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.
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.
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.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
