Appendix B. Take Advantage of the Passbook App and Discover Other Awesome Things Your iOS Device Can Do

One of the apps Apple offers as part of iOS 7 is called Passbook. It’s an iPhone-only app that’s designed to manage electronic airline boarding passes; movie, show, and sporting event tickets; store rewards cards and digital retail coupons—all from a single app.

For the Passbook app to function, it must be used with one or more third-party apps. Plus, it’s necessary to have your iPhone’s Location Service functionality turned on for use with this app.

Although it’s been more than one year since it was first introduced, only a handful of companies are supporting Passbook functionality. Each company, however, is using it in a slightly different ...

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