US Mobile Commerce

Florida commissioner thinks QR codes could replace paper restaurant menus

03/13/202303/14/2023 Jesse Collins

QR codes - Traditional restaurant paper menu

A Eileen Higgins (Miami-Dade) thinks there is no reason to require restaurants to have physical menus. A commissioner from Miami-Dade is currently seeking to change the Florida law that requires restaurants to have a physical menu, allowing them to use QR codes and other digital options instead. Florida restaurants must all provide a physical copy of their menu to patrons in all their locations. Commissioner Eileen Higgins is seeking to change that law. Throughout the pandemic, the use of QR codes skyrocketed. They became very popular in restaurants, which made…

World’s first AR campus test launched by St. Ambrose University

02/24/202302/23/2023 Stephanie Beck

A new VR and AR pilot project aims to improve student engagement. An unprecedented VR and AR campus “Metaversity” pilot project has been launched by St. Ambrose President Amy C Novak EdD in partnership with VictoryXR as part of strategic initiatives to help emphasize a new generation of learning and to bolster student engagement. The school will be the first in the world to test the launch of a fully augmented reality campus. According to Novak, St. Ambrose University (SAU), located in Davenport, Iowa, will be the world’s first school…

US Department of Justice sues Google over anticompetitive digital marketing

01/27/202301/25/2023 Stephanie Beck

The lawsuit accuses the tech giant of using its ad dominance in a way that works against competition. The US Department of Justice and several states across the country have filed a lawsuit against Google, accusing the company of using its dominance in digital marketing in a way that is harmful to competition. The government has said that Google’s dominance plans are to “neutralize or eliminate” rivals. Google has been accused of establishing a digital marketing strategy that asserts its dominance in a way that will “neutralize or eliminate” competitors…

Massive Twitter auction seeks to sell everything from logo statue to office furniture

01/20/202301/18/2023 John Montgallo

The struggling social media company has placed hundreds of items up for sale online. A Twitter auction has been announced as the social media company has placed hundreds of its office items up for sale from its San Francisco headquarters. Even the statue of the company’s famous bird logo was given a short span of time for bidders. The bird logo statue was up for sale in the Twitter auction for thousands of dollars, as was a 6-foot planter in the shape of an @ symbol. It has drawn considerable…

Twitter faces $136,260 lawsuit for failing to pay rent since Elon Musk takeover

01/06/202301/05/2023 John Montgallo

The San Francisco branch’s landlord has accused the company of leaving rent unpaid. As Elon Musk makes drastic cuts all over Twitter in an attempt to save on expenses – while watching his own fortune shrink – the social media company is now facing a lawsuit from its San Francisco branch landlord for failing to pay the rent. The company is being sued for $136,260 in unpaid rent, while already slashing workers and furniture. The rent owed is for the offices Twitter rents on the 30th floor of a downtown…