It’s a busy Friday night at your local watering hole, and you don’t want to constantly reach for your wallet every time you get a drink. You also may want to avoid wading through the crowded bar area to settle up at the end of the night and argue with your bartender that your tab doesn’t seem very accurate. Enter TabbedOut, the mobile payment solution that tracks your drinks and pays the tab directly through the phone. TabbedOut maps a number of nearby locations that can run a digital tab (the service works only at participating merchants). A unique code is produced for the tab, given to a server/bartender, and then drinks are ordered throughout the night as you normally would. When it comes time to leave, TabbedOut sends the linked credit card – stored securely and encrypted – info to the venue. A tip can be added for your server, Read More

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There are some 225,000 mobile applications for the iPhone now and 70,000 for Android, so every so often we like to highlight a few that have caught our attention. This latest edition of our favorite smartphone apps includes a few in testing, a few we're madly in love with, some notable updates and some you may not have even heard of yet. Instagram (iPhone): OK, we're dubbing this one the "app of the month." Initially called Burbn, the original app was transformed into Instagram, a photo-sharing service and image editor. With a number of built-in filters, you can turn your iPhone photos into more attractive and interesting versions of themselves, then share them either publicly or privately with fellow app users. Your friends' photos are in a section called "Feed" and the most popular photos from across Instagram are found in the "Popular" section. While what Instagram is doing is not Read More

by This post is part of Mashable’s Spark of Genius series, which highlights a unique feature of startups. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. The series is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. Quick Pitch: TabbedOut is an app that allows patrons to securely open, review and pay bar and restaurant tabs from a smartphone. Genius Idea: This app for iPhone (available on iTunes) and Android smartphones will let you open, monitor and close bar tabs without ever pulling out your credit card. Participating bars grab payment information from the customer’s phone over the web thanks to a customer code. When you go to a bar, you can locate it in the app using your phone’s GPS. You open a tab with the app but place your orders by speaking with the bartender. With each new tab you’ll get a code; show Read More

The new Android app TabbedOut might just be the greatest free nightlife app in the history of mankind.  Rather than worrying about your held credit cards while bar hopping, you can now close out all of your tabs and even leave tips straight from your Android device.  Amazing right? There is one problem though…the app is in early stages and only works in Austin/Dallas, TX and Chico, CA.  When will it be spread to the masses?  Only time will tell. Gallery… #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } Download… Read More