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Mobile barcodes help save children’s lives with Mobio

We’ve reported on Canadian mobile barcode company Mobio many times here on GoMo News, and with good reason. It does great work connecting people to charities quickly and easily through barcodes – and today it has announced a deal with the Children’s Miracle Network (CMN) to support hospitals that save and improve the lives of children. Continue reading

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Mobile barcodes on TV: marketing, payments, Mobio and Shaw

Canadian company Mobio has appeared on GoMo many times now – because it has a tendency to do interesting things with mobile barcodes. Now it has announced a deal with communications and media company Shaw to place marketing and payment barcodes on TV in Canada. Continue reading

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Security fears are the biggest thing holding mobile payments back

Canadian mobile company Mobio has released a study into mobile payments – 1,085 people from “the general North American population” responded, and gave the impression that the most important factor holding mobile payments back was security. Continue reading

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Using mobile barcodes for charity this Christmas

Earlier this year, after disaster struck Haiti, something interesting happened in the mobile industry. For the first time, mass attention was brought to the idea that mobile phones could be used to send money to charities. Canadian company Mobio claims that using mobile barcodes to donate to charity has a lot of advantages over using SMS, and has just launching a major QR Code campaign across Vancouver with Union Gospel Mission. Continue reading

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Order food to your seat with mobile barcodes from Mobio

Mobio is a Canadian company that combines mobile payments with barcode technology. It uses mobile barcode scans to enable credit card transactions, allowing consumers to pay for items as quickly as scanning a barcode. And today it has announced a new technology test in Florida that will see attendees at football games ordering drinks and food up to their seats with barcodes. Continue reading

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SMS vs. barcodes in the mobile charity arena

barcode-walletHere’s an interesting one – GoMo News published a piece yesterday on how 2d barcodes are getting into the mobile charity space. Mobile giving has become much more high-profile this year, since it was so useful in Haiti. Since we published the story yesterday, we’ve been in contact with Canadian barcode provider Mobio – which feels there’s a lot to be said for using barcodes instead of SMS when it comes to giving. Continue reading

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