Tag: qr
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Microsoft, Thanks For Finally Getting Onboard with QR Codes
Microsoft, thank you thank you for getting with the program here and supporting internationally standardized QR codes in with your proprietary tags. QR codes are just beginning to take hold here in the United States, and at the same time are being made obsolete by technologies like NFC, and location based payments like Square Wallet.…
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Is QR The Way, Or Should Other High Res Barcode Standards Be Considered?
As consumers have begun to embrace smartphones with integrated cameras, and the idea of mobile barcode scanning has hit the mainstream, there are many emerging “high resolution” barcodes flooding the market. Among these are QR Codes, Microsoft Tags, Jag Tags, and a multitude of other codes. With any barcode, there are definitely going to be…
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Apps: The Next Hurdle for QR COdes
Following up on yesterday’s post about QR Codes at SXSW – now that QR codes are literally everywhere, users need a unified, easy way to scan them. I think that, like we will see in the first wave of NFC devices, QR Code scanning must be built into the base OS of a phone, or…
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SXSW Wrapup: QR Codes Everywhere
This year at South By Southwest Interactive, QR Codes – high resolution barcodes used to deliver web addresses and other data to mobile phones by way of scanning with a phones built in camera – were EVERYWHERE. Amidst the seas of catchy flyers, posters, leaflets, coasters, handouts and stickers, almost everything had a QR code…
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QR Code Market Adoption Analysis
Following up on my recent posts about QR Codes (All over NYC, used by Mini Cooper), JumpScan just published this informative infographic covering the history and impact of QR Codes.
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Finally! Mobile Payments coming to NYC Starbucks
At long last, the Starbucks stores in NYC are going to start accepting mobile payments via the Starbucks card iPhone app. Payment happens by scanning at the register a high resolution barcode that gets displayed on your iPhones screen. The app is linked directly to your Starbucks online account, and updates the balance in real…
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Kooaba and the Future of Image Recognition
Recently I had the opportunity to talk to colleges and clients about an iPhone app called Kooaba. Kooaba is a visual image recognition platform, that has the ability to recognize real world objects, much like Google Goggles. I think that image recognition technology like this may become more prevalent… someday. One current, real world example…