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QR codes can be used to call a U.K. cab

08/16/201308/13/2013 Julie Campbell

A new service has now been launched in Kent to allow consumers to hail a cab with their smartphones. The oldest and largest taxi company in Kent, England, Streamline LTD, has just launched a new service called Scan, Click & Go, which allows consumers to use QR codes and their smartphones to be able to call a cab when they need one. This service using mobile barcodes is the first of its kind in the United Kingdom. It is designed to allow an easy scan of QR codes to book…

Mobile payments boost taxi tech and convenience

07/26/201307/24/2013 Sam Lambert

Cabbies in the United States will soon be accepting transactions for fares via smartphones. Taxis in the United States certainly aren’t anything new, but they are about to experience an update in the technology that they use when they start implementing mobile payments from their passengers. For most of a century, cash has been the only – or at least the primary – acceptable way to pay. Modern technology is beginning to demand that taxis begin to move into the 21st century through the use of mobile payments. New legislation…