'NEXT BILL GATES' SET FOR FORTUNE.

Byline: MAGGIE BARRY

A SCHOOLBOYdubbed"the next Bill Gates (person) Bill Gates - William Henry Gates III, Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft, which he co-founded in 1975 with Paul Allen. In 1994 Gates is a billionaire, worth $9.35b and Microsoft is worth about $27b. " has invented an iPhone application which could make him a millionaire.

Angus Ireland, 15, from Edinburgh, and three pals created an "app" to help shoppers to find bargains.

It brings together price comparison sites such as Kelkoo and the iPhone's GPS locator to find the cheapest shop and give directions.

Angus and three classmates Classmates can refer to either:

Classmates.com, a social networking website.
Classmates (film), a 2006 Malayalam blockbuster directed by Lal Jose, starring Prithviraj, Jayasurya, Indragith, Sunil, Jagathy, Kavya Madhavan, Balachandra Menon, ...

at Portobello High -Andrew Flowers, 14, Mikal Jedrzejczak, 14, and Rory Harper, 15 - have christened their product the 'iDeal'. The idea emerged at a conference run by IT company Adventi.

Angus said: "We were trying to think of ways to save people money. This would tell you the shop to head for and also give you a map."

Adventi plans to link up with a software developer in a bid to make the boys' dream a reality.

Brian Clark Brian Clark is one of the survivors of Al Qaeda's attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11th, 2001.

Clark is noteworthy as he is one of only a few people in either tower to escape from a floor above the plane's impact. , head of the school's computing department, said: "Angus has been programming and doing work above Higher level. He could well become the next Bill Gates."

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Date:	Jun 19, 2009
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