So long, paper tickets. Ticketmaster will soon let you check into events with just a sound

Getting into live events could soon be a whole lot easier, thanks to a new Ticketmaster partnership.

According to a report on VentureBeat, the ticket company is teaming up with Lisnr — an ultrasonic audio technology that sends data over inaudible sound waves called Smart Tones — to launch Presence, a new audio-based ticketing technology.

Presence works by transfering data from smartphones directly to receivers in event venues, using sound. The receivers then scan the data to confirm your identity, turning your smartphone into an efficient mobile check-in device. Read more...