Tuba for Android: Last minute local deals on food & drinks

This new app for Android was built by a friend who is a Computer science PhD and is experimenting with different products that use mobile location data that benefits the user. The Tuba app is simple: It uses accurate location data to show you food & drink deals (mainly from Groupon) near you. So you can find deals around you or when you are already at a restaurant or bar, it push notifies when there is a deal. So for example, if you walk into a restaurant to eat and there is a Groupon deal at that restaurant, you will be notified and be able to use it right away The extra perk on top of this is that the app gives you 10% cashback on each purchase. I’m pretty sure they have set it up so that you just get the affiliate revenue back. The apps technical strength is that it is used your location data to find you deals but uses very little battery life. It is actually less than 1%, which is rare for location always on apps. It also will learn your deal preferences over time to only notify you when it is something that app deeps you will be interested in. Anyways, I thought it was interesting. If you are an Android user I think you will find it very useful.