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Friday, June 4, 2010

There’s an App for that Tat!

At this point, it pretty much seems like there is an App for everything.

But, if like me, you’ve at one time or another found yourself out and about and suddenly overwhelmed with the feeling that you MUST get a tattoo. Only problem in those cases always seems to be, you’re not near your favorite shop and artist and have no clue where to go. The last thing you want to end up with is something like this (or do you….?):

Uh, again, not quite sure what to say here....

Uh, again, not quite sure what to say here...

Well, the good folks over at The Tattoo List apparently suffered from this problem too and decided to help all the Ink fans out there get their tattoo on, whenever/wherever they are.

Helping you get your tattoo on!

Helping you get your tattoo on!

They went ahead and hand picked 300 artists around the county and dropped them into the App. You can see artists via list, near you, etc. You can even search by style which is a pretty cool feature. All in all, a pretty cool App for fans of tattoos and even those looking to get their first.

Thursday, June 3, 2010

My Cell Phone Can Save Me Money?

alg_foursquareCAUTION: Loyalty cards are going mobile.  Companies such as Foursquare, Loopt Star, and Gowalla have officially turned cell phones into a one-on-one marketing device, simply rewarding you for checking in at places and doing things you already do. These apps allow companies to make current customers more loyal by encouraging frequent visits, while enticing new consumers with deals and savings available on their cell phones.

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Mobile loyalty cards should be much more effective than physical loyalty cards or other digital campaigns in creating an individual connection with the consumer. Because the consumer does not receive any coupons he or she does not request, a company can create customized couponing based on where and what each person checks in doing.

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Although it may take some time for people to get comfortable publicizing their location, coupons and deals at Starbuck’s, Macy’s, American Eagle, Gap, local bars and restaurants, and many more may give them just the shove they need to become believers.

Next up: iRoyale with Cheese

While it may be a bummer that there are no Sam Jackson quotes from classic movies like Snakes on a Plane, Deep Blue Sea, or Lakeview Terrace on here, you do get 100% original Samuel L. Jackson quotes, apparently recorded just for the app by Sam himself.

That’s why you should get the Samuel L. Jackson app for your phone, iSamJackson.

The developers of the app have made it easy to get your Sam quotes in 2 ways, either clean and expletive-free for the under 17 crowd apparently, and then of course, well, with expletives. That’s a good move, because the world needs these quotes no matter what their age.

Samuel L. Jackson may be one of the finest actors of our time, with a resumé that goes beyond that of many other actors. I doubt George Clooney would’ve signed on to or even been able to carry Snakes on a Plane the way Sam did. Plain and simple, Samuel L. Jackson movies make you and your TV/DVD player feel good. Now they can make you and your iphone/ipod feel good.

So, you should probably buy it or Samuel L. Jackson might just call you leaving quotes from his movies on your voicemail everyday until you do.