Mobile Industry Review » scanning http://www.mobileindustryreview.com Daily news and opinion for 250,000 industry executives and mobile fanatics Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:46:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Shoeboxed: I’m really enjoying dumping the clutter http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2011/12/shoeboxed-im-really-enjoying-dumping-the-clutter.html http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2011/12/shoeboxed-im-really-enjoying-dumping-the-clutter.html#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2011 13:37:10 +0000 Ewan http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2011/12/shoeboxed-im-really-enjoying-dumping-the-clutter.html Have you checked out Shoeboxed.com recently? It’s the service that takes physical paper clutter from you and then scans/organises it in an online locker. I’ve been using it for receipts, business cards, bills, invoices — all the sorts of things I tend to have to hoard just-in-case.

More recently I’ve been using either their app or the send-via-email functionality to take photos of every receipt in my pocket when I’m on the train. Shoeboxed then adds the meta data to the record online so that I can search the receipts by category, name of supplier/shop, date and so on. This organising is done in part through OCR and human review.

It’s then super simple to query everything online or extra the data as necessary. I’ve been finding this service hugely valuable.

In the States, they’ll send you a ton of free postage-pad envelopes to collect your receipts in. Here in the UK you can either post the receipts or simply snap-n-email as you go.

I’d like the mobile app to offer a lot more than just the basic stuff — there’s a lot more available on the web version — so I’m hopeful they’ll consider a feature upgrade for it soon.

Meanwhile I’m enjoying being organised. If you need their help, check them out!

]]> http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2011/12/shoeboxed-im-really-enjoying-dumping-the-clutter.html/feed 16 Harrods tries QR code campaign http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/04/harrods_tries_qr_code_campaign.html http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/04/harrods_tries_qr_code_campaign.html#comments Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:21:32 +0000 Julia http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=6202 Harrods is testing out QR codes – the mobile ‘barcodes’ favoured by mobile users in Korea and Japan – in an effort to impress tech savvy individuals and students. According to The Times, the QR codes will show up in London and national media to promote an exhibition the posh retailer is putting on, called Design Icons.

Finally, it’s good to see UK companies start to look at QR codes. Only, as The Times points out, there’s one problem with a QR campaign: only a small percentage of phones have QR code reading software on them. That said, it’s a bit chicken and egg: why install the software until there’s something worth reading and why put QR code on anything until people have the software to read it? Kudos for Harrods for experimenting with the codes – and where Harrods go, other retailers are sure to follow.

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