Happy Hour App
Newlyweds Carey and Brandon Bennett were living on a budget, but still liked to go out, grab a drink and hang with friends. However, finding information about happy hours in Hawaii wasn’t easy. “It was difficult to find out which…
Technology
Innovation: Healthcare Alert app Reminds You of Your Checkup
The App: HealthCare Alert is a free app created by a Hawaii physician, Dr. Alfonso Jimenez, who has an Ewa Beach practice. The app has iPhone, Android and Mobile Web versions that are all designed to alert users of preventive…
Make Your Site Web-Friendly
People have expectations for your website based on what they have seen and done at other sites. By following conventions that people have grown to trust on the Web, you will help provide a consistently good experience to your visitors.…
Innovation: Electronic Shark Defense System repels sharks
Creator: Wilson Vinano Jr., avid surfer and owner of Z to A Innovations, has been inventing things for years and wanted to make the ocean safer for people. With the help of two local engineering and development companies, Vinano says,…
Best Do-It-Yourself Website Platforms
WordPress, Joomla! and Drupal are the most popular among hundreds of website platforms, but they vary in their levels of do-it-yourself ease. Joomla! and Drupal both require more coding experience to get the full benefits, since they were originally created…
Ekso Pro at Rehab Hospital enables wheelchair users to rise and walk
Problem: About 6 million Americans live with some form of paralysis. At Honolulu’sRehabilitation Hospital of the Pacific, the staff works each year with 5,500 patients recovering from strokes or injuries, including brain, spinal cord, orthopedic and sports injuries. New Device: A robotic,…
Tech sparks enthusiasm for learning
Consider the wildfire-like spread of tablet technology and it’s no surprise that teachers, students and parents are excited about the latest educational tools and software. One of the most popular is the Promethean ActivBoard, an interactive whiteboard. “Imagine an 87-inch…
Web Content to Keep People Coming Back
You only have seconds to capture someone’s attention; if they don’t find what they want quickly, they’ll move on. Approach web content for your business strategically to get people to your site, hold them there and keep them coming back…
Electric Car Range Anxiety
Margaret Larson has felt “range anxiety.” If you buy an electric vehicle in the near future, you will feel it, too. Larson is the electric vehicle specialist for the state Energy Office and was driving the state’s Nissan Leaf electric car back…
Compare Your Website to the Competition
Make sure your website is paying off by visiting Alexa.com to compare traffic data for your business with up to four competitors. Alexa is a subsidiary of Amazon that tracks Web traffic for the millions of users who have installed…
Tetris Evolves into Facebook Phenom
COMPANY: Tetris Online has been headquartered in Honolulu since its launch in January 2006. Co-founders Henk Rogers and Minoru Arakawa have homes in Hawaii, and Rogers’ other organizations, including Blue Planet Software and Blue Planet Foundation, are based in Honolulu.…
ReadiBand: Identify, Assess and Manage Fatigue
What is ReadiBand? ReadiBand is a civilian product that commercializes technology developed for the military to identify, assess and manage fatigue. It is made by Fatigue Science, a spin-off of Archinoetics, a Hawaii-based, dual-use company. How does it work? ReadiBand…
SEO Tips for your Small Business
When Todd Yamanaka joined Island Insurance 11 years ago, the company’s website,www.islandinsurance.com, was essentially a tool that shared basic information about the company’s products. That was it. Needless to say, the site didn’t rank at the top in search results,…
Editor's Note: Connect with Hawaii Business on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn
Hawaii Business magazine’s mission is to cover big issues affecting our Islands’ economy and businesses in a way that is useful and accessible to readers. Although our main vehicle is a print magazine, we understand the importance of reaching and…
Talk Story with Glenn Sexton of Xerox
Sexton has been with Xerox for more than 30 years, guiding the Hawaii branch through dramatic changes in business and technology, and one of the greatest tragedies in Hawaii history: the mass murder at the Xerox warehouse in 1999. We talk with Sexton…
GIS in Hawaii
“Past is prologue.” – William Shakespeare Darrell Hamamura punches his code into a keypad, pulls open the door to the vault and steps back into the past. As the land information systems manager for Kamehameha Schools, he tracks the endowment’s…
5 Steps to Creating a Mobile App
Just when you thought you had perfected your company’s website, many consumers are turning to mobile apps for information, interaction and convenience. Brian Dote, the founder of Tapiki, a mobile-app development firm, provides these tips to help create an app…
Innovation: Oceanit’s FLASH Improves Battlefield Awareness
Problem: “Where did those shots come from?” Even on today’s high-tech battlefield, it’s often hard to tell. That’s why Honolulu-based Oceanit developed FLASH – Fast as Light Assessment of Snipers and Hostile Fire – which uses infrared sensors and high-speed processors.…
5 Steps to Social Media Success
“Social media is a marathon, not a sprint. You just have to start,” says Toby Tamaye (@atmarketing), president of AT Marketing. He outlines five social media platforms that can help you connect better with your customers. On Facebook, provide content that…
Innovation: EggUp and GoEggIt stops movie piracy
Problem: Piracy costs the U.S. movie industry more than $20 billion annually, according to industry experts, who say illegal downloads and bootleg copies prevent many independent filmmakers from turning their passion into a livelihood. Solution: EggUp.com is a platform created in Hawaii…
Moving Your I.T. And Data Into the Cloud
Our scribe explains the practical pros and cons of cloud computing, while our artiste tells the same tale as an epic quest for the holy grail of computer nirvana Arnold Domingo, operations manager of HawaiiPrint, a graphics and textile…
Editor's Note: Finding Solitude in a Connected World
I work and live in the modern world but know that I need to spend more time in a different place. Please don’t misunderstand me. I love the connected universe and I thrive in it. I’m in the information business,…
App Guides you to Hawaii-Grown Food
As big round figures go, this one is remarkable: Hawaii imports an estimated 85 percent of its food. Meaning, of the $3.7 billion that Hawaii consumers fork over annually for food, only about $550 million is spent on locally grown…
Take Control of Your Truck Fleet
if you ever wonder what your drivers are doing with your delivery trucks, GPS tracking may be the answer. Local companies such as Comspec and Hawaiian GPS say their vehicle-tracking systems can save you money, increase your drivers’ productivity and…