Vizalytics Technology

Jan 19, 2016

Premium version of popular mobile app brings powerful public data analytics to New York City shopkeepers January 19, 2016 -- NEW YORK, Jan. 19, 2015 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Minding your business just got a whole lot easier for shopkeepers in New York City. Vizalytics Technology, the New York data company bridging the information gap between governments and citizens, has released the premium version of its popular Mind My Business mobile app for shopkeepers in the city, adding powerful new features to the basic free version that was introduced in 2014. The Mind My Business mobile app for Apple and Android phones gives users customized real-time alerts about construction, traffic, regulatory issues, health and safety concerns, fines, events, and 311 information, drawn from the Vizalytics Knowledge Graph a massive database of government, public, and private data sources. Driven by Knowledge Graph analytics and user preferences, Mind My Businesssends every shopkeeper customized notifications to help them make better decisions, identify opportunities, and save time and money. Mind My Business Pro the $39.99 a month premium version adds a deeper and more frequent set of notifications, including transit information, data visualizations, and neighborhood mapping and community question features designed to give users economic benefits well beyond the monthly subscription. Vizalytics CEO Aileen Gemma Smith, who was recently named an NYC Venture Fellow , called Mind My Business Pro "a crucial enhancement for our small business friends in the city. " "We think Pro is an economical way to multiply the impact of public data on business success," Smith said. "Deeper data availability is important, but so is the community aspect of the app stronger communities make local businesses stronger, and they strengthen connections with government. For day-to-day life and business, those connections create real advantages for both citizens and public officials. " Mind My Business, which won Best Mobile App at BigApps NYC 2014, already has more than 2,000 business subscribers in New York City, along with their stakeholders, and recently launched in Chicago, where the Pro version will be launched later in 2016. The app will be available in Seattle and San Francisco in the coming months. About Vizalytics Vizalytics Technologies continuously ingests and analyzes dozens of data sets from city, state, and federal government as well as private sources to create a cloud-based, multidimensional "knowledge graph. " Users access the graph through information lenses geared to their needs: Local shopkeepers use the Vizalytics Mind My Business mobile app. Residents of New York City use the neighborhoods.nyc website. Government clients leverage Vizalytics Local Insight information dashboards. Learn more at vizalytics.com . Media Contact: Josephine Imbriani, Vizalytics Technology, Incorporated, 347.840.2947, jo@vizalytics.com News distributed by PR Newswire iReach: https://ireach.prnewswire.com SOURCE Vizalytics Technology, Incorporated