3 Reasons Why You Should Use a Mobile Boarding Pass

Posted by Elyse DeRoo | Date: November 9, 2015

Last week I was on a plane headed to the Traffic Records Forum conference in Costa Mesa, CA and I couldn’t help but notice that barcodes were everywhere: boarding passes, mobile boarding passes, luggage, food purchases, and more. This trip was the first time I used a mobile boarding pass and I have to say, it’s…

How to Use a Mobile Boarding Pass

Posted by Elyse DeRoo | Date: November 2, 2015

I used my first mobile boarding pass today and I have to say, I won’t be going back to paper. And this trend is broader than just my flying habits. Mobile boarding passes are up and coming with a projected 1 out 3 flyers using them in 2019! If you’ve never used a mobile boarding pass,…

Buy Me Some Peanuts and Cracker Jacks, and a Bluetooth Baseball App!

Posted by Carmella Giancursio | Date: October 28, 2015

Normally I don’t write about baseball. This may be (just a tiny bit) due to the fact that my team, the New York Mets, have let me down for over a decade. But now MY METS ARE IN THE WORLD SERIES, so I can’t help but blog about them…at least a little. The Mets actually…

Hate Standing in Checkout Lines? 5 Ways to Speed Things Up

Posted by Carmella Giancursio | Date: October 27, 2015

The main reason that I hate running errands, especially during “busy times” at the store, is not bustling aisles, nor is it congested parking lots, but instead: Slow. Checkout. Lines. I realize that nobody likes waiting in lines, but I particularly dislike waiting in long checkout lines, especially with tired, hungry or just plain cranky…

2D Barcode Scanning is Skyrocketing in these 5 Industries

Posted by Carmella Giancursio | Date: October 21, 2015

2D barcodes are leaving their mark on lots of industry applications – pun intended! So why has 2D barcode scanning become so prevalent? Smaller Size While 1D barcodes are small, 2D barcodes are (or at least can be) even smaller…less than ½ inch long x ½ inch wide! Why does smaller = better? Simply put,…

A Restaurant Experience for the 21st Century: Why Applebee’s Turned to Tablets

Posted by RAD DeRose | Date: October 19, 2015

It would seem that the fast food industry is slowly starting to crumble — people are much more conscious of their eating habits and the market is finally starting to reflect that change: fast food restaurants have begun offering ‘healthy’ options, and other pseudo-fast food restaurants like Moe’s and Chipotle have rocketed in popularity with…

3 IoT Concerns…and How to Solve Them

Posted by Carmella Giancursio | Date: October 6, 2015

When it comes to the Internet of Things, the technology is advancing quickly and the progress is amazing. As I shared in several of my past blogs, the world is becoming connected in a way that never seemed possible a couple decades ago. Unfortunately, as seems to be true with any positive, there are negatives…

The Barcode Scanner: Out With the Old, “On” With the New

Posted by Carmella Giancursio | Date: September 17, 2015

Here I am, standing in the middle of my closet for the 3,245,738th time wondering…WHAT am I going to wear?? Questions flash through my head. “When did I wear that last?” “Has so-and-so seen me in that outfit before?” “Do I have pants to match this top?” “What about shoes?” I’m sure we’ve all been…