Tag: scanned QR codes

QR codes used to share a U.K. city’s history with smartphone users

Stephanie Beck
QR Code history

Newport is using mobile commerce through barcodes to share its fascinating past. The South Wales city of Newport, in the United Kingdom is taking important steps into mobile commerce by using QR codes to share its history with visitors and residents, alike. Signs featuring the barcodes are now posted all around the city center as well as at various landmarks. With a smartphone or a tablet computer and any free QR code scanner app, a visitor or a local can scan one of the signs and learn more about the…

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Number of adult American QR code users increases by 1 percent since 2010

Sam Lambert
QR code

A new Forrester Research study’s findings have been released, and they show that among American adults, 5 percent are using QR codes with their smartphone devices. This is an increase of 1 percent over last year’s figures. When compared to the adoption by consumers, QR code reading software has grown significantly more quickly, while at the same time the adoption of the codes by companies using the 2 dimensional barcodes as a part of their marketing strategy has grown at a notably slower rate. According to Julie Ask, the author…

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