Q3: What has been the best mobile app of 2015 (and why)?
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Tim Crawford
According to Apple's list, Periscope is their top app of 2015.
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IBM InterConnect
@tcrawford what's on your list?
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Brian Fanzo
@tcrawford Yes and that news made me a happy periscoper!
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TalentCulture
Periscope has eliminated the barriers for people to deliver content. Anyone with a smart phone can participate in the conversation
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Brian Fanzo
Periscope the app isn't the magic.... periscope I believe is the vehicle for communication, collaboration & engagement.. the reason I believe it's a game changer because you can't fake it or automate it and you must be real!
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Lawrence Smith
Uber. It just works better.
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TalentCulture
Slack has also been a huge game changer for work communication - no more filling up the inbox!
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Tim Crawford
As someone who lives on the road and relies on mobile tech, I'd have to say the Office Apps for iOS.
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Meghan M. Biro
@TalentCulture It's community focused
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Tim Moran
I'm going in a different direction here. I'll say the mobile browser. So many sites I use have rolled out phenomenal native mobile sites, that I often have no need to use an app! This trend only continues...
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{([ Ryan Boyles ])}
one of my favorites remains Instagram but Periscope is new take on familiar use case that has come into it's own I think with the wide availability of quality internet, wifi, broadband
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John Furrier
I love snapchat, fb, spotify, and twitter by usage
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Jeff Sheehan
Periscope, as it's given everyone the possibility of becoming a media star. @isocialfanz is the master at it!!
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Tim Crawford
The Office apps are not new. But in 2015, they improved to a significant degree and quite good!
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Brian Fanzo
My top 3 apps... Periscope, Snapchat, Slack --- all three allow for storytelling, engagement, collaboration and community!
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EileenDSmith
Starbucks? Anyone?
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Zach Jory
New app I have used most in last few months is definitely square cash app. I think the day is fast approaching when we'll never have to set foot in a bank
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TalentCulture
@furrier Love snapchat! It's really evolved over the past few years - great way to get news quickly
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Matt Morrison
Periscope for sure! Blab is rightr up there too. ROI from those platforms will be more important in 2016
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Brian Fanzo
@tcrawford you like office apps better than google apps... i couldn't work without google docs on my iphone... i write 90% of my blogs on my iPhone6plusS
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{([ Ryan Boyles ])}
@timothymoran i have to 2nd that - mobile web experiences have really come into their own! i think this is crucial not only for marketing but for retail. look at the up/down trends for black friday this year. shoppers are so saavy now.
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Tim Moran
@tcrawford Agree. The Outlook mail app has replaced the stock iOS mail app on my iPhone!
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Tim Crawford
My top apps: Office (Word mostly), Tweetbot, Expensify.
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{([ Ryan Boyles ])}
@MeghanMBiro ha ha, i resemble that remark
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Zach Jory
@iSocialFanz slack is awesome - very powerful collaboration tool for a large organization
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Meghan M. Biro
@EileenDSmith Yes! on Starbucks btw
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TalentCulture
@EileenDSmith Mobile ordering is the way of the future!
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Tim Crawford
@iSocialFanz My issue is that I need to work offline and find Google less intuitive than Box and other options for docs.
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John Furrier
@TalentCulture I love Amazon Prime Now app
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Matt Morrison
@iSocialFanz Yes many run out of original material fast, it's easy to spot the good ones.
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Brian Fanzo
@zjory yes the secret sauce with slack IMO is it's a combo of K.I.S.S. with open API integration...
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Meghan M. Biro
@iSocialFanz This makes sense - open integration is important
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{([ Ryan Boyles ])}
in terms of new or updated apps, i'd say Steller, Medium, Box, Dropbox, Tumblr, Tweetbot, Untappd, Paper, Hipstamatic, Instagram, Gmail, Snapchat is where i spend my time.
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Tim Crawford
Second place apps: Box, United, GameChanger
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Zach Jory
@iSocialFanz it is stupid easy to use. Even "those colleagues" can figure it out :)
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TalentCulture
@iSocialFanz @zjory Slack integrations are one of the best parts of the platform.
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Matt Morrison
Live Streaming Apps are promising but there needs to be a plan or strategy behind it for it to be useful
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Susan Visser
My favourite app is the weather app!
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Meghan M. Biro
@tcrawford What's your #1 favorite? If you had to choose...
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Tim Crawford
I will say that LinkedIn's mobile app update this past week has significantly improved the usability.
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Jeff Sheehan
Evernote is cetainly one at the top of my list.
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Tim Crawford
@MeghanMBiro Tough: I'd have to look at what I use most. TweetBot, Word, Box are probably the 1-2-3.
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Brian Fanzo
@MattRMorrison key is Trust + Training + Tools in that order & #ThinkLikeAFan my philosophy for providing unique insights... just because it's real-time doesn't mean you don't need a strategy!
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{([ Ryan Boyles ])}
it's great to see so many IBMers using Box, Slack and Verse to get work done in 2015 #newwaytowork
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Meghan M. Biro
@timothymoran Outlook?
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Jeff Sheehan
@iSocialFanz Brian, also, #H2H connectivity for problem resolution. Can't always solve everything w/ out human support. My problems w/ Twitter are GR8 example.
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Tim Moran
@MeghanMBiro Yup! I hated all 3rd party mail apps for iOS until the Microsoft Outlook app came along. In my mind, it's a game changer.
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{([ Ryan Boyles ])}
@timothymoran yes, the new Apple TV is on my Christmas list. i can't wait to see what TvOS can do!
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Lawrence Smith
My Mobile Apps: Sketches, Index Card, Reminders, Dropcam, Keynote/iWork, WordPress, Photos (not by choice), [weather]+, yelp, uber, Flipboard, [news]+, Facebook, Vine, [twitter]+, Inbox, etc.