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Starbucks to use QR codes for payment from smartphones!

At some point I hope. A different proprietary swipe system is used in Japan by a majority of the population for day to day transactions. The reason why I like this is simple: The technology is not specialized, proprietary or restricted in any way. The Japanese system requires secured chips imbedded in cell phones (or their cases) belonging to a system that everyone uses through their banks. This system simply uses your credit card transmitted through a bar code.

http://gizmodo.com/5742880/imagine-paying-for-everything-with-your-iphone-and-itunes-account to add to what we've mentioned here.

Here's something to keep an eye on for the future! Oh... and the term "cloud" is still just as bastardized here as it is anywhere else.

Many of us have seen this before... but now you can try it yourself if you have an iPad2 or another iOS device with a camera.

Bruce - wow - some really cool ideas in this. I can definitely see how hooking up a 64GB iphone to a keyboard and screen being the way things get done in the future. Lots of good ideas about 'transformation'. Teachers need a roadmap for how to make the shift. More and more articles like this will make it clear to them that they need to change, but they have no idea how to.

energetic young entrepreneur making a case for mobil learning. heard him speak on 'future of education' webcast. provided lots of great ideas for apps that kids can use. I will see if I can get the archive of the talk.