Clawson Could Become the First City in Michigan with an App

City government, businesses, residents, schools and visitors could benefit from a municipal application for smartphones, developer tells City Council.

GPS location directions for restaurants, streaming city TV and touch-to-call directory capabilities are three of the many features that could be included in a municipal mobile application compatible with smartphones – and a local developer wants to make Clawson the first city in Michigan to have one. Stephen Thornhill from Kart Media Group, a Birmingham-based digital media agency that has designed apps for HGTV, presented his idea to the Clawson City Council at its regular meeting Tuesday night. He began by explaining that if the council agreed to move forward with the app it would be the first Michigan city to have one. “People are starting to rely on their mobile devices more and more for information over their computers,” Thornhill said…

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