LevelUp is convinced you shouldn't have to choose platforms: it just revealed a new payment dock that will recognize both the company's existing QR code system as well as NFC.

ENGADGET: LevelUp unveils payment docks that take both NFC and QR codes, leave out the guesswork

Scanlife, a provider of QR code services, saw the number of unique users scanning codes through its system triple in the year to March.

ECONOMIST: After many false starts, QR codes are finally taking off