Monday, September 9, 2013

New app helps shoppers navigate Divisoria


MANILA – Afraid of getting lost in Divisoria? A new smartphone application offers a detailed guide to Manila’s most popular bargain hotspot.

The Divisoria Guide app features an offline map covering all the streets in Divisoria and some notes and tips on scoring a deal.

The app was created by 24-year-old entrepreneur John Christian Yayen, who admitted to getting lost in Divisoria several times.

“[The] Divisoria Guide is the perfect app for everyone who would dare to visit that part of Manila, especially nowadays that even search engine giant Google has very limited information about it,” said Yayen, a BS Nursing graduate of the University of Santo Tomas.

Yayen believes that the Divisoria Guide app will be helpful not only for customers, but also for small business owners who are looking to set up shop in the area.

He said it took him nearly a year to cover all parts of Divisoria, noting that some locals and Chinese businessmen in the area are not even familiar with some of the places he discovered.

The Divisoria Guide app is initially made for Apple’s iOS operating system and is now available for download on iTunes at $2.99 (around P130).

source: www.abs-cbnnews.com