist each other.  Sebben’s company Crowdfynd provides people with a platform where they can post ads about lost items, safety issues, suspicious activities or anything else they feel would be good for the neighborhood.  People can browse Crowdfynd to find ways to help each other out.  People can also find out if anyone has found their lost items by checking the Crowdfynd website or mobile apps.  Any less technically inclined users who would like to use Crowdfynd to help their community can contact remote computer support services for help getting started. Read more »

Missing a bill and ending up responsible for late fees is one of the most frustrating things a person can experience.  Unfortunately, it is far from an uncommon occurrence, especially when people juggle so many online bills, credit cards, and even multiple bank accounts.  Keeping track of all of one’s payments and personal finances isn’t always simple and mistakes happen.  Cool product in technology Check wants to help people avoid making those mistakes altogether.  Check is a smartphone and tablet application that connects to all your credit cards and bank accounts and automatically notifies you of payment issues before they happen.  Users enter what bills they have to pay each month into the app and Check lets them schedule when to pay what bill out of what accounts.  Check notifies people whenever there is an upcoming bill and whenever funds in a specific account become too low.  Consumers only set Check up on their phones or tablets once and then it automatically keeps them up to date.  Mobile PC support is available to any customers who experience problems downloading the app. Read more »

The industry of ticket reselling has changed significantly thanks to the Internet.  Before the web took over, legitimate ticket reselling meant going to ticket brokers or special agencies.  Now, with companies like StubHub having become very successful, it’s far easier for the average person to resell tickets online without having to resort to scalping at an event.  However, one of the downsides for consumers when buying second hand event tickets online is that sellers now lock in their prices.  The nature of sites like StubHub leads consumers to make quick purchases and leaves no room for negotiations over ticket prices.  Cool person in technology Dan Rubendall founded Zigabid to put some power back in the hands of ticket buyers.  Zigabid connects resellers and potential buyers online and allows for back and forth negotiation over price.  Rubendall instituted an offer and counteroffer system into his website that allows for more flexible pricing.  Any users who have trouble making use of Rubendall’s system online should get help from a tech support service. Read more »

Two of the most common uses for the web are getting news and finding entertaining content.  Most people bookmark sites and use search engines to find the content they want to consume.  However, cool person in technology Dan Olsen believes it can be even easier to for people to find content on the web.  Olsen refers to his company YourVersion’s main product as a “discovery engine”, which detects a person’s preferences and interests in order to deliver them new content every day automatically.  YourVersion uses two methods to find content that users will enjoy on the Internet: bookmarks and interest tags.  Users can add interests to their profile manually and YourVersion will find content related to those interests.  However, YourVersion also supports website bookmarking and any sites that a user bookmarks for later use on YourVersion also inform the product when it retrieves new content for the user.  People who have trouble signing up for Olsen’s service online can get assistance from a home tech support company. Read more »

Taking detailed notes in class during college is essential in attaining a good GPA.  However, truly excellent and well-written class notes have value that some students may not realize—monetary value.  Students miss classes due to personal problems or sickness very often and they need help to get the information they miss out on when they aren’t in class.  A student who takes excellent notes can be of great value to those students who miss classes for any reason.  Now, a cool product in technology called NoteWagon wants to help students cash in on the value of their hard work in class while also helping students who would benefit from access to good notes.  NoteWagon lets students upload their class notes and post them online.  Other students can then log on and purchase the right to download the notes for the classes that they have missed.  If NoteWagon users lose any notes that they have downloaded from other users, they should get help from a data recovery service. Read more »