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John's Apps
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John wakes up before the rest of the family and wants to check the weather so he can dress appropriately for the day. He uses Check The Weather because he can quickly bring up Notification Center since it has a great Today Widget that gives him the forecast he needs. He also likes the clean look and Dark Sky forecast.
Check The Weather
While he makes his morning coffee he wants to catch up on what is going on the world so he can talk intelligently about things that come up in conversation with clients and co-workers. He uses Yahoo News Digest to get top global news headlines delivered in quick and visual summaries, twice a day
Yahoo News Digest
While finishing the news and his coffee his iPhone & iPad make a noise indicating that he has something to do.
He looks at his iPhone and/or iPad and see that Due is reminding him to pay his credit card bill.
The brilliant part of Due is that it will continue to nag him until he does the task.
Due
In the commute to Minneapolis he likes to listen to podcasts so he uses Overcast to catch up on some of his favorite topics. He chose Overcast because it has Smart Speed which dynamically shortens silences in podcasts. In just a few months he has saved over 18 hours of time allowing him to listen to more of his favorite podcasts.
Overcast
When he arrives at his business he finds out that he will have to go to Berlin next week for a business meeting.
He uses Kayak to find the cheapest flight.
Kayak
He goes out to lunch with one of his friends and the check came when he was in the restroom.
The friend picked up the tab and he wants to pay him for his half.
He didn't have any cash or checks on him so he sent his friend the money via Square Cash.
Square Cash
When he gets back to the office he needs to login to a website to place an order for more office supplies,
but he has a horrible time remembering which password goes with which website.
He opens up 1Password to figure out what the password is.
1Password
Once he places his order he receives a tracking number via email and puts it in the Deliveries app so he can keep tabs on when it should arrive. He also likes using this app for keeping track of packages he sends others.
Deliveries
The following week he is off to Berlin. The night before he checks in for his flight via the Fly Delta app.
He then uses the app as his boarding pass.
Fly Delta
While at the airport, John occupies his time by playing a couple one of his favorite games Threes.
Threes
After awhile he deices to play Monument Valley, one of his other favorite games.
Monument Valley
When he lands he uses Uber to get a ride to his hotel.
Uber
When he arrives at the hotel there is a sign on the building next to the hotel that has some German on it and he wants to translate to english so he uses WordLens.
Word Lens
While at the hotel prior to the meeting with the important client he wants to make sure that he greets them properly in German. He uses Google Translate to figure out how to say his greeting.
Google Translate
As he collects receipts during his trip he scans them into his iPhone via ScanBot.