QR code
Airline gets first NFC boarding
News The service, whereby a boarding pass containing a QR code is sent by SMS, MMS or email to travellers' phones, can now be used for almost all short and medium-length flights run by the airline. Air France... [20 Apr 2009]
Barclaycard, Orange share a mobile wallet
News Phones could also be used to scan items - via barcode or QR code reading tech - to allow users to get more information about products, she said. Mobile operator Orange UK and credit card company... [09 Mar 2009]
400 million QR codes coming to Pepsi packs
News Repeat QR code snappers will get extra bonuses, according to Pepsi. Thirsty UK consumers will be able to access games and other entertainment from their mobiles as Pepsi introduces QR... [06 Nov 2008]
Firefox 3.1 coming soon?
News Check out silicon.com's latest Cheat Sheets… Cheat Sheet: QR codes Working from home Google Android Video: ID cards BBC iPlayer Developer Chris Double wrote in his blog: "The backend has been committed to... [07 Aug 2008]
Editor's Blog: Coming soon - our list of the UK's top CIOs
Comment Find out exactly what a QR code is and why you should care in our QR code cheat sheet. Here at silicon.com we spend a lot of time talking to - and listening to - CIOs.... [30 May 2008]
Cheat Sheet: QR codes
Cheat Sheet A QR code is a 2D matrix barcode which uses an arrangement of squares to encode information horizontally and vertically. Using two dimensions mean a QR code can contain... [28 May 2008]
Retailers to scan discount vouchers by mobile phone
News The two-dimensional barcode - or QR code - printed on the voucher is verified against a central database and the transaction is logged by the system, with the retailer being reimbursed by a direct money... [10 Dec 2007]
Upwardly Mobile: Where are all the QRs?
Comment With a cameraphone and the appropriate software, you can take a picture of a QR code, say on a poster advertising a cool new mobile phone and be taken directly to the mobile webpage of the handset's maker. [06 Feb 2007]