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How to Market iPhone Apps via Barcodes

By Sarah Perez / March 11, 2009 7:32 AM / View Comments

The latest news from a company called iCandy (previous coverage) is a tool that lets you easily create QR codes for iPhone applications. By simply dragging an app out of iTunes and into their iCandy widget, a QR code for that application will be automatically generated. With this code, which could be printed on anything from business cards to posters and stickers, you can market your iPhone application offline, out in the real world.

iCandy: Make QR Codes That Play Music

By Sarah Perez / January 16, 2009 8:42 AM

From the R&D Labs at Ricoh, there comes a new QR code creation tool called iCandy. With this application, you can easily create QR codes that automatically launch and begin playing your music in iTunes. If you don't already own the song, scanning the QR code will prompt you to purchase it from either iTunes, Amazon, or Rhapsody. In addition to iCandy's music-related features, the app can also create codes that take you to any web site with a URL, perfect for bands wishing to promote their MySpace page, Facebook fan page, YouTube video, or anything else on the web.

Microsoft Tag: The CueCat Returns on Your Mobile Phone

By Frederic Lardinois / January 8, 2009 9:54 AM

ms_tag_barcode_for_rww.pngMicrosoft today released Microsoft Tag, its own barcode technology for mobile phones. For this, Microsoft developed its own High Capacity Color Barcodes which can store a lot more information than the QRCode or Datamatrix barcodes we have become familiar with. Microsoft is specifically targeting mobile users with these tags and has released scanning applications for most types of mobile phones, including the iPhone (iTunes link), as well as Windows Mobile phones, Blackberries, and Symbian S60 phones.

Stores Clueless About Mobile Barcode Scanning Applications?

By Sarah Perez / December 3, 2008 7:37 AM

scanning_barcodeWith the rise of app-laden smartphones like the iPhone and Google's Android OS, now on T-Mobile's G1, many penny-pinching shoppers have downloaded barcode scanning applications onto their mobile devices. These apps allow consumers to compare the prices of merchandise on a store's shelf to competing stores in the area just by taking pictures with their smartphone's camera. The prices are instantly retrieved and displayed on the mobile phone so consumers can know before they buy if they're getting a good deal.

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