Translate Your World, Inc. is the first software to enable cross-language communication at full speed in up to 78 languages, and to provide each user with control over the quality and results. Users instantly text and speak in other languages without years of study, because TYWI translates what is spoken in a room or shared on Web conferencing platforms. Additionally, TYWI … [More]
Economic Development Goes Visual
Many cities in Arizona are looking to promote themselves through videos on the subject of economic development and opportunities to attract businesses to their communities. From Gilbert to Surprise and just about each town in between, they have presented a video or two on the economic value of doing business in their particular neck of the woods. Go to YouTube.com and search … [More]
Technology Levels the Playing Field
EZBZ uses technology and the Internet to create a marketplace for businesses that does not hinge on first-page Google placement or the most beautiful website. Consumers go to EZBZ’s site and simply post a query for a product or service, EZBZ identifies and notifies local vendors that offer the product or service via an email or text, and the vendors then have the opportunity to … [More]
The ‘Secret Formula’ of App Success
Applications for mobile devices are proliferating at an almost-exponential rate. Many existing businesses have more than one, and some businesses are created specifically around an app. A study recently released from ASU’s W. P. Carey School of Business applies analytic research to replace the crystal ball, crossed fingers and specific-market research business owners and app … [More]
Low-Tech Meets the Cloud
Rocketbook is a simple paper notebook that, with the help of an iOS app, quickly and accurately captures images of pages and files them in cloud storage. The microwave-safe pages are also compatible with the off-the-shelf Pilot FriXion heat-sensitive pens. This allows users to reuse a Rockebook by erasing it in a microwave oven. Joe Lemay started Rocket Innovations with the … [More]
Real-Time Fraud Protection
Emailage is a fraud prevention company that leverages the only truly global identity — email address — to determine the risk of a transaction. Using its proprietary machine learning algorithms, Emailage delivers an intelligent risk score that does not require the use of sensitive customer data. Since its founding in 2012, the Chandler-based company has tripled revenue year over … [More]
Zen with Info
UpdateZen, a mobile-first status reporting solution, provides CEOs, executives and business owners the easiest way to stay updated on the key things their people are working on. The application relieves information overload by significantly reducing the amount of non-critical information executives and team leaders routinely receive, and presents them only what they need to … [More]
Sales Recruiting
Time to Hire uses proprietary keyword algorithms to comb through the 130 million resumes on CareerBuilder, Monster and other job search sites to find and match qualified commission-based sales reps to major companies, including Time Warner, Home Depot, Comcast, Verizon, Sears and many more. This reliable resource has proven to be a useful tool for HR and other corporate hiring … [More]
Travel Assist
The “Human App” from Protravel International — the travel industry’s premier luxury travel agency — takes the headache and frustration out of travel when storms or other disasters hit and customers are most in need of assistance. It’s a high-touch, live network of more than 1,000 travel agents working diligently around the clock to get their clients where they need to be. … [More]
Blink Once to Guard Against Fraud
As millions of Americans fall victim to identity fraud each year, USAA is unveiling its solution to offer its 10.1 million members safety against such theft: biometric recognition. A new USAA app has to recognize a user’s face before allowing access to the individual’s accounts. USAA, which offers banking, investing and insurance services to people and families who serve or … [More]
Paper-to-Digital Software for Law
Addressing the particular needs of the still-paper-intensive legal industry, DocSolid is a software and services company that creates paper-to-digital solutions. President Steve Irons, creator of the company’s intellectual property, explains, “The technology is a patented way to get paper scanned and integrated with existing software solutions and infrastructure like copiers, … [More]
New Platform for CRE Marketing
RealMassive, an open-data commercial real estate platform recently launched in Phoenix, will serve commercial real estate land owners, property managers and leasing agents who want to get marketing information “out to the rest of the world” but have up to now been stymied by existing data systems that have not allowed the information out to the public, explains Joshua McClure, … [More]
Auction Alert
Thanks to a partnership between eBay and Invaluable.com that united the global leader in commerce and technology with the market leader in online live auctions for fine art and collectibles, Invaluable member J. Levine Auction & Appraisal recently experienced an unexpected bidding frenzy over a bronze statue that was originally estimated to be worth between $100 and $300, … [More]
Parking Meters Go App
Using its PaNGoTM platform, Pango Mobile Parking, Ltd., allows drivers to “feed” the meter through the ease of a mobile phone app, to pay for parking at parking meters, add more time from a remote location, track where they parked and also receive discounts from local participating businesses. The service recently debuted in Phoenix. … [More]
Eliminate Virus
VirusTotal, a subsidiary of Google, is a free online service that analyzes files and URLs, enabling the identification of viruses, worms, trojans and other kinds of malicious content detected by antivirus engines and website scanners. At the same time, it may be used as a means to detect false positives, such as innocuous resources detected as malicious by one or more scanners. … [More]
Luxury Sweet
SuiteHop is an online booking platform that provides an easy way for fans to enjoy a luxury suite experience at sports and entertainment venues across the United States. SuiteHop’s streamlined platform allows users to directly book entire suites or individual seats in suites with real-time availability and pricing. With hundreds of venues hosting thousands of events across the … [More]
Alert to Contract Terms
Most contracts extend without notice. Cloudtract is a free application that sends an alert when contracts are about to expire. It is a simple online contract management platform for small and medium-sized companies, where they can store contracts, such as ongoing utility and IT contracts, and set alerts to be able to tell when they need to be renewed or when they want to cancel … [More]
Save on Energy Costs
Companies can save energy and money. SRP Business Solutions rebates cut upgrade costs, reduce energy use and can slash bills. If a project’s energy savings can be measured, it probably qualifies. Check out the rebate options and see how to get started. Or contact an SRP Alliance Participant for help through the process. Even if the business is not ready for upgrades, SRP … [More]
