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Kelsey Dinvaut | Monday, September 6, 2021
The MOOV app has gained some serious traction in the tri-campus community, gaining around two thousand users in the first week since its launch. The app, created by Notre Dame students Kevin Camson and Alvin Alaphat, focuses on socializing the Notre Dame community with one another and the South Bend region. I figured since I’ve
Maria Luisa Paul | Monday, February 24, 2020
Sitting together in their Introduction to Engineering class as freshmen, now seniors Horacio Lopez and Alexandra Lopez never imagined their friendship would turn into a partnership. However, three years later Horacio and Alexandra have engineered their own app together — GiveBee. GiveBee serves as a community where app users share posts about the food venues
Nicole Caratas | Tuesday, April 12, 2016
Eddie McDonough, a 2011 Notre Dame graduate, founded a website called Neighbormate so students can buy and sell items online using a platform that is guaranteed to be safe and scam-free. McDonough came up with the idea when he was the victim of a scam on Craigslist, he said in an email. “The year Notre
Selena Ponio | Monday, March 21, 2016
With the summer swiftly approaching, students often find themselves lost in a sea of internship applications and turn to sites such as LinkedIn or GoIrish to help them in their search. Two Notre Dame alumni aim to simplify the career and internship search with CareerLightning. Frank Bugaris, who graduated from Notre Dame in 1999 with a major
J.P. Gschwind | Friday, February 26, 2016
A Notre Dame alumnus is trying to transform social media by introducing forward-oriented timelines that enable users to connect with other users based on their future locations and travel plans. Andrew McGill, a 2007 graduate, is the co-founder and chief executive officer of Flypside. The smartphone application allows users to create a new form of a post,
Scott Boyle | Monday, January 25, 2016
I remember begging for a cellphone in junior high. All of my friends had them, so I figured that it was only fair that I should have one too. Although it would be many years before I would use it to surf the web, FaceTime or pay with a credit card, I recognized very early
Jack Rooney | Thursday, January 21, 2016
Life as an on-campus senior is great. I get all the benefits of living close to my classes, meetings and most especially the dining hall (not having to cook for yourself is particularly clutch). Most of these benefits involve more sleep and less travel time, especially when the weather is as bitterly cold as it
Selena Ponio | Wednesday, December 2, 2015
The development of a new app at Notre Dame is catching the attention of a specific group: senior citizens. Researchers at the University’s Interdisciplinary Center for Network Science and Applications (iCeNSA) developed eSeniorCare, a comprehensive app that helps senior citizens manage, organize and provide feedback on their health care. Nitesh Chawla, director of iCeNSA, said