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UPS also now appears to be interested in replacing its reliable army of brown-shorted carriers with repurposed evil mindless deathbots. This is one of the reas
by blisterpeanuts 13y ago
UPS also now appears to be interested in replacing its reliable army of brown-shorted carriers with repurposed evil mindless deathbots.
This is one of the reasons I avoid TechCrunch, which appears to be a sensationalist/gossip-mongering type of opinion platform pandering to teenagers, rather than a true tech news organization.
Previously they had an article on what they called the uselessness of near-field communication (NFC) devices, even to the point of redefining the initials as "Nobody F--king Cares" (my obfuscation, not theirs). Really? I do care.
- esrauch 13y agoTo be fair, no one else cares. What percentage of those NFC supporting services do you think have ever used it? I would be surprised if it was even 1%.
- blisterpeanuts 13y agoProbably. But for vertical market and internal applications (building access, inventory control, time tracking), NFC is getting a lot of attention. I suspect it won't achieve a mass market for a few years, if ever, given Apple's utter lack of interest and lack of a killer application. Plus, QR codes are cheaper to use, albeit read-only.
- esrauch 13y agoI wouldn't exactly hold up QR codes as a successful technology either, in the US at least.