Those Facebook QR Codes Are Part Of Their Location Plans
A few days ago, we noted that Facebook was testing putting links to QR codes on their main profile pages. Now we know why. Apparently, Facebook is doing some testing ahead of their location feature...
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DARPA Launches QR-Locating Game As Test Of Distributed Resource Gathering
Say the Mayans are right, and a meteor or some other catastrophe strikes the Earth sometime later this year. Assuming we’re not all wiped out by the impact, emergency services worldwide are going to...
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With 12M+ Downloads, Scan Launches Scan-to-gram, A New Way To Follow People...
Three guys from Provo, Utah set out on a mission to make QR codes, those boring pixellated, black-and-white squares come alive — in other words, to extend their functionality by turning them into...
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Mobile-Friendly Pet Locator PetHub Closes $1.3 Million Seed Round
Seattle-based startup PetHub just closed its seed round of $1.3 million from angel investors (including PetHub founder Tom Arnold‘s dad!) for a service that helps lost pets find their way home. The...
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Clipix, The Pinterest For The Real World, Launches A QR Code Generator With A...
A few weeks ago, we wrote about Clipix, a new visual bookmarking tool that is somewhat of a hybrid between Pinterest and Evernote. Since its launch in June, the service has seen impressive growth and...
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Chasing Apple? Microsoft's NeoMedia QR Code Patent Deal Puts More Focus On...
Following in the footsteps of Apple getting ready to launch its QR Code-based Passbook service, it looks like Microsoft is also giving some attention to QR Codes, the mobile barcodes that, when...
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How Apple And Google Could Make QR Codes Mainstream
Editor’s Note: Brenden Mulligan is an entrepreneur and product designer who created Onesheet, Webbygram, TipList, ArtistData, MorningPics, and PhotoPile. You can find him on Twitter at @mulligan. QR...
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Doxo Uses QR Codes To Bridge The Gap Between Paper Bills And Mobile Payments
Doxo‘s mission is to rid your life of paper-based documents and bills, but for many businesses, sending out bills by mail is still the default. To bridge this gap between paper bills and mobile...
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Remember QR Codes? The Leading Reader, Scan, Has Been Downloaded 25 Million...
Something there is that doesn’t love a QR code, but that hasn’t stopped leading QR code scanner makers Scan from serving up 25 million copies of their software. The company, which currently processes...
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Customer Loyalty Startup Front Flip Raises $3.75 Million For Its Digital...
Although a number of mobile customer loyalty and rewards companies have debuted over the years, a good many of these new efforts have been focused on taking the offline concept of the 10-hole punch...
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With iOS 7, Apple Shows It Will Tolerate QR Codes – But Not Further Their Cause
Apple had a great big belly laugh at the expense of near field communications (NFC) at its WWDC keynote this year, but it also quietly adopted a tech that has received an equal amount of general scorn...
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Visualead Raises $1.6M For QR Codes That (Kind Of) Blend In
QR codes (you know, those square images that can be scanned by your phone and point you to mobile websites) have never quite taken off with a mass audience, but some startups aren't giving up the...
View ArticleWith $96.7M In Funding, PowaTag Launches Its Mobile And Audio-Triggered...
Powa Technologies, a UK-based e-commerce startup that has raised nearly $100 million in outside funding in the last seven months, is today finally taking the wraps off its flagship product: PowaTag, an...
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Scan Makes A QR Identity Play
Scan, a company that’s trying to link physical businesses to users with the use of QR codes, is stepping into the identity and payments space. Read More
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Alibaba Invests In Israeli Startup Visualead For Its QR Code Technology
To many U.S. consumers, QR codes already seem like a quaint tech relic, but they continue to be very popular in China. So it’s not a huge surprise that Visualead, an Israeli startup that specializes...
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