Afternoon Tech Talk: Friday Freebies

Another round of free apps on Friday!!! In this group you'll find the latest applications to help you navigate everything from directions, 

MenuPages: The free app and website MenuPages keeps a database of restaurant menus, with prices included. If you've ever gritted your teeth at a restaurant's online menu that omits the prices, try MenuPages for unbiased information.
http://bit.ly/SR7H5R 

Ness Dining Guide: The Ness Dining Guide app makes a solid go at recommending restaurants, cafes, and bars it thinks you'll like, based on your prior experiences and data from a number of social networks, and shows you a percent score for how much it thinks you'll like the place.
http://bit.ly/14CxnIH 

RedLaser-Barcode Scanner and QR Code Reader: RedLaser, an app that turns your iPhone's camera into a barcode scanner, has long been on every new iPhone owner's list of free apps to download. Over time, the app has only improved, and it's now a multi-functional scanner that works on QR codes, too. When shopping, scan any item with a barcode, and RedLaser delivers detailed information about the product, including whether you can buy it at a better price nearby. 
http://bit.ly/13JQrsj

Wikipedia: Wikipedia is the go-to source for fact-checking in the mobile age, and the Wikipedia app usually returns results faster than a mobile search engine.
http://bit.ly/UHrkwQ 

Yelp: Yelp is an online urban city guide that helps people find cool places to eat, shop, drink, relax and play, based on the informed opinions of a vibrant and active community of locals in the know. Yelp is the fun and easy way to find, review and talk about what's going on in our World.
http://bit.ly/Y0lEk5

YouTube: If you buy a new smartphone, you'll want to install the YouTube app so that you can get quick access to all kinds of videos, from movie trailers to tutorials.
http://bit.ly/NXlpXY 

Waze: Join forces with other drivers nearby to outsmart traffic, save time & gas money, and improve everyone's daily commute. With community-generated maps and real-time traffic, you'll always get the best route to your destination. By simply driving around with Waze open, you're already contributing tons of real-time traffic & road info to your local driving community. You can also actively report accidents, hazards, police and other events you see on the road, and get road alerts coming up on your route too.
http://bit.ly/10ehQ4X 

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Bob Johnson is the Manager of Information and Technology Services at the Emma S. Clark Memorial Library.