Another Five Star App: Star Walk

The Star Walk App illustrates the heavens for everyone. It really is like holding the universe in your hands!

Star Walk is so amazing to see in action, because as you rotate the phone around, the real-time sky is visible on your phone!   All the stars and their constellations are shown day or night.  Here’s a Star Walk picture I took on my mom’s birthday -- I just scanned the sky with my phone until I found the Libra constellation, took a picture of that part of the sky and emailed it to her from the Star Walk App directly.  Happy Birthday, Mom!

Here are 2 YouTube videos that show many more features of the Star Walk App:

Add the Square App for Credit Cards

Today I am recommending a new Smartphone App for accepting credit cards called Square -- http://squareup.com -- I think it's a perfect addition for any on-the-go business!  This App was created by Twitter inventor Jack Dorsey.  Read more history behind the new App.

Basically, you download the free App to your Smartphone and then complete the registration process online. It took less than 10 minutes to get set up, there are no monthly fees, and the charge is about 3% more or less depending on if the credit card is manually keyed in or read with the free swiper attachment. Once the credit card is read, the customer signs the phone and then receives an emailed receipt.  Note that you definitely need WiFi to run the reader!!  An optional way to compute sales tax would be helpful, but overall the Square format is clear, easy and very fun to use!