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QR-IQ announces custom video QR code app for restaurants

03/01/201203/01/2012 Jorge Gonzalez

QR-IQ has announced the development of a unique app designed for restaurants which allows them to use QR codes to redirect patrons to custom videos that will help showcase the specials for the day. The app functions by rotating among the videos that feature the unique dinner specials for the day. This can be used as a up-selling tool for beverages and appetizers, as well as desserts, and is especially useful at times when the guests are waiting to be seated or served. The QR-IQ app allows any restaurant to add the…

Our hats off to Nina for the first QR Code wedding cake!

01/28/2011 Andrew Hobbs

Nina Notaro, pastry chef and owner of Cake Studio in Winnipeg, Canada, has made the world’s first QR code wedding cake. The cake made its debut at the Wonderful Wedding Show held at the Winnipeg Convention Center. The four-tiered wedding cake is a simple box shape, featuring a QR code on every side of the middle tier. The cake is entire edible, made with white fondant and sugar Cattleya Orchids. The code links to the Cake Studio website and provides information on the services and history of the studio. Users…

Big technology for small businesses work!

01/24/2011 Stephanie Beck

QR codes are proving to be a handy tool for local business all over the nation. In Seattle, the 2d codes are being used as a cost-effective way of exposure and allowing many business owners to save a small fortune on advertising fees. Being able to link the codes to sites like Facebook and Twitter, small businesses stand to gain significant online presence as intrigue over the black and white boxes grows. Such is the case for Mr. Gyros, a small eatery in Seattle. Co-owner Arsheed was working the…

A recipe for success!

01/20/201101/20/2011 Jorge Gonzalez

Chef Jose Duarte of Boston’s Taranta restaurant is creating a whole new eating experience with QR codes by bringing the mobile marketing technology into the food service industry. Servers adorned in shirts bearing the code have been attracting the attention of patrons. Inspired by what he saw at the Madrid Fusion restaurant even in Spain five years ago, where colleague Seiji Yamamoto used the codes in several of his demos, Duarte is planning to incorporate the technology on more than just t-shirts. Duarte stunned the crowd at the Fairmont Copley…