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Cartoon: Lost Soul

Written by Jon Carter
2/7/2013 23 comments
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Venks
IQ Crew
Tuesday March 5, 2013 1:05:11 PM
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LOL ! Thats a Hillarious Cartoon, Jon. Thank you for that. Cant stop laughing loudly. The Doctor is in the wrong profession I thought. He should have become an Engineer. Instead of prescribing an App he could have created one !

Venks
IQ Crew
Tuesday March 5, 2013 12:58:36 PM
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@StaceyE, Just right there. You've hit the right button. Even I had a similar experience on Google Play. I came across this really really stupid App called Solar Battery Charger (or something similar), which the name suggests that you can charge your cellphone battery using Solar energy. WoW ! What an idea? But that was it. It was only an Idea and it never charged any batteries. A real useless App I felt.

StaceyE
IQ Crew
Thursday February 28, 2013 11:44:52 AM
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@ Alison

There are so many apps that are completely useless, it amazes me. I was browsing apps the other day and saw one called wi-fi hacker (or something to that effect). In its description it clearly stated that the app "pretends" to gain access to secured networks. My first thought was that it was stupid and a complete waste of space. I went on and read the customer reviews (mostly because I noticed there were so many), and I was shocked that people were irate because the app didn't really work.....that was a total "shake my head" moment....

stotheco
IQ Crew
Friday February 15, 2013 2:14:47 AM
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Lost soul, lost phones, lost lovers.. There's an app for everything!

syedzunair
IQ Crew
Tuesday February 12, 2013 10:21:04 AM
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Sigh, we can't have everything we want in life.

Kim Davis
Thinkernetter
Monday February 11, 2013 5:15:04 PM
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There's an app for that.

derrickwood
Rank: Cave Painter
Monday February 11, 2013 3:07:47 PM
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Jon, this is great. Now if only you could include something that lets me see through all the fog in my head!

Mitch Wagner
Thinkernetter
Monday February 11, 2013 11:57:35 AM
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Strong teeth ... black and shiny hair... you make me sound like a dog. :)

nasimson
Thinkernetter
Monday February 11, 2013 7:37:07 AM
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"I'd like an app that will help me find the lost idealism or optimism of my youth. 

Or my hair. I'll start with that and work up."

You mean that app will feature the time machine concept?
Great idea Mitch..now old age won't remain a gloomy one,as you still gonna have strong teeth,strong eyesight and black and shiny hair in this span of life too..;)

DrT
IQ Crew
Sunday February 10, 2013 10:55:32 AM
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Although the cartoon represents the extreme it also shows how apps become part of everyday life.

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