Mobile technology has changed the way we do just about everything, allowing for limitless possibilities. With increased use of smartphones and tablet devices, the hospitality industry in particular is starting to cap on mobile technology, increasing the potential for streamlining operations, growing interactivity, and making the gathering of customer feedback more beneficial. Simplifying Operations Mobile can be used to dramatically simplify daily operations. For example, hotels have to keep track of a large inventory of items, including furniture, appliances, computers, cleaning equipment, and so on. Instead of filling out endless amounts of paper work and then entering data into a [...]
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Hospitality Industry Harnessing the Power of Mobile
Hospitality Industry Harnessing the Power of Mobile
Cities, Open Data & Mobile
At Smart Online we’ve been very excited over the last few weeks about the concept of cities, open data and our patent pending platform, Smart Online. Firstly, why is it beneficial to open up your city’s data to developers? Cost for one. Consider this – custom app creation would cost nearly $100,000 for just ONE app while opening up your city’s data to developers will cost about the same. But by opening up your data you are now giving any and every developer the option to use your data in their apps, giving citizens the option to have a great living [...]
GUEST POST: 3 Tips for Engaging Elementary School Students with Mobile Technology
Mobile technology is changing the face of education as we know it– from educational apps to iPads in the classroom. Although there is a widespread agreement in the academic industry that these devices are important, there is less of a consensus regarding the age at which educators should start introducing children to this technology. On top of determining when the appropriate time is, how to go about the introduction is also uncertain. For instructors in Generation X, this conflict becomes even more complex, because many teachers may not be as well acquainted with modern technology themselves. As an instructor, even if you don’t [...]
Smart Online at Social Madness
This past Friday voting opened for the Triangle Business Journal’s Social Madness competition. Smart Online is one of over 100 local companies competing in the social media challenge. Affiliates of the Triangle Business Journal are hosting the same competition in 43 cities nationwide. Throughout the challenge, contestants of like size, square off in a tournament-style competition that measures the growth of their social media presence. The local winners will go on to compete in a national Social Madness faceoff hosted by American City Business Journals Inc., the country’s largest publisher of local business news. Contestants are scored by an algorithm, [...]