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Smartphone app hails, tracks taxis
USA TODAY
DES MOINES, Iowa -- Randy Sackett made a significant investment in his 100-strong fleet of taxicabs during the past couple of years. The Trans Iowa president replaced a 15-year-old dispatch system. He also installed GPS devices in every cab bearing the ...
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Smartphone apps help users shape up
The Coloradoan
A 2012 Johns Hopkins University study examining the impact of smartphone apps and texts to promote weight loss and physical fitness determined that there is a positive correlation between the two. The report revealed that 57 percent of participants ...
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This App Lets Your Smartphone Pay for Those Apps
TheStreet.com
All dining consumers have to do is download a restaurant, bar or tavern's mobile payments app; immediately their credit or debit card is linked to the establishment payment system. They can choose to pay using multiple payment platforms, including bank ...
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School district among first in area to offer smartphone app
Hamilton Journal News (subscription)
Anyone who has a smartphone can now carry Fairfield City Schools in their pocket. The school district has become one of the first in the area to offer a smartphone app, now available in both the Apple App store and in the Android Market. The app cost ...
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Car clamped after app's failure
Stuff.co.nz
He'd paid to park, but a crashed smartphone app has led to a clamped car and a $115 fine for a Wellington man. Ben Knill regularly parks in the central Wellington Lombard St car park, which is operated by Tournament Parking. He had signed up to the ...
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Smartphone, tablet health apps touted as lifesavers
Financial Express
Health-related applications for smartphones and tablets are a booming business, but in Africa and Asia "mobile health" could actually be a lifesaver for millions, industry leaders and aid organisations say. Mobile phones could save up to a million ...
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Idea Box: Get More Out of Your Smartphone
Pallet Enterprise
Many small business owners use smartphones. If you are one of them, are you getting the most out of your phone? Literally thousands of business applications, commonly known as apps, are available that can significantly improve the usefulness of your ...
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