App of the Week – Capitan

Published On November 6, 2015 | By Tom Huskerson | App of the Week

CapitanKeeping a grocery list can be a hassle. And many grocery apps are helpful but you can still forget things. But what if your grocery app could learn your shopping habits product preferences? That is why Capitan is the App of the Week.

Capitan is a grocery list app that possesses a form of artificial intelligence that can help you by learning how and where you shop and what you buy.

Capitan’s simplistic interface allows the user to create and share shopping lists with family members or roommates. It can learn where the products are in the store  to make your trip to the store more efficient. The app has the ability set up notifications when you are near a store you normally shop at or alert you if something from your current shopping list is being sold. These notifications can also be sent to the users smartwatch.

Capitan is free and available for Apple and Android.

 

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About The Author

Tom Huskerson Bio Born in Richmond Virginia Tom Huskerson is a military veteran who settled in California after his discharge. Tom attended Santa Barbara City College where he began his writing career as a campus reporter. He worked as an intern news reporter for the Santa Barbara News-Press writing feature stories before moving on to San Francisco. At San Francisco State University Tom studied broadcast communications and began to focus on the Internet. He completed his graduate thesis on Internet advertising. Tom was the first student to ever focus on the Internet as a graduate student at San Francisco State University. After graduation he went to work for Zona Research in California’s Silicone Valley. As a research associate Tom supported senior analyst writing on the latest developments in the Internet industry. During the dot com boom Tom worked for several web businesses as a market researcher and analyst. As a writer and researcher Tom has authored various technical works including a training program for Charles Schwab security. Other projects included professional presentations on workplace violence and hiring security contractors. Tom has also written both fiction and non-fiction works and blogging for a travel website. He has published two books of short stories and completed two novels. Tom is the owner of Scribe of Life Literature and EbonyCandle.com. Tom is not the chief editor for the OnTechStreet. com. A news and information blog that focuses on tech news for African-Americans. The blog is the result of his desire to inform the African American community of the dangers and benefits of the cyber age. In his blog Tom reports on information security, new and analysis, scams and hoaxes, legal happenings and various topics that arise from the age of information. Tom believes that technology is a necessary tool for black people and they should know what is happening. Tom writes believing that techno speak is for the professional and that valuable information can be communicated using plain language. As a result he has embraced the motto, Less Tech, More Knowledge.

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