Category QR Code

QR Code, Datamatrix and other two dimensional barcode news and analysis.

Tyro Band Markets Materials With QR Code

QR Codes has been used to promote movies, albums, concerts and also many other types of events in the United States. It did NOT start here, though. You see, QR Codes was created in and has been popularly been made use of in Japan for more than a decade. Yes, it has been a decade since the Japanese started using it and it took THAT long to reach the rest of the world. But thankfully, we are now more open about the idea of QR Codes.

It appeared in many popular American dailies – a Canadian QR Code tourism marketing campaign. The QR Code campaign was published in newspapers like LA Times, Chicago Tribune, The Boston Globe and also the New York Times. The QR Code is said to lead mobile phone users to websites and videos offering vacation packages for various Canadian tourist hotspots.

Despite the earlier controversy regarding Facebook’s attempt to auto-create QR Codes its users profile pages, QR Code still took off really well in Manhattan. For nearly a decade, Japan’s been actively using QR Codes for their everyday lifestyle. Walk along any street in Tokyo, you will most likely find the curious-looking code somewhere, either on a window pane or painted right onto a building. Users use their smart phones to scan the QR Code with the camera and get to access online information, secret codes or access a downloadable file.

First of all, we want to update our readers about how you can now create a stamp with a QR Code. You know the conventional type of stamp that stamps out your company name, address, telephone number, website URL and maybe even your name and title? Yup, that kind, and we think it’s a fanta-bulous idea to create a stamp that contains a QR Code.

It was mentioned earlier that Leonardo di Carpio’s favorite part about the new movie that he is going to be in, Inception, is the secrecy. Lots of work has gone into keeping the plot a secret….and we have about a month of so into the movie’s first screening, the promotion guys behind the film is actively promoting the secrecy even more.

As consumers outside of Japan start to embrace the new trend of using QR Codes, San Francisco locals are also beginning to see more of these codes in their local papers, magazines, news websites and retail outlets too. A local San Francisco who recently just ditched her old mobile phone for an iPhone said, ‘It’s an interesting concept. I first saw this in a store’s window and with my new phone, I decided to give it a shot. I would love to see more of this and I think it’s really going to change the way we shop.’

With the increase in the number of cars comes the increased number of road accidents. With the increase in the number of mobile phone users comes the increase of unnecessary incidents on the road as people pursue things more rapidly.

No, this is not a community service message, but definitely is one that could save lives.

Have you ever walked into your local library only to find out, to your dismay, that you have ONCE AGAIN forgotten to bring your library card? Well, it happens to the best of us. If there is one thing that we almost never forget to bring out, apart from our wallet, is our cell phone.

‘Around the world in 80 days‘ remains to be a popular classic amongst book lovers today and because of the book’s popularity, the book’s been recently republished. And this time, with a nice twist to it.

Yes, QR Codes‘ been added to them to give the story a better feel and give readers the warmth of interaction. With QR Codes, readers can also opt to find out more information about the places mentioned in the book.

Never underestimate the power of technology – especially one that is versatile as the QR Code system. In Japan, people make use of the affordable QR Code technology to promote everything from real estate to cookies. The fishes that they sell in Japan have their own QR Code too and the QR Code tell consumers where the fish came from and other important decision-affecting nutritional information.