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Bookhitch QR Codes
Bookhitch community book project, in which different authors wrote the plot line and the Bookhitch community voted how the story would progress, is about to be published. QR Codes appear in the book to enable readers to reach specific Bookhitch web pages and find out more information about certain features.
W3C QR Code
W3C’s Web Compatibility Test for Mobile Browsers now includes a QR Code to facilitate pointing the browser to the test url.
Google’s ZXing Decoder Online
Developers of ZXing Google’s open-source, multi-format 1D/2D barcode reader for Android have put up a decoder online.
Security of 2d Code Tickets
Masabi the developer of secure applications for mobile phones have opened up a debate on the interoperability, security and checking of 2d barcode tickets.
Case University Trial of 2d Codes Update
An article in The New York Times this week entitled Bar Code Sales Tool Is Failing Campus Test claims that “the technique (2d code) is nowhere near ready for widespread use”. Even if it’s not ready for widespread use the students interviewed on this video seem excited and keen on the technology.
QR Code bots 2
The guys at Cross Borders have emailed me to say they have made another version of QR Code bots called unsurprisingly QR Code bots 2.
QR Coded Coffee
First it was QR coded honey and now another Australian exporter Zentveld’s coffee has started using QR Codes in Japan. Consumer interest in Zentveld’s is generated from QR Code competitions and all mobile traffic is monitored to show which QR code placements work. Statistics on the landing page, GPS location of the browser and their […]
Easy Download For Windows Mobile Applications
FreewarePocketPC.net has over 6,000 free windows mobile software applications. You can install any of the applications directly to your mobile phone by just pointing your phone camera at the relevant Datamatrix code on the download page and automatically accessing the download link.
(Very!) Short Story Competition
Spanish blog QR-Code are running a competition for short stories that fit in a QR Code.
Pitney Bowes Advertisement
Pitney Bowes have been using datamatrix codes for some time to aid mail tracking and tracing. Francine emailed me to say that on a recent trip to New York she saw a neat ad for Pitney Bowes that includes a datamatrix code. Francine says “….though it’s common to see various bar codes used for business […]
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