iPhone app eliminates waiting in checkout line

The iPhone as cash register. Most of us have had a chance to use self-checkout systems at stores like Home Depot , Shaw’s, and CVS by now. At some places, they’re popular enough that there’s no difference between the length of the cashier’s queue and the self-checkout queue. (Full article: 738 words)

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