Who would have thought that the lowly barcode, the stodgy grandfather of the identification technology world, would reemerge as a marketer’s dream? Well, it is happening. A new generation of barcodes ...
QR code, short for Quick Response Code, is a kind of matrix barcode that includes information about a product or service. You can find it being used for advertising purposes, where brands put up ...
Jim Pond, owner of the Leominster marketing firm Compassed, recently had a client who was looking to make a splash with his marketing strategy. Pond knew exactly the right technology to use: a Quick ...
Barcodes are set to disappear in favour of modern QR codes. After more than 50 years of ubiquity, the organisation that oversees the world's barcodes is preparing to consign them to the bargain bin of ...
Hailed as 'space-age' technology upon their launch in Britain in 1979, 'bar-coding' was praised as a wonderful invention that would speed up the weekly shop. But 50 years after being first used on ...
Windows/Linux/iOS: Ever wish you could scan QR codes and other barcodes from your computer, without pulling out your phone? (Maybe you miss your old CueCat?) ZBar is a simple cross-platform tool that ...