Serioustec have adopted 3GVision’s QR Code reader and backend tools as part of its new mobile publishing and tracking platform. Called Dakode it includes comprehensive editorial and advertising management capabilities as well as full reporting and analysis on performance. Full press release (.docx file).
Update: Starbucks have dropped QR Codes in favor of the PDF417 barcode.
Starbucks are testing payment by iPhone in sixteen selected stores in Silicon Valley and Seattle. The iPhone app displays a QR Code that can be used just like a Starbucks Card to make purchases.
The Camera Culture Group at MIT Media Lab will be demonstrating a barcode replacement at Siggraph 2009 in New Orleans next week. Called Bokode they consist of an LED under a mask and lens. Information is encoded in the light shining through the mask which varies in brightness depending on the angle it is seen […]
Flash Developer for Logosware Software, Kenichi Ueno has released a library into the Spark Project (an open source community to develop Flash/ActionScripts) that recognizes and decodes any QR Code from any image source.
KS Corporation commune in Japan have released version 2 of their QR creator program. Images can be embedded in the created QR Code and will be automatically sized so that the code can still be read.
QuickMark have announced QuickMark for PC an application that lets you decode multiple popular 2d and 1d barcode formats via an image file (drag and drop), a screen capture, or your webcam. Also QuickMark for PC allows you to create your own 2D barcodes on your PC and the standard edition is free.
Scanbuy has published the EZcode specification and announced that the patents and intellectual property rights owned by Scanbuy will not be exercised. Scanbuy is also offering a web development kit to embed the complete ScanLife platform in third party websites and they will be making a code reader SDK commercially available in Q4, 2009 for […]
Software developer Isaac Potoczny-Jones has integrated QR Codes into an Android App with ZXing to pass notes between two mobile phones.
MTag have announced MeePass which uses an encrypted 2d barcode to secure your identity on your mobile device. Payment transactions, loyalty programmes, ticketing etc., can all be completed securely without a connection. Users register a PIN which is not stored on the mobile so if the device is lost or stolen it cannot be used […]
Brandon Wiley has created an ATM machine for the Austin Time Exchange Network complementary currency using QR codes. Using Tom Brown’s OAuth and the OSCurrency API they are currently working together on making the process resistant to counterfeiting. You can read the technical details here P2P Money with App Engine, OAuth, and QR Codes. The […]