Though QR (Quick Response) barcodes haven’t been as prolific in 2008 as maybe some of us had hoped, 2009 looks to be a whole different story.  I’ve been following the technology since its inception, and though I knew it would be hard to catch on in the US due the state of our mobile technology

I decided to have a look at the Microsoft HCCB tags. It’s incredibly easy to generate QR codes, and I wanted to see if that experience was replicated here. After logging onto the Tag Reader page, the entire process took about two minutes. Step One was to specify the tag type, address and how long it ...

Microsoft has joined the physical world connection/interactions space with its release of their High Capacity Color Barcode (HCCB) called Microsoft Tag, a new 2D Barcode technology developed by Microsoft research that competes with QR Code, Datamatrix and other 2D barcode technologies. Comparing Microsoft Tag to QR Code: Microsoft Tag uses colors and triangles vs. black and white

I am not sure if you have heard of QR tags before but they are little 2D codes that act like high tech barcodes to link you to certain information. You just take a picture of them with your camera phone and it translates it into a link. Microsoft just joined the fray with their

Pepsi seems to be going QR code crazy with its third in a series of mobile visual search and mobile barcode campaigns. I quite like the analogy of old and new media with Pepsi’s visionary ad campaign. Without saying it - its like Coke is old media with its traditional “holiday’s are coming” commercials and Pepsi ...

UK to see mobile phone QR bar codes which reveal information on demand

Vincent Berge the CEO of Mobile Distillery left a comment on one of my articles stating that QR was cool but 2009 would be the year of NFC. Now, I digested the comment but didn’t really think about it – until a very heated New Year’s discussion.  What happened? Well, I was playing with QR codes and talking ...

It looks like QR bar codes which enable users to grab information via a swipe of their mobile phone is on its way to the UK. The QR bar code system is rapidly becoming a cult status in Japan and allows the scanning of such items as a poster so you can find out cinema

Mobile barcodes (aka QR, or Quick Response codes) are old news in Japan and Korea, but they haven’t made it big in Europe or the US just yet. The Telegraph reported today that the tech is getting a big PR push in Britain, thanks to Pepsi. How long will it be until the scanning tech

Found under: Symbian, Freeware, Smartphones, Neo Reader is a freeware application for Symbian devices which will let you scan barcodes. It might just be that cool application you were waiting for. Neo Reader will let you scan all the standard code types Data Matrix QR codes Aztec Codes EAN UPC and Code 128. That means you wont have to combine it with any other software to be able to scan absolutel...