We stumble across new apps all the time at Quixey. Understanding apps is our job, so we constantly find apps that change how we operate.
One app that has spread through our office like wildfire is called Rapportive. Rapportive is a really cool tweak to the Gmail interface that allows you to connect with your contacts in other social networks.
If you’re in sales or business development it can be a pain to remember to friend or follow everyone you meet. Unfortunately, complete dedication seems to be the way to make the most of sites like LinkedIn or Facebook.
That’s where Rapportive comes in. In a business context, the best thing about Rapportive is being able to immediately connect with your contacts on LinkedIn. Rapportive turns the “infrequent frenzied adding” LinkedIn technique into a more dependable strategy that doesn’t require special attention. Just click the right button, and you’re done.
It can also be a good idea to install Rapportive if you want to restrict what others can see. When you install Rapportive, you choose which of your social networks you want to sync with the program, limiting how much access you allow.
Rapportive is essentially stitching together multiple planes of the internet to make your life easier. Instant access to the major social networks from your Gmail terminal has proven to be indispensable.
Most of us use Rapportive in the office. At Quixey, we’re huge fans of innovative apps, and so Rapportive comes highly recommended.
It isn’t the 90’s anymore. The content web still exists, but a new layer has emerged. Using cross-platform apps like WordPress, Tumblr, Twitter and Facebook, people generate their own content live. Apps like Flipboard and your RSS reader allow you to choose how you engage with this content. Yelp, Maps, Skype, and Dropbox have changed the way we interact with each other and the world. This new layer of active participation is called the functional web.
Traditional search arose in the age of the content web- it doesn’t understand apps, it only understands key words. Unfortunately, with traditional search, it’s remarkably difficult to find the tools you need without exact phrasing or a recommendation from a friend. The functional web needs to be organized so we can discover the apps we need when we need them.
That’s where Quixey comes in. We understand where apps live, how people are using them, what APIs they are linked to and what they do. This knowledge lets Quixey power search for millions of apps across all platforms and devices.
