Whether you’re attending the Super Bowl in person or watching it on TV like me, there are apps supporting Pay to make your life easier. I’ve said since its release that Pay is one of the best technologies Apple brought out in years—I use it nearly every day.
If you’re staying home and want something delivered:
- Postmates: Imagine a service that delivers from places that don’t even offer delivery themselves. Consider a mobile experience so effortless, you simply tap a button and food, booze, electronics, prescriptions, and the raddest retail items arrive at your door in under an hour.
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Target: All the tools you need to plan, find, and save are now front and center.
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Instacart: Groceries delivered in 1 hour without a trip to the store. Order from local grocery stores like Whole Foods Market or Costco and get your groceries delivered when you want them.
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Merchbar: Discover and buy merch from your favorite bands, artists and more. Remember Katy Perry is the halftime show.
If you’re one of the lucky ones going to game you can try:
Tickets:
- Ticketmaster: The Ticketmaster app is the best way to discover, buy, transfer and sell tickets to thousands of live music, sporting, arts, theatre, and family events.
Stay:
- Airbnb: Make travel planning as mobile as you are with the Airbnb iPhone App. Airbnb opens the door to the world’s most interesting places to stay and is the simplest way to earn money from your extra space. With over 600,000 listings in more than 34,000 cities, Airbnb connects you with the experience that’s right for you.
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Stayful: Stayful finds & negotiates the best price on the perfect boutique hotel for you!
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Hotel Tonight: Hand-selected hotels at great prices. Book your Tonight, now up to 7 days in advance.
Rides:
- Uber: Request a ride using the app and get picked up within minutes. On-demand service means no reservations.
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Lyft: Need a lift? Try Lyft for a friendly, affordable ride whenever you need one. Request a ride with the tap of a button, and get picked up by a nearby community driver who’ll take you to your destination within minutes.
Parking:
- Spot Hero Parking deals: Find parking, compare rates & book a spot for up to 50% off the drive-up rate.
I love the technology, and the usefulness of the article (even if the Super Bowl linkage is pretty tenuous!). However, for those of us not working for Apple PR can’t we just call it Apple Pay, rather than doing the dorky wingding keyboard dance?
I went to panara bread and paid with apple pay and then they printed receipt and made me sign it? This is why i don’t bother anymore.
Is this a sponsored post? Definitely seems like it. Ticketmaster is clearly not the best mobile app for ticket purchases.
@apzafarnia
1) Jim definitely doesn’t do sponsored posts
2) Apple doesn’t sponsor posts
3) The article is not for the best app in each category, just the ones that support Apple Pay. What else other than TicketMaster? Only Seatgeek, which is a resell aggregator.
He does do a sponsored post every week, they’re just always highlighted as such.
Read the description for Ticketmaster: “The Ticketmaster app is the best way to discover, buy, transfer and sell tickets…”
Yeah, this post is confusing for a few reasons:
Doesn’t Jim Dalrymple live in Nova Scotia, Canada? (http://ryancash.net/post/17210613438/jim-dalrymple-interview)
Apple Pay isn’t available here yet. But maybe Jim is using this method? (http://www.itbusiness.ca/news/how-to-use-apple-pay-in-canada/51833) I think it would be good to mention how this is being done.
And the descriptions of the apps in this post read like they’re copy-pasted from the company who makes them. This doesn’t come off like Jim’s original writing. No offence.
Also, Postmates doesn’t offer service in Canada, according to their App Store description. The Target, Instacart, and Merchbar apps you can’t even download in Canada.
This post just comes off like a sponsor read without highlighted as such.