On Tuesday, November 17th, Dale Zak submitted the first iPhone application – Meet Me Here on behalf of a new business called Apps4Good.
The Give: When you purchase the Meet Me Here application, the proceeds will benefit Phoenix Youth, who offer ten programs and services that support at-risk and homeless youth, ages 12-24. Phoenix help youth transition from a place of need, to a place of happy and healthy independence. Their mission is to break the cycle of poverty and homelessness.
The Get: A useful, well designed and built iPhone application that allows you to quickly send a Meet Me Here message to your contacts via email and Twitter.
Apps4Good is a business created because of a few incredible events held at the Hub, initiated by Dale Zak that involve leveraging Mobile Technology for Social Good. First it was Mobile Tech 4 Social Change Halifax in May and then the iPhone Hackathon for Charity in July. The goal of the iPhone Hackathon for Charity was to build iPhone applications over a weekend and have the profits of their sale go to local charities.
Since that weekend, a handful of committed people have been creating the structures and mechanisms to make this work and now we have our first opportunity for success.
How to Give Get:
Download Meet Me Here at: http://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/meet-me-here/id341268752
Meet Me Here, allows you to quickly schedule and send a meetup to your friends via email and Twitter! It’s as easy as:
Where – find your current location, choose from bookmarks or search for an address
Who – select one or multiple contacts from your Address Book and Twitter
What – enter meetup information
When – pick meetup date and time
Send!
What’s next? Expect the second application to be published in the coming days, and the third released before Christmas.
To learn more about Apps4Good, please visit the website http://www.apps4good.ca. It’s under development so please stand by!