Additional mobile features allow customers to access their prescription histories, order photo prints direct from their phones, find the nearest Walgreens, browse products and check in-store availability, and shop from their phones.
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Lake Placid Lounge in upstate New York is currently running a Check-In to Check-Out package which asks participating guests to give up all electronic devices upon arrival.
All are bookable by the hour with automated check-in and check-out, and contain a bed, free wi-fi, a workstation, shower and flat screen television.
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Apple has been chasing NFC patents for years, but it's just now been granted a US patent for its own approach to a transportation check-in -- one of the most common uses of the technology in the real world.
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"BAA provides a free service up to the point of check-in when the airlines take over and they provide assistance from the check-in to the aircraft", a BAA spokeswoman told BBC News Online.
Take the example of check-in services: according to Comscore, 75% of smartphone owners use check-in services to let their friends know where they are.
This makes it easier to scale check-in capacity to meet demand, and enables even small airlines to offer self-service check-in.
The social check-in service Foursquare just celebrated a booming 2010 by producing this infographic that shows where, when and why people check-in using the service.
Qantas won't disclose data on performance of the new technology, such as baggage-handling numbers or changes in average wait in airport check-in lines.
What they get in return is unsurpassed access to priority check-in lanes, first-class lounges and free upgrades.
Foursquare emerged at the South By Southwest conference in 2009 with its check-in service for people to share find where their friends are in real-time.
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Improve access to airline websites, check-in kiosks, in-flight entertainment centers, audio-visual displays, medical oxygen, and airplane bathrooms.
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The power in the daily check-in lies in a momentary pause to gather oneself and get breathing and heart rates back to normal pace.
From a social perspective, users can check-in using their geo-based locations, communicate with other users and the venue staff themselves, and even rank the popularity of bars, deals, and specials.
With our long-time partners at foursquare on board along with digital influencers like Gary Vaynerchuk and a crowd of PepsiCo employees, it seemed only natural that we check-in to the Pepsi-Cola sign.
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Building costs (like rents) are high in Manhattan, but Blair is trying to keep expenses in check by using in-house construction crews and paying subcontractors bonuses to deliver work at the lowest possible cost.
But they also have exclusive in-house amenities, such as a private lobby desk and concierge staff, with escorted in-room iPad registration, one of the best upgrades you can get in a city where main lobby registration, even at top hotels, often resembles the economy class check-in line at JFK. The 24-hour room service features the first-ever in-room dining menu designed by the man himself, culinary legend Nobu Matsuhisa.
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Corporate and fractional jets use small airports where check-in takes minutes and take-off times can be altered to suit.
"The main problems are that the airport environment is an alien one and processes such as check-in and security require co-operation with strict guidelines, " Ms Gough said.
Instead of standing in line at the check-in counter, you are greeted by a bellman who hands you your room key and shows you to your room.
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He cited the difference between what the airlines think will placate customers--prompt ticket refunds, quoting lowest available fares and retrieving lost luggage--and what's really annoying travelers: flight delays, long check-in lines and the 20-minute wait at the baggage carousel.
The next day, for the first time since his release, Ebel did not call in for his daily phone check-in.
You can lure people walking by your store to walk in simply by offering a check-in deal on Facebook or Foursquare.
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On the ground, airlines can differentiate themselves by plying road warriors with special check-in areas, clubs reserved for top-tier fliers and agents designated to wait on the most frequent fliers.
Less than a month after photo social network Instagram caught huge flak over advertiser-friendly changes to its privacy policy (and claimed it was misunderstood), another social network, the location check-in service Foursquare, has announced revenue-friendly changes to its privacy policy.
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Traffic jams, inefficient taxi drivers and long lines at the check-in all stand between you and your first-class seat or business opportunities.
So far, airlines say travelers end up spending more for upgrades in online auctions than they would spend at check-in.
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All women are damsels-in-distress who have no idea how much danger they are exposing themselves to with every Foursquare check-in.
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