Amazon Introduces Vending Machines That Dispense Medications Instead of Candy: ‘Removing a Critical Barrier’

Amazon made a major move into healthcare when it bought One Medical in 2022 for $3.9 billion, one of its largest acquisitions ...

Amazon to solve a growing customer problem with vending machines

Access to affordable medication is becoming an increasingly urgent issue across the nation. Millions of Americans live far ...
Engadget

Amazon's QR-like 'SmileCodes' are the key to discounts and Lockers

Amazon will start rolling out its own version of QR codes, TechCrunch reports. Called SmileCodes, they function just like a typical QR code -- scan it with your phone and see where it leads ...
Marketing Dive

Amazon SmileCodes put a new face on QR codes

As Amazon increasingly blends the physical and digital worlds, it's latest move is an attempt to make magazines shoppable. It will be an interesting test of the concept, and its success could mean ...
TechCrunch

Amazon is experimenting with its own QR code style ‘SmileCodes’

QR code style markers — those lil’ barcode-looking boxes you’ll see on ads from time to time, meant to be scanned with your phone to launch some website or app — have yet to really find their ...