Wired.com: Epicenter: Online Retail’s Killer Mobile App Hasn’t Offed Anybody Yet
Tuesday, 9 December 2008, 18:29 via Delicious/martinstabe
But while the Web 2.0 promise [of mobile price comparison tools like ShopSavvy] is tantalizing, these programs have a long way to go before they put anyone out of business. Read More...
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1. streetstylz | 18 December 2008 at 2132
NeoMedia Technologies grandfathered this technology back in the mid 90’s and have been doing mobile code scanning and comparison shopping via UPC codes long before any other company in this space.
NeoMedia on ABC & NBC News circa 2004:
http://www.qode.com/videos/PaperClickOnAbc7.wmv
http://www.qode.com/videos/PaperClickOnNbc8.wmv
NeoMedia has a rich patent portfolio that covers scanning barcodes with a camera enabled mobile device to connect to the Internet, comparison shop, and/or retrieve online content.
http://www.neom.com/13.html
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