Article: http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/business&id=7811379
The first step to recovery is no longer admitting you have a problem...but downloading an app to help you with your problem even more!
One day after Black Friday, a new app has surfaced to help you impulse shop "responsibly". The leading application is called PriceCheck by Amazon. The app allows for the smart phone to take a picture of the bar code and scan it. Upon scanning the bar code, all matching codes will pop up showing which store sells that product for the cheapest amount. This app will put more pressure on stores to sell a product at its true value so they don't lose customers.
In my last blog, I talked cultural perspective and how it affects the community in ways of interaction and values. I don't think that this app is too harmful. I know that it could be very beneficial to shoppers like my Dad, the kind to go to seven stores pricing things out just to go and buy the product from the first store they went to. It also helps the bargain shopper know where to frequent. I am interested to see if Wal-Mart really sells their products at the lowest possible cost.
The negative affect of this blog is relying on your phone for even more. That is what all apps do, make you rely on your phone even more than before. Instead of having the day to yourself to shop, your phone will have to be with you and on, which takes away the whole "day to yourself" aspect.
With all apps, this one can service the community for the better, if used with responsibility. Through writing my blogs and reading those from other people, I do feel that some applications are beneficial to today's society. It is a matter of how people use them. Technology is ever evolving. No one will stop it. Dealing in the cultural perspective, technology has effected the community mainly for the better. Relationships can be built based off apps. You and your circle of friends are more than likely going to have the same apps. The same applies in the work environment, depending on your job you and your co workers will use the same apps. It is very mainstream and has even crossed into the church. A lot of my friends with Blackberry's all have the Bible application. It works as a bonding method.
Overall, I say apps are a wonderful thing. But with all good things you have to know when enough is enough.
This a video that goes along with the app.
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This is very interesting in the market industry. Now an app can tell you which store has the cheapest product. This would cause the consumer to not have to waste time and also decreases impulse buys that some stores need.
ReplyDeleteI have actually used an app similar to PriceCheck. If i'm out somewhere and need something, I will scan the barcode and see if a store in the area sells it cheaper. I have saved some money and find it to be extremely useful.
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