mike | Shared With: Everyone - 16 hours ago | barcodes, qr code, android, open source
mike | Shared With: Everyone - 16 hours ago | iphone, applications, barcodes, qr code
mike | Shared With: Everyone - Apr 19 2008 | cell phones, QR code, barcode, japan
mike | Shared With: Everyone - Apr 19 2008 | qr code, barcode, japan, cell phone
QR Codes are in wide use in Japan - cell phones incorporate QR Code scanners that can read the codes and direct the user to a web page automatically.
This is a great way to link the physical to the online world. There are so many possible applications:
- Retrieve information about a place or thing
- Report something about a physical place or thing (this public bathroom is in need of service).
- Complete a purchase (buy me)
- Confirm my location (security guard was here)I wonder if I can get a QR decoder for my Blackberry!
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This is not too surprising given Japan's dependency on U.S. consumers.
Let's see how this affects the U.S. markets tomorrow.
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