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" l 3. ' clubs and bars, to that point." ":35 ' - ' ' ’ “I want it to be the No. l app for partygov To get there. Tomescu is going to hire 7‘3: - , , V ers,” said 'l‘oniescu. a 25~year»old University what he calls a “chief evangelist" â€" someâ€" _1, i- A?" ' . ofWaterloo graduate student. one with intimate knowledge of the Toronto ‘ ' ' , The app will use a person‘s (5P8 coordi- club scene to sell Nocturnal to club owners \ ‘ “ ’ ' nates and let them know and promoters . what clubs. bars and events That's where he'll make ' , '. > .. are nearby, "Vi/e had no idea the money. Instead of male . ,3 ‘ ‘ Tome-sen got the idea ing profits by selling the pro- ‘ J - when he was on a trip with LUhat were gOOd gram. Tomescu will charge " r '3‘ ., ‘3. . friends in Newi'ork City. They Clubs what kind the clubs and bars to list ,-. V‘ j _ were unfamiliar with the city ' , events and locations. " ‘- ' and didn't know where to go Off/HIS“: there was The app will be free for if: _, _ ‘ ' to party. __ the users. “if '3. . ‘ . ”We had no idea what there an5 :10 “A lot of programmers sell 931‘: _' , ' were good clubs, what kind of any [0 tell. their apps for 99 cents or use :l-% 5? f : . _ . ' . _ music there was â€" there was â€"GabrielTomescu in~app advertising. but the is} i ‘ . ~ 1- "' , no way to tell, he said. on how WWW, up with hLS most successful apps are the {if ,-..' 3 .. »_ .. The dilemma stuck with clim-findi‘n H “mm" ones with unique. updated ’ .. ff: Eggw diff”? »‘ 3" 37‘ ' , him and Tomescu got the K W content backing them up.” ’3 , :gzgtrtyfg ;$. 4;“- idea to create an app that he said. ‘ ‘ 3‘3? ~5:1‘2'1 ’, 3'. z "b “ T, f“,;”- ' would let clubbers know where to go. Tomescu wants to Sign on 25 to 30 clubs " 3‘1"?" " 1;; ‘~ 3 537.7” :1? 3 . ' gr‘ ,_ : l The app won‘t just be a list of locations. before Nocturnal launches next week and " T332} "71- "g‘ ‘53:: 5g??? ' l but offer a number ofsen‘ices. have 50 to 80 on board before moving onto ' .. {sfvrja‘g‘fiél fl ' 3. 33:5: ‘4 fir-([151 “You'll be able to do things such as get on another city. w~ ,,a . at?!" 1 V335?” ti guest list. order bottle serVice. reserve a In the coming years, 'l‘omescu enrisions f ‘fykga-ta‘QH . firs? 7 10$,» table and buy tickets for an event," l‘omescu Nocturnal moving into cities such as Mon- a5. 3»; “1:3: g ,» ,9 ' , said. treal,Vancouver and New York City. 1th,“;‘i' 1,". j. 7 3’ ' , While iii-s hoping to make Nocturnal a "In the longer term, I want it to expand T;_§~~ҤC ' ,. ! worldwide phenomenon. lomescu is across North America. even Europe." 'l'omes- ‘ L_ :5 "ix. 3‘ launching the app In one (in first It Wlll cu said. ' 3; "Q i‘,;* debut iii loronto on lime “.26 He's already invested $25,000 in the plan ' ‘ ‘ J 7 [tiniest u started developing the app in and has applied fut a Canadian Youth Busi» is December lhe Wilfrid [aunt-r University ness loan through the Waterloo Small Busi- :23“; ~ ‘ hiisim-ss program grad began l)\ sketching nessCt-ntre , ' 51” out ideas for the look and lt‘t'l of the applica- If approved, he‘s hoping to Lise some of ’ J lltlll that money to launch a BlackBerry version .‘a‘tm! He hired .i luroiito firm to build the pro ofihe application this fall, ‘ , «' Aggy gram tor him and have gone through a num lomescii is finishing tip his UW post. ;%.2, at: ’ l lit-rofdifli-reut tersionsofthi- program grad degree and is planning a move to .. 3L}? , limit-st u and his team are i iirri-ntly wait ioronto onte the app launches. a}? 5 mg for approval from Apple hit the app to be Nocturnal should be available in the ‘ .itdiluhh- in its App More Apple app store by the end ofthe month “Apple has a ‘48 per rent approval rate lot more Information or to sign up for .iiid other drips that my part iii-rs have updates About Not iiirnzil. visit Local entrepreneur Gabriel Tommu has developed an app for the Phone, lPad and the lPod launched limi- been approved in five to liltit' wwwnm‘tiirnalmiibile com that will help club goers find the hottest scene in city's like Toronto H‘ilfllllM.’ “I” ‘ . ‘7 I . ”I 2‘, 7 .- - ,. . 1, take a Sunday Drive Wi‘l‘l’t Dad. 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