New York Restaurant App Splits the Bill for You

Dining out with friends gets complicated when it's time to split the bill. Everyone crams a combination of cash and plastic into the leather bill folder, and the unlucky waitperson has to deal with a tangle of dollars, cards and instructions.

The creators of restaurant app Cover want to make sure you never have to deal with that kind of scenario again. The app splits the bill for you, and you can pay directly from your smartphone without waiting for the check.

For 2.5 million potential diners living in Brooklyn, Cover is now available at 13 of the borough's eateries. The app is expanding its reach beyond Manhattan, where it's been streamlining restaurant bills at some 43 establishments since its public launch in October 2013. Read more...