February 1, 2013
If you’ve got a company database full of product data, connecting that data to a barcode system can be incredibly useful. Perhaps your warehouse workers need a quick way of looking up the product location, or maybe they need to quickly find out the purchase price for a full box and not by unit. Whatever the situation, integrating barcode reading facilities can be an expensive and arduous task, but it doesn't have to be.
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January 21, 2013
As a technology professional, there a few things I consider as absolute essentials: a laptop, WiFi connection, and a cup of coffee. While some of us are content with intravenously injecting ever increasing amounts of ground instant coffee granules (or just drinking it, whatever), some of you no doubt go for the altogether more classy Starbucks. And then there are of those of us who hate Starbucks, but like good coffee, and wish we could have the Starbucks taste at home. This, dear readers, is where a Bosch Tassimo coffee machine comes in handy; and we’re giving one away at the end of this review.
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January 12, 2013
Scanning QR codes and barcodes can be useful in all kinds of situations. Perhaps you want more information about a certain product? Maybe someone gave you a business card with a QR code on it that takes you to their website? Whatever the reason, QR codes and standard barcodes are a part of the world in which we live, and they show no sign of going anywhere anytime soon.
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December 29, 2012
Quickly scan a bar code and compare prices – with stores nearby or stores on the web. ShopSavvy is an app that uses the camera on your phone or tablet to interpret bar codes, telling you about a product and showing you where to get it affordably. You can shop online at stores like Amazon or pull up a map of brick-and-mortar stores near you selling the same product, complete with prices.
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December 10, 2012
Barcodes are found practically everywhere in the world. Any item you can find at a store will have one, representing a number which helps identify the item. Additionally, more and more QR codes are found on all sorts of media, from simple leaflets to T-shirts to TV advertisements, no matter if that's good or bad. Without the appropriate tools, these barcodes and QR codes will have little meaning to you, essentially leaving you out of the loop.
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October 31, 2012
The humble barcode - named for its ability to encode information in a series of machine readable bars (or lines) - began its life in 1948. Nowadays all manner and style of barcodes exist, so let’s take a quick look down memory lane and see how the barcode has evolved over the years, and how they work.
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March 22, 2012
There's only one universal truth in the world of technology today: people can't get enough of scanning QR codes. Whether they're driving to work, reading a magazine or just taking a walk, people love the opportunity to use their phone's camera to load websites. Why the insane popularity? I'm glad you asked: find just a few reasons here.
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January 31, 2012
I remember the first time I encountered a QR code. I didn’t have a smartphone yet, so my reaction was "Hey, what’s this weird block of pixels?" It was only when I purchased my first Android phone that I began to take real note of them. I scanned a few during the first month I had the phone. And then I more or less quit.
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January 27, 2012
You must have spotted at least one QR code by now. If not, then you are a certifiable alien from Mars. QR codes are quite the rage. We have them on everything from food labels to car bumpers. And yes, tattoos too! QR codes are definitely mainstream now, given a boost up the use of smartphones and intelligent scanning apps that reside in them. So, here are five more web apps which show us how QR codes have gone conventional.
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June 29, 2011
Quick response codes, or QR codes for short, have been used for a few years now to provide rapid access to URLs, messages or contact information. Marketing and advertising departments love QR codes, as with a simple scan, even more advertising related to their product can be delivered straight to your thumbs.
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March 29, 2010
Today I’ll introduce you to one of the best new ideas in social networking, Stickybits. It’s a great concept, linking social media with the real world by using barcode messages. Stickybits have created smartphone apps (for both iPhone and Android) which allow users to scan barcodes, read and watch media related to that barcode, plus [...]
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January 3, 2010
On Christmas day, I became the excited owner of a Motorola Droid, one of the best phones currently on the market running the Android 2.1 Operating System. Like most people who got a Droid that day, I went straight to the app store to find free Android applications that would improve my experience, increase the [...]
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November 27, 2009
If you frequently browse the web for cool mobile apps or other ways to improve your phone, you will have run into the issue where you need to navigate to a link on your phone. Rather than hand type a ridiculously long URL in, you think of alternate ways to get content from your PC [...]
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