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Marvel introduces new augmented reality book featuring Spider-Man

07/03/201207/02/2012 Andrew Hobbs

Companies continues its adoption of augmented reality technology Marvel Comics continues its endeavor to incorporate augmented reality technology with a new mobile application meant to bring Spider-Man to life. The company has released a new Amazing Spider-Man book that is aimed at delving deeper into the story of the web-slinger ahead of the highly anticipated movie release this month. Using the mobile application associated with the book, readers will be able to take on the visage of Spider-Man as well as unlock various rewards for participating in interact content. Marvel…

USPS announces its first QR code stamps

07/01/201206/30/2012 Andrew Hobbs

First mobile scannable postage feature Edith Piaf and Miles Davis. The United States Postal Service has announced that it has issued new smartphone friendly QR code stamps that will include images of Miles Davis and Edith Piaf. This new postage that can be scanned using a mobile device was released on June 28. This new release also marks the first time since 1989 that France and the U.S. have jointly produced postage. In that year, it had been in honor of the French Revolution’s bicentennial. Both the Edith Piaf and…

Girl Scout mobile commerce quadruples sales of cookies this year

06/28/201206/27/2012 Andrew Hobbs

Smartphone credit card swipers encourage people to buy. The Girl Scouts have now released their mobile commerce results after having sold cookies using this technology for the first time, and the outcome was exceptionally promising. Four times more cookies were sold with smartphone sales than a year ago without the tech. Thirty councils of Girl Scouts – representing over 40,000 troops – announced earlier in 2012 that they had entered into a partnership with Sage Mobile Payments, which provided the children with the ability to sell their cookies using smartphones…

iPad apps provide free helpful cancer information

09/07/201109/07/2011 Andrew Hobbs

A cancer diagnosis can be terrifying, and the ability to obtain information in order to better understand what it is, what treatments and support are available, and how to better cope as the patient or a loved one, can make all the difference. This is how some apps designed for the Apple iPad are hoping to help. A guide to the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s 120 forms of cancer is only one of the services available through the Cancer.net Mobile app. It is a free application that provides useful…

QR codes used at South Korean beach to make payments

08/24/201108/24/2011 Andrew Hobbs

South Korea’s most popular beach is getting a high-tech upgrade. QR codes are being introduced to Haeundae Beach, but the codes will not be used for advertising. Instead, they will be used as a prepayment system that will allow visitors to purchase access to a myriad of services. QR code use in the mobile commerce realm has been gaining popularity recently as more businesses and organizations seek to leverage the codes for convenience. Beach officials have said that the codes will help visitors enjoy their stay at the beach as…