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posted by janrinok on Tuesday November 01 2016, @03:53AM   Printer-friendly
from the I'll-drink-to-that dept.

As big as I am on privacy, I'm inclined to agree with the fine folks over at [H]ard|Ocp:

Who would give up info like their name, age, sex to a beer company for discounts and promotions on beer? Hmmmm, now that I think about it, that's a tough one. Privacy....or....free beer?

Or if, like me, you despise getting your news in video form, techinasia has a story on it as well but in text format:

Enter Glassify. The Tel Aviv-based startup is building 'smart glasses' which pair with an app on your smartphone to offer users incentivized promotions and discounts.

How it works is fairly straightforward. Consumers order their drinks at the bar and are prompted to scan the glasses over their phones when served. The glasses have an NFC chip embedded at the bottom and work with any QR scanner. There's no need to have the Glassify app pre-installed – it'll prompt you to download it when you scan a compatible glass for the first time.

"There's always an incentive for users to scan their glass," explains Ben Biron, CEO of Glassify. "This could be things like a free drink, chaser, or a food combo."

This really shouldn't be that hard of a call but free is my favorite kind of beer.


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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by archfeld on Tuesday November 01 2016, @05:01AM

    by archfeld (4650) <treboreel@live.com> on Tuesday November 01 2016, @05:01AM (#421137) Journal

    LOL a non millennial, yes that is true. I consider myself a methuselah but actually being born in the 1960's I am not sure what gen I supposedly fall into. I honestly think that I got the best of several gens. Music and Culture from a generation of 'real' people, got to see and experience the computer revolution, and grew up before the true 'corporate indoctrination' began wholesale.

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