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Virtual Shopping
Imagine shopping using a virtual shopping mall on the Web via your computer, smartphone, or TV, where the products you order are really coming from a dull looking warehouse that lacks all the gloss and decorum of the virtual shopping mall. It could look something like this: Taking this further into the future, my guess [...]
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Smart phones, Smart networks, Smart packages
FedEx jumps on the “smart” wagon with a new web-based service. FedEx Corp. (FDX) today is announcing a sensor-enabled device that can wirelessly feed real-time data about a package’s whereabouts, condition and other metrics to the Internet. The service, called SenseAware, will launch this spring. Its initial target markets are the health-care and life-sciences businesses, [...]
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Smart Shopping site raises $135 million
Groupon.com, a website that helps consumers find great deals and stores, restaurants, and other services where they live, has received $135 million in funding to support the site’s global expansion and also facilitate liquidity for employees and early investors. The funding round was led by Internet investment group Digital Sky Technologies (DST) and Battery Ventures. [...]
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QR Code
A QR Code is a matrix code (or two-dimensional bar code) created by Japanese corporation Denso-Wave in 1994. The “QR” is derived from “Quick Response”, as the creator intended the code to allow its contents to be decoded at high speed. QR Codes are common in Japan, where they are currently the most popular type [...]
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Can RFID Survive the “Internet of Things”?
Is the concept of the “Internet of Things” hindering RFID deployment? It’s a grand vision: everything in the world talking to every other thing in the world. A frozen meal communicating with the refrigerator, microwave and automated shopping list; clothes giving instructions to a washing machine and dryer and consulting with an artificial intelligence fashion [...]
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SmartShopIt.com Adds Smart Compare Feature
SmartShopIt.com releases its Smart Compare feature that provides valuable nutrition and price comparisons for grocery products nationwide. SmartShopIt.com is a free site that helps its members eat healthier, shop more effectively, and save money at the grocery store. They have incorporated a new Smart Compare feature which helps their members by allowing them to easily [...]
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Internet retailing and the smart store
The Internet has quickly become a meaningful selling channel in its own right, one that is replacing catalogs and is the biggest retail channel besides store based shopping. Technology and lessons from tracking best practices at retail web sites has the potential to enhance store-based shopping. It is inevitable that the distinction between store based [...]
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