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
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New App Offers Market for Students
Graphics courtesy of Christian Hanish and Pablo Orrantia The free Flypd app, created by senior Christian Hanish and alumnus Pablo Orrantia, launched at the beginning of the semester, offering students a marketplace to buy and sell goods. "As college students we kind of saw a need," Orrantia said. "There is not like a real medium nowadays for buying and selling on campus. … [Read more...] about New App Offers Market for Students
Carpool App Aims to Create Sense of Community
Photo by Chad JimenezA new carpooling app developed by a Pepperdine professor and designed by Pepperdine alumnus is aiming to help solve the parking issue on campus.Professor Zairk Boghossian and alumnus Sean Graves developed RidePul, an app that will help Pepperdine students find carpool rides. The app, which is available for iPhone users and planned for release on Androids in … [Read more...] about Carpool App Aims to Create Sense of Community
Sesh Tutoring App Launches On Campus
Photos by Rhema Gabriela In the midst of midterms, Sesh, a peer-to-peer tutoring app, gives students the opportunity to connect with others in their classes and receive additional help with schoolwork, Sesh CEO Daniel Rossett said. The app released at Pepperdine last week. Eight seniors from Vanderbilt University and Stanford University launched the app with the hope … [Read more...] about Sesh Tutoring App Launches On Campus
Yik Yak’s Anonymity Threatens Colleges’ Peace of Mind
Art by Brooke MuschottThe recent scare at the University of Missouri has prompted students at multiple college campuses across the country, including Pepperdine, to advocate for the banning of the app Yik Yak. You may be familiar with this anonymous location-based app, on which people can post whatever they want to the feed for their surrounding area. The app has been at the … [Read more...] about Yik Yak’s Anonymity Threatens Colleges’ Peace of Mind