The inception of Cool Maze
Have you ever wanted to send a photo from your mobile phone to a computer?
This seems very basic, but the process comes with more friction than necessary. You may copy data using a USB cable, or via Bluetooth, or via a folder shared on the local network. What most people end up doing is sending an email with an attachment to themselves, logging into their email web client on the computer, waiting a minute, opening the email, and opening the attachment.
Is there a better way?
Cool Maze is a mobile app designed specifically for this: send something from your mobile to the computer, without friction. It doesn’t require any account, any password, or any tedious filesystem navigation. It also doesn’t require any software installation on the computer.
Cool Maze is a “Share application”, which means it is an extra option available when tapping “Share with…” from a mobile resource, such as a photo or a PDF document.
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Its operation is based on a key insight: a QR code is a powerful way to enable communication between two devices. When sharing with Cool Maze, the only step consists of scanning the QR code displayed on the computer at the web page coolmaze.io.
After scanning the QR code, the copied document shows up immediately on the computer. Fast and convenient!
This solution requires the mobile and the computer to have an internet connection. All data is end-to-end encrypted, ensuring your files are secure as they pass through a cloud server.
Once you have installed the app on your phone, you may share resources to your own computer, or to any computer: a coworker’s, or a projector in a meeting room… This is more secure than plugging a USB cable, inserting a USB stick, installing software on the target computer, or entering your email credentials on an untrusted machine.
To give it a try, get the app from the Google Play Store or from the Apple App Store.