QR Code Press

New service offers free printable business cards featuring QR codes

01/07/201201/07/2012 Julie Campbell

An online printable business cards company, FreePrintableBusinessCards.net, which has been in operation since 2005, has announced that it is now offering the ability to use a web-based service to create business cards featuring a QR code. These printable business cards are available to users for free and provide them with up to 350 characters of space in which to enter their contact, brand, and product or service information. The creator of the site, Kevin Savetz, explained that QR codes are making their way into every part of our lives, ranging…

Creating QR codes with greater visual impact and appeal

01/01/201212/31/2011 Julie Campbell

QR codes may be increasing in popularity, but the standard black and white, square image has not offered much in terms of beauty of visual appeal. Fortunately, as the technology for their design improves, so do the possibilities for altering their appearance. The following are some of the techniques that can be used to convert a boring, relatively ugly and plain barcode into an image that will contribute to the appearance of an ad and attract the smartphone user to scan it. • Introduce color to the QR code –…

New Google Chrome extension makes online QR code scanning easier

12/24/201108/26/2012 Jennifer Goula

More QR codes have begun showing up on websites in recent months. While QR codes have become very popular in the world of marketing, their use on websites can be somewhat counter intuitive. The codes must be scanned by a smart phone equipped with a barcode scanning application. These apps use the phone’s camera to decipher the information embedded in the codes. The problem is that a phone’s camera can, at times, have difficulty properly viewing a computer screen, making it impossible to scan the code. A new extension for…

Research and Markets report shows 4,500% growth in QR code scans in 2011

12/23/2011 Jesse Collins

Research and Markets, a market research firm, has released a new report concerning the growth of QR codes and how much they have been scanned this year. 2011 has been a successful year for the codes as many more companies have begun incorporating them into their marketing campaigns. Awareness of the codes has been swelling amongst consumers, who had never before been exposed to such mobile technology. The report details how quickly the codes have grown in a single year. According to the report, QR code scan rates have jumped…

NeoMedia registers an increase of 240 percent in QR code use

12/06/201112/06/2011 Jesse Collins

NeoMedia has announced that when compared to Black Friday in 2010, this year’s use of the app firm’s NeoReader application for barcode scanning increased by over 240 percent. They made this announcement through a recent press release, where they also stated that these two dimensional QR codes are the most popular type of barcode scanned by mobile devices, with 87 percent of scans going to them, while one dimensional barcodes received only 13 percent of scans. According to the chief executive officer at NeoMedia Technologies, Inc., Laura Marriott, retail stores…