Photos courtesy of Micah BennSenior Micah Benn is working on creating BookWave, an app for Pepperdine students that allows students to easily find textbooks and compare prices. BookWave will allow students to type in their classes, and the app will list the needed textbooks with links to Amazon and Chegg. Benn said he plans to have the app done by late November or early … [Read more...] about App makes it easy to buy textbooks
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Pepp Alum Make it Easy to Donate
Photos courtesy of Arian Behboodi Donating to charity just got easier with the new app, GivnGo. Founded by Pepperdine alumni CEO Arian Behboodi and COO Zachary Darwish, GivnGo is an app launched two months ago that allows users to donate their spare change to the charity of their choice. The app is available on the app store for free for iOS users and makes it easy for … [Read more...] about Pepp Alum Make it Easy to Donate
Rho App Discontinued Following Administrative Requests
Photo by Cassandra Stephenson "Rho," a student-made shuttle-tracking app that appeared on the Apple App Store in September, has been removed from the app store. The app's creator, Micah Benn, said he was asked to remove his app from the store by DoubleMap, a transit tracking vendor, in partnership with Pepperdine in a recent email. Prior to receiving the email, Benn had … [Read more...] about Rho App Discontinued Following Administrative Requests
Pepperdine Student Becomes A Pokemon Master
Photos by Duncan Hilby and Jon RinkusOne of Pepperdine’s very own students was able to accomplish a rare and somewhat daring feat that not many people have accomplished — he captured every single Pokemon available within the North American region in the game Pokemon Go on Oct. 25.Pokemon Go took the world by storm back in July when it was released, where it proved … [Read more...] about Pepperdine Student Becomes A Pokemon Master
Rho App Streamlines Shuttle Tracking Info
Photo by Cassandra Stephenson Rho, the new shuttle tracking app created and designed by junior Computer Science major Micah Benn, was released in the Apple app store Sept. 7. The app is a cleaner, faster, smoother, more accurate version of the already existing shuttle tracker that exists in the Pepperdine app, Benn said. "Everything is native unlike the official … [Read more...] about Rho App Streamlines Shuttle Tracking Info