Case Study: Scan and buy products from Ex Libris on the go with Scandit
Today we’re excited to announce a brand new case study which takes a look at the integration of our Scandit barcode scanner SDK into the Ex Libris mobile application. Exlibris.ch is the largest online store for books, music, games and electronic devices in Switzerland. As the leader in Swiss media sales, Ex Libris has focused …
Why NFC tags will not replace the barcode: Lack of NFC capable devices
Today we’re going to continue our latest blog series on why NFC tags will never replace the barcode by taking a look at the number of NFC-capable devices currently availabe on the market. We argue that there are far too few NFC-capable devices to make a case for replacing the barcode. Just a few …
Apple Passbook is here to disrupt your business model
Apple dropped a (time-)bomb this week at its recent Worldwide Developers Conference with the announcement of their new Passbook app. Set to be released this fall, the new app will soon be as Apple describes “the simplest way to get all your passes in one place.” Users can store their boarding passes, store cards and …
LIFE 3.0 Augmented Reality Show Pics and Highlights
Howdy! We headed out to the Clairmont hotel in San Francisco last night to check out the Life 3.0: Augmented Reality show, organized by the Funders and Founders meetup. The event attracted an incredibly creative and forward-thinking crowd, with over 20 startups exhibiting futuristic technologies. We wanted to share our favorite demos from the show: …
Case Study: QThru™ offers mobile self-checkout powered by Scandit
Today we’re excited to release a brand new case study that details the integration of our Scandit SDK with the awesome mobile shopping and checkout platform QThru. Through its scalable cloud-based shopping platform, QThru enables the creation of retailer-branded mobile shopping applications that feature self-checkout, couponing, product information and store location. QThru realized that through …
The Convergence of Physical and Digital Commerce: The Present
Last week we examined how technologies such as the barcode and the Internet acted as milestones in the evolution of commerce, and this week we’ll continue the discussion by taking a look at the present state of the marketplace. We’ve analyzed the landscape and found three major ways that people shop these days: Brick-and-mortar Shopping …
The Convergence of Physical and Digital Commerce: The Past
Today we’re going to kick off our examination of the merger of physical and digital commerce by taking a look at the evolution of point-of-sale technology, beginning with the creation of the barcode and the cash register, progressing through to the adoption of modern e-commerce solutions. The first research into automatically interacting with products was …
5 Reasons why NFC will never replace the barcode
Today we’re excited to release a brand new blog series that will take an in-depth look at why NFC will never replace the barcode on product packaging. NFC has been the talk of the mobile payment world for the past two years now, ever since companies like Google and Isis—the joint venture between AT&T, …
