Should Apple unlock its iOS for the FBI?

On February 9, 2016, the U.S. Department of Justice ordered Apple, Inc., to unlock the iPhone 5C used by one of the shooters in the attack that killed 14 people at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, California, on December 2, 2015. Vital Information on an iPhone The FBI believes that Syed Farook’s phone—which…

How to Optimize a QR Code for Retail

Walking down the aisles while grocery shopping over the weekend, I realized that a fair amount of companies are simply “QR-ing” wrong. Many of the QR codes I saw were either too big, too small, or way too dense. QR codes are often used in retail for three main purposes: Coupons Product information Marketing campaigns…

More Green on the Green: Mobile POS at Golf Courses

As I’ve slowly gotten into golf over the past couple years, I finally found something more irritating than losing the ball I just shanked into the trees: never having cash on me when the refreshment cart comes around. It’s happened to all of us – hot & humid day for golf and all you want…

RFID Tracking: As Sweet as Honey

While most of my interest focuses on barcode scanning, RFID technology is quickly catching my attention as well – and it looks like I’m not alone. In fact, RFID is becoming increasingly popular for a variety of uses – like Airborne Honey’s use of RFID tracking to open its doors to their customers so they…

The Scanner Graveyard

As I’m sure you’ve heard by now, we’ve been running a trade-in promotion since April for Law Enforcement Officers to trade in their old driver’s license readers for $49.10 off of the 4910LR. This trade-in event has been so popular that we’ve extended our promotion through the end of June – and the old scanners…