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The four S3 pupils from Edinburgh’s Portobello High - Angus Ireland (described by teachers as “the next Bill Gates”), Andrew Flowers, Mikal Jedrzejczak and Rory Harper - combined two concepts to come up with a tool that every shopper in quest of a good deal would cherish. Working with staff from Adventi, the Apple specialists, the pupils believe they are on to a winner.
The idea, which emerged at a university conference supported by ScotlandIS members to promote computing studies to pupils, brings together price comparison websites, such as Kelkoo, and the GPS locator in the iPhone. It would allow bargain-hunters in the midst of a shopping spree to find the cheapest supplier of the product they want, based on their location
Full story at TES Connect
Boys' iDeal shopping solution
A group of schoolboys have come up with an application that could be the next big thing on Apple’s iPhone.The four S3 pupils from Edinburgh’s Portobello High - Angus Ireland (described by teachers as “the next Bill Gates”), Andrew Flowers, Mikal Jedrzejczak and Rory Harper - combined two concepts to come up with a tool that every shopper in quest of a good deal would cherish. Working with staff from Adventi, the Apple specialists, the pupils believe they are on to a winner.
The idea, which emerged at a university conference supported by ScotlandIS members to promote computing studies to pupils, brings together price comparison websites, such as Kelkoo, and the GPS locator in the iPhone. It would allow bargain-hunters in the midst of a shopping spree to find the cheapest supplier of the product they want, based on their location
Full story at TES Connect