QR Code

Your iPhone screen contains a hidden QR code

10/04/202310/03/2023 Julie Campbell

Apple has added the barcode to the smartphone screens for a practical and very simple reason. Apple adds a hidden QR code to all iPhone screens for a reason that many consumers are finding to be curious and quite logical at the same time. The quick response barcodes are being added to the glass itself and nearly hidden to the naked eye. The reason Apple has been adding a hidden QR code to its iPhone screens is simply to help track how many glass cover units are produced and how…

Amazon’s Ring unveils new QR code pet tracker

09/20/202309/19/2023 John Montgallo

The doorbell camera brand has expanded its surveillance tech into furry family members. Amazon’s Ring might be best known for providing consumer-grade surveillance technology and doorbell cameras, but it has recently announced that it is expanding into QR code tags that will help lost pets to find their way home again. The Ring Pet Tag is meant to make it easy for people to identify a found animal that has wandered off. The technology isn’t all that revolutionary, as it consists of a QR code on a tag that allows…

QR code on water jugs help to ensure the contents are safe to drink

09/14/202309/13/2023 Sam Lambert

Two brothers from Chennai, India have developed a system to ensure the bottles contain clean water. A new QR code system developed by two brothers from Chennai, India can help people to know whether the jugs of water they purchase contain clean water, helping to avoid arriving home to discover that their water is dirty or cloudy. Many people in the area must fill large water jugs every day to provide their drinking supply. The tap water in the area is not clean enough to drink. Therefore, they purchase the…

Goa, India police use QR code to bust international human trafficking ring

09/13/202309/12/2023 Stephanie Beck

The investigators used the quick response codes to be used by clients for payments that were traceable. UPI has gained massive popularity in mobile payments, to the point that it could be used for crime busting by providing QR codes to clients of human trafficking. The massive network was based in Goa, India, but was being operated out of Kenya. The police chose this method of tracking because the QR code/UPI mobile payment is typically completed during an early transaction stage, stopping clients from being able to get out of…

Coca-Cola and Jon Batiste amp up QR codes with audio and artistic imagery

09/06/202309/05/2023 John Montgallo

The upgrade in the mobile marketing campaign gave the quick response codes a hotter new experience. While the pandemic made sure that pretty much everyone is now finally familiar with humble QR codes, this doesn’t mean that people like them all that much. The barcodes are typically black and white pixelated squares that are functional but not exciting. A new Coca-Cola campaign took this as a challenge and worked to see if people would enjoy and respond to QR codes more readily if those barcodes were far more artistic in…