Rio de Janeiro is adding something new into its trademark black-and-white mosaic pavements: QR codes.
While practicality is the key to QR success, it never hurts to get a little creative.
Perhaps the greatest hurdle for the QR code business is the lack of standardization.
Beyond simple standardization is the tendency of QR code apps to become inundated with advertising.
The oft-maligned QR code was originally pitched by some as a taste of the future.
In Leicester QR codes are being used to promote the cultural quarter and National Space Centre.
For example, we incorporated QR codes into our print advertisements and signage at counter.
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Said QR code sends adventurous scanners to a website for the Kraay's family farm website.
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People scan a QR code with their smartphone and it redirects them to a web address.
Customers loved it and they were widely praised for thinking beyond the QR code.
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Also, tourists should be familiar with QR codes and be willing to use them.
For instance, you can create a QR code that links directly to your LinkedIn profile.
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And perhaps most important, marketers have only now worked out how best to use QR codes.
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Archrival's research echoes the findings of several other studies involving consumers and QR codes.
There are several alternatives to QR codes, but so far none has shown much promise.
In one demo, a box decorated in QR-like codes opens to reveal a bouquet of virtual flowers.
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What is not included on any platform (Android, iPhone or Windows) is a built-in QR code scanner.
Kaspersky Lab says QR code malware is gaining in popularity, and Android is in the cross hairs.
In the meantime, QR codes will continue to flag stuff that most people probably want to ignore.
This app allows users to access bar codes and QR codes to scan for payment or admission.
The stores are actually posters on bus-stops with QR codes on each image of a DVD or Blu-Ray.
Or conversely, they have the QR-code-generating website for businesses but no app on the consumer side of things.
Some 18% of smartphone users have used QR codes, and about half of that is in the store.
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Again and again we see companies launch full-scale campaigns that include QR codes which lead to desktop sites.
For the past few years, a number of artists have taken QR codes to the streets in various ways.
The company discovered the first instance of QR malware code on an Android phone in Russia in September.
The QR codes link to online text, audio and video about specific locations.
Leverage the QR code technology so that I can easily wave my phone over a scanner and buy something.
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Other competitors in the energy sector include: QR Energy (QRE), Swift Energy Company (SFY), and Crimson Exploration (CXPO).
Recently Cosmopolitan ran a QR code campaign which proved to be the most scanned QR code of that month.
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