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Alex Lawrence bringing us some new and unconventional apps and services for you to try out.
Hello Alfred: www.helloalfred.com — Setup a to-do list of things like groceries, dry cleaning, pick up mail, clean your house and so forth. Give them a key, and they take care of it for you and charge your card. Rolling out nationwide now.
World View Wallpaper: www.worldviewwallpaper.com — Download wallpaper, changes once an hour (free) to show an amazing, live photo of somewhere in the world, at that moment in time, and changes it to your wallpaper background.
BluCar: www.blucar.com — Open app (iOS only for now, CA and CO and expanding), drop a pin, someone in BluCar uniform shows up, they take your car, park it in a secure lot (secured up to $1MM), bring it back to you when you call for it via the app. Pay via the app as well.
Phind: www.phind.it — Take a photo of a place you are at, they identify the image and give you information about it, things to do, place to go from there for good food and so forth.
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