Archive for April 2014

A new photo app that gives access to free, on-demand professional editing touchups

Washington, D.C., USA based technology entrepreneur Louisa Imperiale recently launched Photox, a photo app which she claims is the 1st-ever free, on-demand photo-editing smartphone application.

The basic functionality is that you choose a photo & one or more of over 30 enhancements & submit it through the app. The photo & the required changes are sent to Photox’s team of professional touch-up artists, who will immediately do the required touchups & send you back the enhanced photo within 15 minutes.

There are other services that allow customers to submit & buy their design needs Online, but the USP here is that this photo app entirely removes the need for human interaction with the customer.

Users don’t have to fiddle around with the settings or get creative themselves, so it’s very easy for anyone to use. Just select the photo & choose 1 or more of the 30 options such as teeth whitening, red eye removal, wrinkle eraser, double chins, cellulite removal, bald spot removal, tanned skin or lightened skin, & even weight loss.

“So many of us have priceless photos of once-in-a-lifetime moments that we’re embarrassed to share because we don’t like the way we look. Photox can eliminate these worries,” said Louisa in a press release.

Photox, she pointed out, was the only app that connected the public to touch-up artists with the simple swipe of a finger.

Watch this video to understand how the app works:

The app is currently available only for the iPhone, but Photox does plan to release versions for Android & for web later this year.

Click here to download the Photox photo app on your iOS device.

Image Credit: iTunes/Photox

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ScheduleOnce: an appointment scheduling software that syncs with other calendars

Even if you have an extremely effective secretary to handle all your appointments & that of your entire team like clockwork, you’ll still find this digital solution ScheduleOnce can still improve your appointment scheduling system.

scheduleoncepageIt’s an Online appointment scheduling platform & app that easily integrates with personal calendars & helps you schedule meets with customers & prospects under many different scenarios. It works in tandem with your personal calendars, ensuring that your ScheduleOnce appointments don’t overlap with the rest of your appointments. It is built to be integrated with Google Calendar. You can additionally use Google Calendar to connect ScheduleOnce to Outlook, iCal & other calendars.

You can create multiple MeetMe & BookNow pages, & plug them in with different calendars used by different users. You can schedule &/or accept appointments for yourself, other users in your team & for group meetings.

The latest feature to be added in the new version of ScheduleOnce as part of version 5.95 is conditional booking, which allows you to accept bookings subject to the availability of resources required for the meeting. When you book such a meeting using ScheduleOnce, the software automatically reserves the resource in question for said meeting. This ensures that the resource won’t be double-booked for multiple meetings.

As an example, consider that your team is conducting interviews & you have 5 interviewers & 3 interview rooms. Candidates applying to schedule an interview Online will be given a time slot & interview room by ScheduleOnce only when the room & an interviewer are both available.

You can also offer multiple meeting types, each of which may have its own settings & availability, & may be provided with or without services.

ScheduleOnce is an Israeli company co-founded in June 2006 by Gilad Goraly & Rami Goraly, who also co-founded Accept Software. Rami  is the ScheduleOnce CEO & Gilad is the company’s CTO.

ScheduleOnce offers 6 types of accounts, starting from a free basic version to a Plus version for US $5/month, a Premium version for $9/month & a Professional version for $19/month. If you want to get it for your entire organization, there is a Workgroup plan for $29/user/month, & an Enterprise version for $49/user/month.

Image Credit: ScheduleOnce

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