The Evolution of Voice Assistants

Siri for the iPhone 4S may be the primary reason why many are upgrading to the newest iPhone. If you don’t have the latest iPhone, don’t worry, as virtual assistants are not limited to the iPhone 4S. If you have another Smartphone, you may want to check out the following: Vlingo (Android & iOs, free) [...]

The Evolution of Commerce Online

eBay announced that it’s new commerce platform called X.commerce, aka X.com, will aim at connecting a variety of online and offline services for merchants. This will range from and include: sales, payments, financial management tools, etc. This is the fourth addition to the company, which umbrellas eBay Marketplaces, PayPal, and GSI Commerce. The technology, known [...]

Sharing Presentations Online

When you send an important business contact an e-mail with a PowerPoint presentation attached, you might get a reply saying, “I couldn’t get the file to open on my computer.” The fact is many individuals don’t own PowerPoint. In scenarios such as these, your best option is to use an online service to convert your [...]

Stream Media to Every Device in Your Household

There is an increasing amount of companies developing software and services to make content sharing across devices easier for the average user. Here are a couple worth checking out:

An Alternative to Google Analytics

PulseFlow

Google Analytics is a widely used web analytics solution that gives you insights into your website traffic.  It’s simple and easy to use, but the depth of the analysis can be lacking at times.  There are other options available to you and one that gives you more detailed relevant information is called PulseFlow. According to [...]

Late Night Snack

SeamlessWeb

One of the latest apps for the smartphone is going to ensure that fast food is only a few screen taps away.  SeamlessWeb is a free app that is available for the iPhone or Android smartphone that claims to be “feeding over 1,000,000 members”. This app allows you to order delivery and takeout meals from [...]

No More Waiting for a Table

whatspotnow

Have you ever been on your way out for coffee or to a restaurant to eat and wondered how busy it’s going to be and if you were going to have to wait? There is a Portland based company called What Spot Now that is aimed at giving its user a glimpse at their favorite [...]

Latest Advertising Trend

By utilizing the latest smartphone technology, a new trend in advertising is able to interact with people providing them with even more information then a regular print ad would normally offer. You may have already noticed the code attached to print ads or billboards. It’s actually called QR code and it can be used to display [...]

Weekly Clicks – Jan. 8

This week’s edition of Weekly Clicks has been put together with the upcoming year in mind. To start with there is a top 40 list from 2010, followed by strategies for Twitter, highlights of this year’s CES, latest edition of apps, and predictions for 2011. Top 40 Apps from 2010 TechCrunch has put together a [...]

Not Enough Time? Click Read Later

Instapaper

Have you ever been visiting a webpage that is taking too long to load, or you simply don’t have enough time to finish reading an interesting article? Instapaper is a simple tool that provides a solution for these issues. Instapaper allows you to easily save the article for later, when you do have time, so you don’t [...]