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iPhone app Grocery iQ acquired by Coupons, Inc.

By | January 28, 2009, 1:39pm PST

Summary: According to Jason Boehle, co-founder of Free State Labs, LLC, the independent iPhone developer has sold their successful Grocery iQ iPhone app to Coupons, Inc., the leader in online couponing. From the press release: Version 2 with mobile coupons is already in development and planned for a February release, and all current users will get the upgrade [...]

According to Jason Boehle, co-founder of Free State Labs, LLC, the independent iPhone developer has sold their successful Grocery iQ iPhone app to Coupons, Inc., the leader in online couponing.

From the press release:

Version 2 with mobile coupons is already in development and planned for a February release, and all current users will get the upgrade for free.

GroceryIQ (http://www.groceryiq.com) is the leading grocery shopping application for the iPhone or iPod Touch. The application comes preloaded with more than 130,000 items commonly found in supermarkets across America. The critically-acclaimed software enables users to organize their personal shopping lists by store, aisle, buying history, favorites, as well as customizing item sizes. With more than a thousand new installs daily, GroceryIQ has been the #1 paid application in the “Lifestyle” category of the iTunes app store since its release.

Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

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Jason O'Grady is a journalist and author specializing in mobile technology. He has published six books on Apple and mobile gadgets and his PowerPage blog has been publishing for over 15 years.

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Jason D. O'Grady

Jason D. O'Grady developed an affinity for Apple computers after using the original Lisa, and this affinity turned into a bona-fide obsession when he got the original 128 KB Macintosh in 1984.

He started writing one of the first Web sites about Apple (O'Grady's PowerPage) in 1995 and is considered to be one of the fathers of blogging. He has been a frequent speaker at the Macworld Expo conference and a member of the conference faculty. He also co-founded the first dedicated PowerBook User Group (PPUG) in the United States.

After winning a major legal battle with Apple in 2006, he set the precedent that independent journalists are entitled to the same protections under the First Amendment as members of the mainstream media.

O'Grady is the author of The Nexus One Pocket Guide, The Droid Pocket Guide, The Google Phone Pocket Guide, and The Garmin nuvi Pocket Guide (Peachpit Press), the author of Corporations That Changed the World: Apple Inc. (Greenwood Press), and a contributor to The Mac Bible (Peachpit Press). In addition, he has contributed to numerous Mac publications over the years, including MacWEEK, Macworld, and MacPower (Japan).

When he's not writing about Apple for ZDNet at The Apple Core, he enjoys spending time with his family in New Jersey.

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RE: iPhone app Grocery iQ acquired by Coupons, Inc.
jackson1984-24316069205748857739440257893812 10th Oct
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Nice App but...
No More Microsoft Software Ever! 30th Jan 2009
There should be a feature to list only the checked items. I build the list off all common items and check items that are needed. I then want to email and print only the items I have checked.

I don't want the cart to clear all items from the list. But I think after I use it more and figure out how to better use the History option this will do.

Great app for only 99 cents!
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Use Favorites and History...
rxmz20 30th Jan 2009
... and move things to your current list as needed. Works well.

This has surprisingly turned out to be one of the most useful apps I
have. Now, when I notice we're low on something, it's a quick and
convenient to add it to my list. With my forgetfulness, its very helpful!
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RE: iPhone app Grocery iQ acquired by Coupons, Inc.
jackson1984-24316069205748857739440257893812 10th Oct
I experimented with to subscribe in your rss feed , but had a problem incorporating it to nfljersey google perfect ascension

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