Image Recognition: Cellphone Transaction - Image Xmit - Scan Confirmation
A tested, new technology capability enters the North America marketplace. A technology that has had great success in Europe in the facilitation of transactions on-the-fly has arrived in the form of a scanner that can read images off of a cellphone LCD screen.
Using a special two-dimensional image/symbology, a selling party is able to confirm/identify who the purchasing party is to allow a completion of any type of transaction or access.
Story Here>> http://symblogogy.blogspot.com/2006/06/cellphone-t ransaction-image-xmit-scan.html
Questions?>> maxine_log@yahoo.com
Google believes that it has the answer for the convenience of online shopping with its release of its new service - Google Checkout.
eBay's PayPal and Microsoft's former attempt at streamlining the online checkout process, Passport, have tried to address the security and convenience concerns of retailers and buyers alike, but neither have been able to make the processes deliver sales at the end of the shopping experience.
Google is banking on the trust built through owning the private information of the online shopper and insuring its privacy, they can deliver valuable purchasing information to retailers so that the retailer can market more directly to its potential target market.
What is the convenience to the online shopper? To be able to purchase online as if one had a "Mobile SpeedPass", in that the shopper would not need to enter private purchasing information for every shopping experience at every online retailer.
The rub is this -- Can shoppers trust Google to treat the information and its potential monopolistic power with a strong enough respect over time? There lay many strong temptations to play with this information and its collective power to the detriment of the user of the service.
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Image Recognition: Cellphone Transaction - Image Xmit - Scan Confirmation A tested, new technology capability enters the North America marketplace. A technology that has had great success in Europe in the facilitation of transactions on-the-fly has arrived in the form of a scanner that can read images off of a cellphone LCD screen. Using a special two-dimensional image/symbology, a selling party is able to confirm/identify who the purchasing party is to allow a completion of any type of transaction or access. Story Here>> http://symblogogy.blogspot.com/2006/06/cellphone-t ransaction-image-xmit-scan.html
Questions?>> maxine_log@yahoo.com
Google believes that it has the answer for the convenience of online shopping with its release of its new service - Google Checkout. eBay's PayPal and Microsoft's former attempt at streamlining the online checkout process, Passport, have tried to address the security and convenience concerns of retailers and buyers alike, but neither have been able to make the processes deliver sales at the end of the shopping experience. Google is banking on the trust built through owning the private information of the online shopper and insuring its privacy, they can deliver valuable purchasing information to retailers so that the retailer can market more directly to its potential target market. What is the convenience to the online shopper? To be able to purchase online as if one had a "Mobile SpeedPass", in that the shopper would not need to enter private purchasing information for every shopping experience at every online retailer. The rub is this -- Can shoppers trust Google to treat the information and its potential monopolistic power with a strong enough respect over time? There lay many strong temptations to play with this information and its collective power to the detriment of the user of the service.
http://symblogogy.blogspot.com/2006/06/from-italy- with-little-love.html
I first wrote about this three days ago and submitted it to SlashDot. Curious that, in that I used the "Dick Tracy" reference in my posting as well.
Good Luck!, See you down the road.