Website design trends change constantly

LineHop recently launched its first product for bowling centers called Snackbar. SnackBar allows bowling center customers to order from the restaurant and bar without leaving the lanes. The SnackBar mobile app is currently available in the App Store and Google Play. SnackBar has been available at Diversey River Bowl on Chicago's NorthSide for the last month. In this short time, SnackBar had over 100 registered accounts and processed over $1,000 in payments. In the next few weeks SnackBar will be in available in several more Chicago area bowling centers before expanding nationally.

Business travel becomes social and personal again as BTSocial launches their Travel App aimed at connecting business travelers around the world. President Tim Hines and CTO Karl Jackson realized that, based on their experiences, business travel life has become very disconnected and isolated. The new Travel App allows business travelers to share travel locations to meet like-minded travelers while on the road.

For small boutiques, one of the best and easiest ways to communicate with customers is via social media. Compared to dedicated websites or ecommerce portals, social media allows sellers to place their wares in front of potential customers cheaply and easily. It is based on this insight that the team behind walk.by, an iPhone app that launched today, built their product.

Built In Chicago and Marengo Hampshire Partners would like to congratulate April’s Startup of the Month: Branchfire! This software company makes iAnnotate, an iPad and Android tablet app that lets you take notes right on PDFs.

For the past 5 years or so, research has predicted that mobile devices would overtake personal computers when it comes to internet usage. The infographic in this blog post pulls together data that shows that the turning point is here now.