Short digressions (3)

QR Code for YouTube

By Roger ⋅ May 20, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Alexis Rondeau and Stan Wiechers, creators of ‘Add to Friends‘ have launched a new application ‘Video Meets Function‘. Users can search for a YouTube video and with one click create a flyer with a QR Code pointing back to the selected video on YouTube Mobile.

BeeTagg Reader for the iPhone

By Roger ⋅ May 16, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

BeeTagg have announced a 2d code reader for the iPhone. The multicode reader supports QR Code, Datamatrix and BeeTagg Codes.

Limited Edition QR Coded Scarves Update

By Roger ⋅ May 16, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Uschi Lechner from Lendorff emailed me to say that they have only 80 QR coded scarves left out of the limited edition of 500. Here is my Labrador Max modeling mine!

New 2d Code Format

By Roger ⋅ May 14, 2008 ⋅ One comment

Sergey Odinokov the developer of iMatrix the universal 2d code processing tool for iPhone has developed a new 2d code format with the provisional name ‘Dandelion‘.
Update May 16, 2008: Sergey Odinokov answers the critics.

Gazzetta dello Sport uses QR Codes

By Roger ⋅ May 13, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

The most popular daily paper in Italy, La Gazzetta dello Sport announced that it will be using QR Codes to offer users extended coverage of sports events. Called ‘gazza&play‘ the codes will point to videos, photos and the latest sports news.

Wapple Datamatrix and QR codes

By Roger ⋅ May 12, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Wapple Canvas the mobile publishing platform now automatically generates Datamatrix and QR codes for each page on every site published.

Orbit-iEX Uses QR Code Ticketing

By Roger ⋅ May 9, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

The largest computer event in Switzerland, Orbit-iEX in Zurich, is making use of QR Codes for this years show. Free electronic tickets (Google translated link) in the form of QR Codes are available for mobile phone registrants. Admission to the show is by scanning the QR Code display on your mobile.

BMW Mini Italy uses QR Code

By Roger ⋅ May 7, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

After a four month campaign with QR Codes in German magazine advertisements, BMW Mini has launched a similar campaign in Italy. The QR Code points to a mobile site where users can view photos and details of the new models.

Lufthansa uses Aztec Code for paperless boarding.

By Roger ⋅ May 2, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Lufthansa passengers flying from Hamburg to Frankfurt or Munich can use a mobile boarding pass service. The pass is sent direct to their mobile via email or SMS. Passengers with only hand luggage proceed straight to the security checkpoint and to the gate, where the Aztec Code on their mobile boarding pass is read […]

Google Chart Server API generates QR Codes

By Roger ⋅ April 29, 2008 ⋅ 4 comments

Google Chart Server API now generates QR Codes. Simply choose the size in pixels of your barcode and the url you wish to encode. I chose 300 x 300 and http://2d-code.co.uk/ as the url. Inserting these in the required url format gives:
http://chartserver.apis.google.com/chart?cht=qr&chs=300×300&chl=http://2d-code.co.uk/
Which when you paste it into your browser address bar produces this:

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