The activist organization Can You Solve This? is using QR codes to raise awareness for education inequality in Iran. The grassroots initiative, launched in Berlin Saturday, is spreading QR codes on stickers, t-shirts and posters to attract people to the campaign by using QR Code readers to get to the information. “You really need to stand [...]

TourneyCentral announces a software version release that includes integration of QR Codes with its youth soccer tournament software. The QR code leads the user directly to a mobile-friendly version of the scores, sponsor deals and tournament news for use on Android Apps, iPhone Apps and HTC. TourneyCentral is the first and only soccer tournament software [...]

Nissan has launched a program that puts Quick Response (QR) codes on its “On Vehicle Graphics System.” The company says it is the first to put the codes on individual vehicle window stickers across its entire lineup. The codes will appear first on 2012 models. The first of the codes appeared in June on the [...]

Skanz, a new social networking platform, launched today offering consumers a digital home for all of their social media conveniently stored in their own unique QR code (supercharged barcode). Skanz allows you to create your own secure, free, mobile website — your Skanzsite — and share it at the flash of a smartphone. Friends, family [...]

The QR code: A thing of beauty or an eyesore? The magical barcodes that can be scanned by a smartphone to launch an offline-to-online experience are often criticized for their black and white checkerbox appearance. Those who doubt that QR codes will go mainstream are quick to point out that the look of QR codes [...]

Durban’s The Mercury newspaper has embraced the concept of Quick Response (QR codes) and will this weekend launch its first ‘added value offering’ with the Springbok game against Australia as the event to kick its QR code campaign into touch. Angela Quintal, editor of The Mercury, said it was part of the newspaper’s strategy to be [...]

dogIDs, a leading provider of personalized dog collars, custom dog tags, dog beds and dog leashes, has added QR Code ScruffTag™ collars to its extensive selection of personalized dog ID tags. dogIDs has partnered with PetHub to make these QR code collars that take advantage of today’s smartphone technology. The ID collars include a unique web address [...]

A Georgia hospital is using Quick Response code (QR Code)  in its advertising to make it easier for women to schedule mammograms, yet another way mobile technology is being used to streamline patient care. Athens Regional Medical Center uses the code in a small, scannable square in its print advertising. When a woman clicks on [...]

Beach volleyball athletes and organizers rarely shy away from tying the marketing of their sport to the bodies of those who play it. Let’s see: bronze-skinned babes, bikinis, the beach… there’s a natural advertising line there. But now a pair of British Olympic hopefuls are taking the sex appeal of their sport one step further [...]