Trend: QR code-only Print Magazine

The print magazine Tada Gets, which basically means “things for free” is a magazine composed entirely of QR codes. By scanning the codes, users link via mobile phone to free ringtones, decorations, games, music, pictures, and other content.

RVSI receives Order for Barcode Readers

In emergencies, doctors generally lack knowledge of the patient's previous illnesses, use of medication, and allergies or reactions to medication. Vital information is therefore essential to prevent wrong treatment or giving wrong medication. The organization's goal is to make patient case histories available to physicians while fully safeguarding personal data. This is done by encrypting a patient's medical history into a two-dimensional barcode, called Data Matrix, which is contained on a card carried by the patient.

Going mobile to kick out Hogmanay touts

TICKETS for Edinburgh's Hogmanay would be texted to the buyer's mobile phone under new plans to stamp out touts.

Guns N' Roses' performance at London's Hammersmith Apollo in 2006 was the first rock concert in the UK to feature the mobile ticketing technology, created by Mobiqa, which is based in George Street.

Japanese is not Done with QR Code, Here Comes Double QR

One company called Design QR has created a Double QR, they simple inserted another QR code in a QR code. Now it has double storage space to keep 2x more information. The company plan to even further expand the capacity by integrating more QR code together.

Facebook launches Mars products shopping service

An applications will launch on Valentine’s Day, Called Celebrate by Facebook. The service will enable users to buy actual Mars gifts which can be redeemed at participating stores through the use of a scanable, unique mobile voucher ID.

ScanBuy 2D Barcode Application Now Compatible with Camera Enabled Blackberry Handset

NEW YORK, Jan. 29  /PRNewswire/ -- Scanbuy, a global leader in mobile marketing
solutions, announced today that its ScanLife mobile 2D barcode application is now
compatible with camera-enabled BlackBerry(R) smartphones from Research In Motion (RIM).

NeoMedia Technologies Presents the World Its Revolutionary Vision for an Optical Messaging Interchange

In Barcelona, NeoMedia Technologies will present its groundbreaking technology innovation to the international attendees of the Congress: The NeoReader®. This barcode reading technology enables mobile devices with cameras to read barcodes and immediately connect to digital content and services. This simple "one click" access makes the mobile Internet much more accessible for consumers.

Device Transfers Barcodes from Mobile Phones to Scanners.

February 5, 2008 - Offered as keychain device, Bluetooth-enabled MoBeam(TM) let users receive offers on their phone via SMS, WAP, or email and transfer them to barcode scanning device. LED light source originates long-and-short sequencing of standard barcode, which standard laser scanner interprets as reflection of printed barcode. Solution links mobile consumers with retailers of choice, creating revenue opportunities without requiring any infrastructure change.

In First Application of Barcodes on the Mobile Phone,Mt. Bachelor and RocketBux Make the Registers Ring

BEND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mt. Bachelor, one of the largest resorts in North America, and RocketBux, a mobile software company, announced today that RocketBux is providing mobile phone barcode coupons to the resort’s customers. This is the first application of optimized standard barcodes on phones ever used by the public.

MobiTMS unveil the launching in Facebook (and other SN) of a suite of applications to link web desktop directly to mobile

MobiTMS the provider of 'TMS" a (SMS 2.0) suite of tools and applications to develop D2MC (Direct to Mobile Consumers) businesses announced the launching of a suite of Social Networks mini applications. The Facebook first application, an adaptation for social networks of the TMS search engine of 2D barcodes already accessible on mobile phones via www.TMSsearch.com, offer a user friendly solution to send contents from web desktop directly to mobile phones.

Ecrio(TM) Launches MoBeam(TM) Bluetooth-Enabled Barcode Solution

ALM DESERT, Calif. and CUPERTINO, Calif., Jan. 28 -- At the DEMO 08 conference today, Ecrio unveiled a Bluetooth-enabled version of its MoBeam(TM) digital barcode solution. The enhancement lets users receive offers on their phone via SMS, WAP, or email, and redeem them via a small light emitting diode (LED) on the MoBeam device. In addition, retailers can install simple Bluetooth 'transponders' in their retail outlets to transfer offers directly to the MoBeam device.

Sears Becomes First Major Retailer to Trial 2-D Barcodes

The barcode has been around for decades now and some large retailers in the U.S. are looking at a new type of barcode system that will allow consumers to get more information on a product in an interactive way.

The new barcodes are called 2-D barcodes and the first trial is currently underway with Sears. The unique aspect of these barcodes is that by using a compatible cellular phone with a camera and a downloadable application for the phone, a consumer can launch an applet to get more information on the product

Keep your shirt on

England’s rich heritage is married with revolutionary technology by incorporating a QR (Quick Read) code into the shirt’s label. This effectively serves to bring the shirt to life, enabling fans to access a unique QR website.

Upon photographing the code with their mobile phones, fans will be taken to the website where they can obtain exclusive content about UMBRO and England.

Scan Your Way to the Next Party: University Tests Mobile 2D Barcode System

CIO — At Case Western Reserve University, a student points her cell phone's camera at a poster advertising a campus event. Now she's got directions, the start time and related info, via a linked Web page. It's all thanks to a novel program at the college that lets anyone with a case.edu e-mail address scan barcodes in various locations and translate them into Web content using their cell phones. The university's Cleveland, Ohio campus is the first large-scale test site in the United States for mobile "2D codes" or "quick response (QR) codes," according to a Case release.

Swipe your Mobile Phone

You can now pay all your bills with your phone. According to FTIL director (Technology), Dewang Neralla, Atom Technologies’ product — Atom Card — and software can burn the user’s credit card data to a mobile phone, that too over-the-air (like making a call or sending an SMS).

The data would be stored in a 2-D bar code format and cannot be read even by the user, assuring security in case the handset is lost or stolen. However for making a purchase an authentication — providing the PIN — has to be made.

Airlines to Launch Mobile Phone Check-In Services

Some air travelers in Korea can now use their mobile phones to check in for international flights. Korean Air and Asiana Airlines said Monday that they will launch mobile check-in services in cooperation with SK Telecom.

Upon arriving at Iuncheon International Airport, they can issue their boarding pass using self-check-in machines by inputting a barcode downloaded to their phone and their passport number. Luggage must be checked at a separate counter.