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App helps students pre-order and pre-pay for food

App helps students pre-order and pre-pay for food

BY COLLEEN PODMOROFF Ordering food at Sheridan College just got a little easier. There’s a new tool on the market to help students get their food faster, without standing in long lines. It’s called Boost. “We started Boost with the mission to cut down student wait time while they wait for food. Our goal is […]

HonkMobile launches parking payment app

HonkMobile launches parking payment app

BY COLLEEN PODMOROFF Sheridan students, staff and faculty now have a new way to pay for parking on campus with their smartphone. HonkMobile launched a mobile parking payment app, replacing QPay and Locomobi. “Sheridan made the transition to Honk as it allowed for seamless integration with epark, i.e with no added expenses to the college,” […]

Second Waiter gives easy access to nutrition info

Second Waiter gives easy access to nutrition info

BY JESS ROVEDA For Richard Green, Delmar Powell, and David Pullar, winning a contest was all that they needed to bring their idea to life. Since winning the $1,000 prize from Sheridan’s Next Big Idea contest in October, the creators of the Second Waiter app have taken their marketing to the next level through an […]

Oakville Transit introduces bus-tracking app

Oakville Transit introduces bus-tracking app

BY JESSICA ROVEDA Gone are the days of wondering when the bus will arrive thanks to a new smartphone app from Oakville Transit. Real-time bus tracking is a unique, GPS data-based feature of the Oakville Transit app, which tells users an estimated arrival time for their location and bus route. Using location services on their […]

Brother’s needs lead to app to help autistic students

Brother’s needs lead to app to help autistic students

BY GREG LOWENTHAL A sister’s frustration led to the creation of an app for autistic students and other students looking to organize their everyday lives. The app is called Motify. The name is a combination of the words Motivate and Simplify. Shauna Jones, a student in the software development and network engineering program, developed the […]

Third Bi-Annual Sprint Week Winners announced

Third Bi-Annual Sprint Week Winners announced

STORY BY RACHEL LEE-THOMAS The winning teams of this semester’s game design “Sprint Week” created storytelling games to help older and younger generations connect. The winners were announced on Nov 13. Games were play-tested and judged last month with Once upon a Dice Roll winning best physical game, and Tell me a Story winning best […]

App helps international students

App helps international students

STORY BY JANA GREGORIO Imagine this: you’re moving abroad to study in a different country. The move-in day is a month away. You ask yourself, what clothes do I bring? What do I do about my cell phone? What is the culture like? How will I get around the city? These are just a few […]

Five weird, but useful apps

Five weird, but useful apps

BY JEANYLYN LOPEZ From taking notes on your bowel movements, to getting a random person call to make sure you’re up in time for work or joining arms with your partner thorough phone to dance together. The Sheridan Sun found some weird but useful and fun apps to download on your phones.  Make sure to […]

LIVE EVENT: Fort McMoney App Launch

LIVE EVENT: Fort McMoney App Launch

LIVE COVERAGE BY DEVON GENERAL On Friday, Nov. 22, the National Film Board of Canada will host a live demonstration of Fort McMoney, a new app created by David Dufresne that allows users to take control of Fort McMurray, Alberta. They will be tasked with making decisions on economic, political, environmental and social issues for […]