Useful Local Smart Phone Apps
Mobile applications created for local businesses and by entrepreneurial Evanstonians.
1. Passport to Downtown Evanston Price: Free Availability: Android, iPhone, iPad, iPod touch Potential Users: Coupon cutters, downtown Evanston frequenters, Northwestern students, tourists Ever been walking through downtown Evanston, had a craving for pizza and wondered where you could find the nearest slice? Or desperately wanted an ice cream cone on a sweltering summer day but wanted a discount in price? The Passport to Downtown Evanston app aims to solve these minor yet frequent problems by allowing people strolling the city’s downtown area to find, sort and use digital coupons for nearby businesses. Customers redeem offers by using their smart phone cameras to scan on-location QR code matrix barcodes, which sit on display near store …
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