Content Tech: Startups

Meta - Search for your online files at lightning speed

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Meta a desktop search application developed to resolve a routine problem and that is to find a file from a desktop which would be similar to the one shown in the below image.

This seems like every one would face difficultly in search of a file on a Macbook / Windows PC desktop. The native search apps are limited to the device search and Meta has proven its utility by providing extended search features & capabilities over native search app.

These days for easy & quick access, we store files in cloud spaces which can be accessed from any device connected with internet. But to find a file you definitely need to login them and search for the item you need.

Avoiding all these, Meta has developed its application which can integrate with device search, along with multiple cloud spaces like Drop box, Google Drive, Evernote, Slack, Gmail, Trello and more. As of now Meta just closed it's beta and ready for release in providing Meta early access. We expect One Drive to be in the list of integrations and still need to know how many other application integrations can be done with the Meta.

Security and Privacy aspects

Based on our recent interaction with the founder Mr. Jason Briggs, the inhibitions on using the application and the security it provides on safe guarding our data, are at impressive standards. Considering the data theft and privacy policies, meta provides at most importance in providing security to the users data by industries best standard AES-256 encryption. Moreover Meta has given detailed explanation on the process of providing security and what does it store in their servers related to your online content.

The best part of their detailed explanation was on security of the files it accesses "File Metadata" . Once your account is integrated with Meta through OAuth protocol, meta processes your files content and tags them with the relevant keywords along with other searchable information from the documents. Then these tags and relevant information are stored in the database using indices (indexing) which can help in fetching and retrieving your file at lightning speed and the other best part is file opens up in the relevant application where it was saved. For more information on the process we recommend you to go through the details.

Startup Details

Founded May 2014 in Williamstown, MA
Based in Boston, MA
Raised $500k in February 2015
200 beta users, and 1,000 on the waiting list
7 team members

Founders

Jason Briggs, CEO | Emily Pavlini, COO | Aaron Taylor, CTO

Demo

Meta Demo from Meta on Vimeo.

Technical Presentation by Aaron Taylor for Code enthusiasts

Facilitating Idiomatic Swift with Objective-C from Aaron Taylor

DigitalRupay - A Startup - Creating Cashless Campuses

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DigitalRupay a startup idea generated in 2012 for a working parent who travels a lot and struggled to pay fees on time by visiting school or deposit in the bank accounts, where they had to wait at the designated counters for long time. With all this hassle they requested school management to enable online payment system as they already got a website. But schools were reluctant to do that as they have no clue on how to implement this feature. Requirements gathering was done from schools to develop an web application with all the essential features which help in providing online payment system and income management for schools. Finally they came out with DigitalRupay based on their customers and their own experiences.

DigitalRupay‬ is a product providing complete solution of cashless payments and income management at schools. They help schools, parents and pupils with an online payment system. They are the leading experts in this category of rapidly growing sector.

These days parents no longer expect to make school payments by cash or cheque. There are schools which have quarterly, half yearly and yearly fee structure which actually reduces burden on parents to come school on every month to pay fees. Despite all these changes schools and parents face challenges in paying out fees in the mode of cash or cheques. For many this is the only time they use their cheque book. Many schools are under pressure with increasing workloads and reducing budgets.

DigitalRupay can help improve efficiency while achieving cost savings and demonstrating real benefits to the whole school community. Creating cashless schools has many benefits for schools, parents and pupils.

DigitalRupay team are experienced in facilitating online payment system at schools. They are capable of being a bridge between school administration and finance processes, along with advising on how best to launch cashless payments in schools and promote their parent payment system. They ensure schools to have the best to facilitate the students and parents which actually increases the schools fame for its best ICT facilities. DigitalRupay has their own customer support team which delivers a range of services to help and support cashless payments in schools.