Years ago I worked at a company that maintained a Point of Sale (POS) system written in Delphi. I wasn’t involved in that project (I was developing a medication management system for an assisted living facility), but talking with some of the developers that were working on it I learned that Delphi is very popular in many different vertical markets, specifically Point of Sale systems. So I’m…
Anyone who loves playing with deck of cards knows solitaire. And no matter how advanced the technology is, it will always be played. That is why I’m thrilled to see BVS Solitaire Collection by BVS Development as our May 2018 cool app winner. It is an award-winning…
I was really excited to see BriskBard by Salvador Díaz Fau as the April 2018 winner of the Cool App Contest. BriskBard is a browser, and a whole lot more. All the other browsers out there are just browsers, while BriskBards is a web browser for Windows that…
Woll2Woll’s BEAM (Beacon External Advanced Mapper)makes RAD Server’s BeaconFence technology so much more flexible, and it is the March 2018 Winner of our Cool App contest. With RAD Server and BeaconFence it is easy to create an application that accurately tracks indoor location. Using the IDE map layout editorthe developer places beacons onthe floor plan, and thenthe…
If you’re a parent like I am, you understand the feeling of comfort in knowing where your children are at all times and that they are safe. Modern smartphone technologies have provided parents and others to track the whereabouts of loved ones, but our Cool App for…
As more small and home businesses continue to enter the marketplace, point of sale (POS) technologies have become a critical part of modern economy. I’m excited to report that one of the real innovators in this market, BeePOS, is the winner of Embarcadero’s Cool App contest for January. The industry buzz around this company has been tremendous (obligatory bee reference, check!), and we’re…
Any developer knows how time-consuming it can be to come up with good graphics for multi-platform development. There are so many different device pixel densities that require different images. That’s why I’m excited to announce Embarcadero’s December Cool App winner…
Somehow I forgot to post that the winner ofour Cool App contest for July 2017was Advanced ETL Processor Enterprise. The extract, transform and load software helps large organizations build data warehouses and automate complicated business processes with ease.
I’m excited to announce that our September Cool App contest winner for September is RAD & Installer. While I continue to be impressed at how all our Cool App winners are providing interesting, useful, entertaining and generally “cool” capabilities, I admittedly have a soft spot for apps like RAD & Installer that improve the usability of one of our very own Embarcadero tools, in this…
