Make This Winter A Little Easier with Dark Sky

Well, it’s official. Chicago winter is here. And the cruel prankster that it is, it waited until after January 1st to give us any snow. However, Dark Sky may have just made your life- or at least your daily commute a little easier.

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Dark Sky is a crazy accurate weather app that gives you exact details about the weather you’re about to step into. Available for iPhone and iPad, this weather app brings you local and global weather in an accessible yet beautiful display. Not only that, but it puts the weather in the simple terms you’re looking for.

Want to know exactly how many minutes until it starts snowing? Done.

Need a detailed breakdown of the upcoming weekend forecast for your mini vacation? Coming up with just a few taps on your screen.

Not looking to get a blow dry courtesy of the wind? Simply access the wind direction and speed in your area.

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While Dark Sky may cost $3.99, it is definitely worth it. Skip one Starbucks run in favor of saving yourself

Make Real Life Math Easier With Converter Plus

We’ve all been there: trying to figure out the tip between a dinner party of 10 guests, pondering the number of seconds left in a tedious meeting or lecture, wanting to sound smart when people are talking about the weather in Celsius. Most of the time, you get fed up trying and pass the buck to someone else. Well, Converter Plus is out to solve that problem.

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Free in the app store, Converter Plus seeks to provide quick solutions to real life math problems . From currency to percentages, this app has got every equational conundrum covered. So save yourself the frustration and just download Converter Plus already!

 

Speak Every Lingo: Get The Trype Keyboard For Free

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Just met some new bilingual friends? Need to send a text to an international business associate? Looking to freshen up on the high school language you’ve most likely forgotten?

Well, the Trype Keyboard makes this possible. And for a limited time, it’s free!

This user friendly app allows you to type in any message and the keyboard will simultaneously translate the text into any of its 80 languages in its database.

So get ready for any & all communications with the Trype Keyboard!