Quick response or QR codes such as the one at left are appearing everywhere - in magazines, brochures and newpapers, in stores, on billboards and other advertisements, in BlackBerry Messenger, on your grocery packaging and even on rooftops.
With a scanner app downloaded on our smartphones, we can scan these codes and access online content such as websites, Twitter pages, videos, contests and other multi-media content about products, stores and services. Many of the scanner apps are also able to scan EZ codes, Data Matrix codes and Universal Product Code or UPC codes.
Wikipedia describes QR codes as:
a type of matrix barcode (or two-dimensional code) first designed for the automotive industry. More recently, the system has become popular outside of the industry due to its fast readability and comparatively large storage capacity. The code consists of black modules arranged in a square pattern on a white background. The information encoded can be made up of any kind of data (e.g., binary, alphanumeric, or Kanji symbols).[1]
Created by Toyota subsidiary Denso Wave in 1994 to track vehicles during the manufacturing process,[2][unreliable source?] the QR code is one of the most popular types of two-dimensional barcodes. It was designed to allow its contents to be decoded at high speed.*
Check out the links below to learn more about QR codes, how they are used and how you can create your own!
- Code scanner: iPhone/iPad, Android, BlackBerry
- Q&A: Make a Quick QR Code
- HOW TO: Create and Deploy Your Own QR Codes
- 7 Great Uses For QR Codes & How To Generate Your Own For Free
- 5 Ways QR Codes Could Shake Up the 2012 Election
- Noticed: Want More Information? Just Scan Me
- Smartphones turn bar code squares into sales tools - highlights a variety of ways in which QR codes are being used
- Using a QR Code to Build Your List
- Rooftop QR Codes Aim to Infiltrate Google Maps
- Facebook Places, FourSquare and the future of QR codes
- HOW TO: Use QR Codes for Event Marketing
- 13 Creative Ways to Use QR Codes for Marketing
- HOW TO: Use QR Codes for Small Business Marketing
- Starbucks QR Codes Tell You More About Its Coffee
- eBay Opens Scannable Storefront in Manhattan QR codes take you to product pages
With the good news, there is always the bad:
*Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR_code
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