Tag: qr code system

QR codes launched for Mack maintenance program

Jesse Collins
mack truck qr codes

These barcodes will be printed onto the vehicles and linked to the vehicle’s unique VIV. Mack Trucks has announced that it will now be printing QR codes onto their vehicles which are uniquely tied to the VIV of the specific truck, through the use of the MVASIST platform. The barcodes will be used to help to provide a faster response time and to improve the customer uptime. The QR codes will be installed onto the vehicle doorframes as of April. This will occur during the truck’s actual manufacturing process at…

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Shopping in 2D: QR Barcodes

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QR barcode shopping

A QR (Quick Response) barcode is a type of two-dimensional barcode consisting of black square dots arranged on a white square grid. Much like the one-dimensional, or UPC barcode, a QR barcode is also a machine-readable label that stores information about the item to which it is attached. Unlike the standard UPC barcode, however, the QR code allows for bigger data storage and higher-speed readability. It was first designed in 1994 in Japan for the purposes of tracking vehicles during manufacture. In today’s mobile age, QR barcode scanners are made…

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QR codes used by Garanti Bank in first Romanian mobile payments launch

Jennifer Goula
Garanti Bank QR code mobile payments

Consumers in Romania will be able to complete purchase transactions with their smartphones. One of Romania’s most innovative and dynamic banks, Garanti Bank, has announced that it will be launching QR codes that will allow its customers to make purchases through mobile payments, using the technology and services of Seamless, a Swedish company. The new partnership between these two companies will bring about SEQR mobile payments. This service will be available to the Romanian market and will be based on QR codes. It is currently in the stage of a…

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Tag Smart Pets announces new service that lets people find their missing pets with the help of QR codes

John Montgallo
QR Code Pet Tags

In the United Kingdom, more than 5,000 pets go missing each week. Most never find their way back home, despite the best efforts of their owners. Over the years, emerging technologies have made it easier for people to find their furry friends when they get lost, but it can be quite expensive to equip an animal with a radio frequency chip that is always broadcasting. Tag Smart Pets, a company specializing in mobile technology for animals, has announced a new QR code service that is designed to be a cost…

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Hungarian innovation to integrate bank card into handsets makes their debut: MasterCard selected Cellum

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Mobile Commerce Budapest

PRESS RELEASE: Budapest; The new technology developed by Cellum allows using mobile telephones as MasterCard bank cards in Hungary. Hungary is the first country in Europe to implement the new technology, and the launch in Hungary is, at the same time, the European debut of the application. Thanks to the cooperation with multinational partner MasterCard, Cellum can now enter the world market with its application available on four platforms **(iPhone, Android, Windows Mobile, SIM). * Mobile telephones have long been offering voice, image and text transmission services. As the next…

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