Best Personal Finance Mobile Apps
Tired of overdraft? Need some help managing your finances? Here are a few smartphone apps to help you do just that.
If you use any (or all) of these apps, let me know what you think.
MasterCard Shows the Future of Mobile Payments Is In Your Senses
MasterCard Labs is working on proof-of-concept for new and innovative payment solutions. Imagine scanning a QR code displayed on your TV screen and instead of merely taking you to the merchant site, processes the entire transaction on your mobile phone. This article describes a few of the interesting sense-initiated solutions.
Google Maps for mobile and desktop now gives you LIVE transit updates.
Google Maps has partnered with a few U.S. and European cities - Boston, Portland, Ore., San Diego, San Francisco, Madrid and Turin - to integrate live transit data, letting you know about any delays or alerts on your route.
If you’re like me and love public transportation but doesn’t love the unreliability of the schedules, especially in the winter, this will be so helpful. I can’t wait to test it out this weekend!
ComScore Says Check-In Users Are Young, Employed & Use Android
Digital analytics firm comScore released a study that says that 7.1% of the entire U.S. mobile phone population uses location check-in services and 17.6% of smartphone users checked in during the month of March.
Other studies have indicated a steady decline of location based services. What do you think — fad or here to stay?
Netflix App Finally Comes to Android Phones
Well, sort of, anyway. The company announced today that its Netflix application would be available as a free download on the Android Market immediately, complete with “Watch Instantly” streaming support. However, only a handful of Android phones will be able to run it. As of today, four HTC model phones (the Incredible, EVO 4G, G2, Nexus One) and the Samsung Nexus S are the only devices capable of running the app.
Seems like a bit of a tease to release this just for a handful of Android phones. Who knows how long before the app is broadly available to all Android devices.
The Best Travel Apps to Ease Your Journey
Here are a few travel apps to make travelling more pleasurable. GateGuru and Gobi sound like good contenders for my next vacation.
