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There are 8,000-plus applications for the iPhone, but probably only one that was conceived by an actor and a Carmel-based software developer who met via Twitter.
That would be Yowza, a mobile coupon service that's the brainchild of Greg Grunberg (Matt Parkman on NBC's "Heroes") and August Trometer, who brought the idea to life.
Their story begins last October, when a mutual friend, Rick Yaeger, suggested Trometer get to know Grunberg. Trometer contacted Grunberg through Twitter and offered to write an iPhone application for his rock group, Band From TV, which raises money for charities. They started communicating through iChats and video chats, and Grunberg pitched the idea of a coupon app.
"I was walking into Bed, Bath & Beyond and, for the 10th time, I'd forgotten my coupons," the actor said. "I was like, 'This is insane!' That's how I thought of it"
Trometer had had a similar idea before their conversation, "but as a lone developer, I knew there was no way I could handle the development and...