{"id":16578,"date":"2017-05-26T12:13:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-26T10:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.pricecheck.co.za\/?p=16578"},"modified":"2017-05-29T12:48:50","modified_gmt":"2017-05-29T10:48:50","slug":"hey-jude-the-best-assistant-youll-ever-have","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blog\/hey-jude-the-best-assistant-youll-ever-have\/","title":{"rendered":"Hey Jude &#8211; The Best Assistant You&#8217;ll Ever Have"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">One of the most memorable things from The Devil Wears Prada is the way that Emily jumped to fulfill Miranda Priestly&#8217;s every whim.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The thought of having someone at your beck and call, 24\/7 is actually quite appealing. Usually that type of luxury is reserved for CEO&#8217;s and the very wealthy, but thanks to Hey Jude, that&#8217;s about to change.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Ok, so what exactly is Hey Jude? <\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-16585\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.pricecheck.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/S7-ID-dd4a38eb-0d33-426a-9b6e-929bb1cf30ab-1-149x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"168\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/S7-ID-dd4a38eb-0d33-426a-9b6e-929bb1cf30ab-1-149x300.png 149w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/S7-ID-dd4a38eb-0d33-426a-9b6e-929bb1cf30ab-1.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 168px) 100vw, 168px\" \/>Hey Jude is a subscription-based service that uses the power of technology and the finesse of human intellect to get your to-do list sorted. It uses a\u00a0familiar message-based interface to link you to one of their trained operators, known as \u2018Judes\u2019. Once you&#8217;ve registered, all you need to do is\u00a0simply text or voice message your request \u2013 any request, from food delivery and travel bookings to restaurant reservations, grocery shopping, gift searching, and paying your bills \u2013 and they&#8217;ll do the rest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>How does it work? <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Sounds awesome right? You can download the app at <b>heyjudeapp.com<\/b> &#8211; it&#8217;s available for Android and iOS &#8211;\u00a0and get the Judes working for you with <strong>three free tasks. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">After the trial period is over &#8211; and once you have fallen in love with the app &#8211; there&#8217;s a subscription rate of R199\/month. This ensures that the Judes continue working for you, 24\/7 and 365 days a year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Throw anything you want their way. You want to find out where the best lunch spot is? They&#8217;ll let you know. They&#8217;ll also make the reservation <em>and<\/em> give you directions. Simple. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Just remembered that it&#8217;s your mother-in-law\u2019s birthday? The Judes will ensure that a bouquet of flowers is delivered. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Dying to go see your favourite band when they perform in your city? They\u2019ll pay for the tickets and get them to you.\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-16587\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.pricecheck.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/moving-ID-790a778e-3ab5-4e7b-cc2b-963d537878bd-160x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/moving-ID-790a778e-3ab5-4e7b-cc2b-963d537878bd-160x300.png 160w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/moving-ID-790a778e-3ab5-4e7b-cc2b-963d537878bd.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Hey Jude also does payments in a smart and simple, secure manner. All transactions are encrypted, so you can rest assured that your banking and card details won&#8217;t be compromised. All you need to do is load your card, supply transaction instructions and the Judes will settle your expenses, for a nominal fee of 5% on each transaction: pay the courier service, your chemist account, utility bills and for your hotel in New York or Nelspruit.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Ok, so it&#8217;s cool but what&#8217;s all the fuss about?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">The thing that sets this app apart is that the Judes are real people \u2013 not machines \u2013 that use the power of technology, their own local knowledge, and a bit of flare to get your tasks done \u2013 it\u2019s the perfect mash up of emotional aptitude and artificial intelligence. \u201cI was underwhelmed by the promise of bots like Siri and Amazon\u2019s Alexa and the actual user experience,\u201d says Innovation architect and <i>Hey Jude<\/i> developer, Marcus Smith, \u201cthere might be a time when machines will be able do all these things, but until then we are filling in the blanks with a blended AI-human solution.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Hey Jude also seamlessly integrates all that is cool in mobile and online technology: Uber, Airbnb, Open Table and many others. You have booked your dinner reservations through Hey Jude. They will then send you a map with directions, calculate the cost and distance of an Uber trip and with your permission order the ride. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p6\">With Hey Jude, you can amaze your friends and family with your efficiency, and make them wonder just how you get everything done while making it all look incredibly easy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the most memorable things from The Devil Wears Prada is the way that Emily jumped to fulfill Miranda Priestly&#8217;s every whim. The thought of having someone at your beck and call, 24\/7 is actually quite appealing. Usually that type of luxury is reserved for CEO&#8217;s and the very wealthy, but thanks to Hey<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"\/blog\/hey-jude-the-best-assistant-youll-ever-have\/\" title=\"Read More\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16588,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"amp_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[155,165,2068,446,2069],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/0.1_1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16578"}],"collection":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16578"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16578\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16595,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16578\/revisions\/16595"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}