{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Next Biz Thing: Unveiling Tomorrow's Business","title":"Next Biz Thing #442 softhalo.app","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":504,"description":"Soft Halo https://softhalo.app\nSoft Halo is a Windows screen time app that puts app and website limits in the hands of the people using it. This episode explores how daily limits, a visible timer, website limits for Chrome and Edge, and Protected Mode work together to help you keep the promises you make about your time. Markus J. Diplama also looks at the app's local usage data approach, its free browser timer tools, and the roadmap ahead. A good listen for anyone ready to spend their attention on purpose. Visit the Soft Halo website to try it.\nHow many times today did you pick up your phone or open a new browser tab, only to realize twenty minutes had vanished somewhere between a quick check and an endless scroll? If that sounds familiar, you are in very good company. Most of us know exactly what we should be doing, and still the pull of the next video, the next feed, the next little distraction wins more often than we would like to admit.\nWelcome back to The Next Biz Thing, the show where we spotlight innovative and emerging businesses and help you understand the niches they are shaping. I am your host, Markus J. Diplama, and today I am excited to introduce you to a product built for exactly that moment of drift. It is called Soft Halo, and it comes from a company named Azonic International.\nSoft Halo is a screen time app for Windows. Its tagline says it all: app and website limits you choose. That last part matters, and we will come back to it, because the whole idea rests on the word choose. This is not a tool that decides for you what counts as a distraction. It hands the decision back to you, and then helps you keep the promise you made to yourself.\nLet me walk you through what it does. Soft Halo runs on Windows 10 and Windows 11, and it tracks how much time you spend in your apps and on your websites. From there, you can set daily limits for the things that tend to eat your day. A visible timer keeps the clock in front of you, so the time you have left is...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/Pb0F3jmlyIfOyRlax9T63lldyNPycKwPJeWzBdTAC44/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQ5NzEzLzE3MDc4/NDQ0NzAtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}