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QR codes mystery in Montgomery has been solved

04/01/201303/29/2013 Stephanie Beck

The sudden appearance of large quick response barcodes in the downtown area has been tracked to its source. On March 28, Mobile Commerce News first reported that there were QR codes popping up all over the downtown area of Montgomery, Alabama, and that mystery has now been solved now that the owners of the barcodes have been identified. As it turns out, these mystery barcodes were displayed to promote a seminar that was to be held in the area. The mystery was causing a number of raised brows in the…

QR codes appearing mysteriously in Montgomery

03/28/201303/27/2013 L. Green

An oversized barcode has made its way into the downtown area and nobody knows who is behind it. Montgomery, Alabama has had a unique mobile marketing experience pop up in its downtown area, where QR codes have appeared out of nowhere and nobody seems to know their source. One of these quick response codes, for instance, was found on a power box located outside of Arts Gone Wild. That one was located on the corner of Tallapoosa and Commerce Streets. These oversized QR codes just seem to have come out…

QR codes worked into Chinese tombstones

03/27/201303/26/2013 Julie Campbell

Information about the deceased individual can now be obtained through the scanning of a barcode. Chinese mourners now have a new way to remember their loved ones who have passed on by scanning QR codes that are displayed on tombstones. These barcodes will allow the family members of deceased people to memorialize the individual online. Through the use of QR codes that are displayed on a tombstone, smartphone users can scan and learn more about the individual’s past and what they did while they were alive. This new high tech…

QR codes make their way onto sushi plates once more

03/27/201303/26/2013 Jesse Collins

The edible smartphone barcodes are now spreading awareness about sustainable fish in California. Though not the first time that a sushi restaurant has used edible QR codes to draw attention to its sustainable fish ingredients, a restaurant in California is adding itself to the list of firsts for this trend. The barcodes were used to provide diners with more information about the fish in an interesting way. The restaurant is called Harney Sushi, and it has made edible QR codes using water based ink printed on wafers of rice paper.…

QR codes at ReapSo designed to increase appeal of scanning

03/25/201303/23/2013 Jennifer Goula

This Michigan based startup company has found a way to make the barcodes stand out. ReapSo, a startup company based in Farmington Hills, Michigan, has come up with a mobile app that provides loyal customers with a way to earn fun rewards through the use of QR codes, boosting the appeal of scanning these barcodes. The mobile app officially went live in January, and had already broken the 500 customer mark in 3 weeks. The mobile app from ReapSo gives smartphone users the ability to scan unique QR codes that…