Posted: July 27th, 2011
Our Chief Business Development Officer, Gal Har-Zvi, was recently interviewed by Ryan Malone regarding Seniorama. Ryan is the creator of the “by families, for families” approach to elder care which teaches families how to make elder care a positive experience. He is the author of several elder books, a frequent public speaker and marketing consultant.
There is so much innovation in senior care right now. Much is being created along the care side, but few companies have dared to propose new technology directly to seniors.
It’s a tough nut to crack. Even thought seniors are getting more comfortable with technology, it still takes a special solution to be able to make technology engaging and useful.
I had the chance to speak to Gal Har-Zvi of Softrama, the makers of Seniorama Pointer 2011. It’s a software application that transforms your existing computer into a senior-friendly operating system. Below is the transcript of our interview with some screenshots of the application at the end of the interview.
You can read the full interview on Ryan’s website. Ryan also agreed to give our readers this coupon code for his great books – TWENTYOFF.
Posted: March 24th, 2011
Dear users,
Judy here has kindly asked me to tell you a bit about ourselves and about our future plans.
So first, we would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your precious
feedback and valuable insights: Thanks to your input we were able to further
improve our product line. That means a lot to us.
So, to keep bringing you awesome software products, we have
recently developed & deployed a new feedback system that helps
us collect your feedback in real time.
Second, we are now in a process of releasing an important new
update to Captain Optimizer which will further improve the scanning
process and increase the effectiveness of the software. The update
allows Captain Optimizer to immediately detect and fix unwanted settings
and definitions that slow down your Internet connection and PC
- Helping you enjoy a much smoother browsing experience.
Third, we are on the verge of releasing the much-anticipated Seniorama™ ,
an exciting new software application for the elderly. Seniorama makes the
entire PC experience accessible to “PC-phobic” individuals (mostly seniors
who find the entire computer experience frustrating and hard). Get it for your
folks, uncles/aunts and anyone you care about, that can’t enjoy a standard computer.
So stay tuned. Launch is coming sooner than you think.
Thank you once again for your support and advice. We’ll keep doing our
best to bring you great software products.
Best,
Eran Yessodi,
CEO
Softarama Ltd.
Made for People
Posted: November 28th, 2010
Internet users keep hearing about cookies all the time.
In case you’ve started drooling over your grandma’s cookies- this is just the post for you…
So, what are cookies?
For faster loading time the system and internet browsers store a lot of information so we won’t have to bother to retype it time and again. Cookies are temporary files which store all internet related information, i.e. websites visited, images viewed, data downloaded. All such information is cached on your hard drive. Next time you visit the same site, you do not have to repeatedly download the data.
The recently visited site URLs are stored in the address bar of the Internet Browser (usually Internet Explorer). Keywords typed on the search engines are also saved for our convenience. History stores all the recently opened documents and files. Windows Temporary folder saves temporary files. All this is for our convenience, but can prove to be harmful if the same information is passed on to someone else.
One should be more careful when multiple users share the same computer. The traces of activities can be tracked down more easily in such a scenario. This can be fatal if delicate and sensitive information becomes accessible.
The solution
Privacy Sentinel helps in erasing all the evidence of computer and Internet related activities. Internet history, the history of applications and documents used, the recent data accessed, URLs in the address toolbars, and deleted files in Recycle Bin are some very important traces that Privacy Sentinel permanently eliminates from the system. In that process you also free hard drive space.
Privacy Sentinel does a dual job of maintaining system and user privacy and freeing some space on the hard disk. In a few simple clicks, you can regularly delete privacy-exposing traces from the system and keep your online privacy secured.
Safe browsing!
Judy,
Softarama Team.
Posted: November 24th, 2010
We get a lot of questions about windows registry.
What is it? What does it do? How can I fix it?..
Let’s begin with what is the registry -
“Registry” is a part of the Windows database which stores all the information related to Windows applications and the configuration settings supporting it in a hierarchical structure. It comprises of keys, sub-keys and values. Each key comprises of values which store the relevant information. The registry must be clean, optimized and error-free to maintain proper functioning of the system. Whenever you install, uninstall, change file-types associations etc. – more entries are added to the registry. Obsolete, outdated and corrupt entries, cause the computer to slow down.
What can I do then?
That’s an easy one! We’ve developped Registry Commander for that sole purpose.
Registry Commander (RC) scans, and removes those unwanted entries. Registry Commander’s algorithm scans through the registry and identifies invalid Registry entries, and fixes them. Before changes to the registry are done, RC creates a back-up of the registry in case you accidentally delete important data. Therefore, RC is the safest and the most secured way to optimize your registry, and improve your PC performance.
Till the next time,
Judy,
Softarama Team.
Posted: September 22nd, 2010
We are happy to announce the arrival of the new Captain Optimizer.
This new version is more stable, faster and easier to use.
We’ve added some new features such as: Memory Optimizer, System Advisor, Common errors fixer and much more. This is to help you make the best decisions and tweaks all by yourself! no need to call a technician!
As always – we’re here to listen to what you have to say.
Softarama team.
Posted: September 1st, 2010
Here we will keep you updates on news and ideas on software and computers in general.