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QR codes and UPC barcodes help consumers recycle

10/13/201410/11/2014 Jennifer Goula

A new quick response code based program informs people about local systems for ensuring products don’t end in landfills. A program called Recycle now has implemented a new system that uses different types of barcodes, such as UPC and QR codes, in order to give people the opportunity to scan them and discover more information with regards to the proper disposal of a certain product or package, within their local area. Scanning the quick response code brings about the product’s name, picture, and description. To use the QR codes, the…

QR codes and barcodes celebrate technology anniversary

07/01/201406/28/2014 Jennifer Goula

Forty years ago, last week, the first UPC code was scanned on a package of Wrigley gum. The barcode, which is now standard on product packages, first had its start forty years ago, and the first one to be scanned was in Ohio at the Troy supermarket, on a Wrigley gum pack, long before the idea of QR codes and other scannables that can be used with today’s smartphones. Despite the fact that those traditional barcodes have been around for so long, they’re still going strong. Scanning the 10-pack of…

Digby announces release of new Localpoint platform

01/18/201201/18/2012 Jesse Collins

Leading company in multi-channel mobile commerce and engagement, Digby, has just launched its new mobile platform, Localpoint, which provides location-based marketing capabilities, as well as mobile commerce and analytics for top companies and brands in their industries. The platform uses powerful web-like analytics within mobile commerce efforts, as well as in the actual physical location of a brand’s store, in addition to geo-targeted mobile messaging tools. This lets Localpoint provide brands with the ability to influence, appeal to, comprehend, and own, the relationship they have with their customers across the…