If you’re going off to college, this could be the very first time that you’re living on your own and that can be legitimately scary. Luckily, there are a host of mobile apps and services which can help you adapt to life on your own. We’re going to take a look at five apps which can help you live on your own but these aren’t the only ones out there. Feel free to let us know your favorite apps in the comments below. Unless you’re moving into a dorm room, you’re going to need to find a place to live and while you can always go to Craigslist, I like the HotPads service and app. The layout on the web app is very easy to decipher, it’s full of information and the mobile apps for the iPhone and Android are perfect compliments for when you’re on the go due to its Read More

Consumers armed with smartphones are invading retail outlets, relying on connected handsets to find both the best prices and the products most recommended by their friends. Of the $447 billion that U.S. shoppers will spend this holiday season, $127 billion of that retail spend will be influenced by mobile apps, so we are rounding up some of the best mobile shopping apps to help you shop a little smarter. Here’s a list of seven useful shopping apps for smartphones this season: (iOS). As the king of online retailers, Amazon has a wealth of pricing data that consumers tap into for comparison purposes in a brick-and-mortar store. Amazon’s newest app uses the iPhone’s camera to scan the barcode of a product so you don’t have to waste time typing. After snapping the barcode, Amazon’s app returns both its own price as well as prices from other online merchants. You can also capture an Read More

Who couldn't use a good bargain these days? We pull out a few free and inexpensive smartphone apps that make shopping a little less of a chore.  Barcode readers     (free for iPhone): Think "red laser" as in the laser in the scanner at the cash register. By tapping the lightning bolt on the screen and steadying the phone's camera over a barcode, you can get details in a flash. If the camera isn't picking up the barcode, you can tap in the digits in the code. You can create wish lists of your scans and e-mail your list. It's a great tool for comparison shopping online -- and offline. There's a "local" feature that looks for your products at nearby locations using the location services of your phone.  On many food items, RedLaser calls up nutritional information. Of course, it doesn't always find what you're looking for, but we've had Read More

All those loyalty cards you have dangling off your keychain or plumping your wallet? Gone. In their place, smartphone users will have free apps like Key Ring or Cardstar on their cellphones. And if you’re the type who likes to search for bargains and clip coupons in the Sunday circular, these apps throw you a high-tech bone. Starting this week, Cardstar and Key Ring will include such things inside the app itself, so you can tap a button and have a coupon delivered to your cellphone. No snipping, no ink-stained hands. No worries about leaving the coupons behind on the kitchen counter. There are a few bumps along the way to this shopping utopia, and we’ll get to those in a minute. But as more supermarkets join the trend — as seems almost certain — and as the software developers fix some minor flaws, these apps could become essential to shopping. Read More

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