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QR Code’s Dead or Alive?
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Paul Keenan

If you have never seen a QR code before you may ask yourself what is a QR code? According to the definition on the Encyclopedia of Britannica website the QR code is.
QR Code, in full Quick Response Code, is a type of bar code that consists of a printed square pattern of small black and white squares that encode data which can be scanned into a computer system. The black and white squares can represent numbers from 0 to 9, letters from A to Z, or characters in non-Latin scripts such as Japanese kanji .QR Codes were developed in 1994 by the Japanese corporation Denso Wave—a division of Denso, which is a subsidiary of the automobile company Toyota Motor Corporation ( Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 2014)

Figure 2 Example of QR Code been scanned by a Mobile phone
Reprinted from Social Media Tip: How to use QR codes in social media (Social …show more content…

(Research and Markets. Business Wire, 2011) This association with marketing has turned some people away from using them causing a dip in popularity. It’s likely because it was over used by marketers and for many it never worked as it was suppose to. But did you know that the QR code has other multiple linkable functions in communications that are not related to marketing? These are based on the delivery of useful information to any user of a smart mobile phone or a device that has ability to scan the QR code. With the use of QR codes an origination can link digital copies of data that was previously distributed in printed form thus reducing costs and making them more environmentally friendly. Other examples of QR codes uses are in outdoor venues, public buildings such as art galleries, museums and event exhibition halls to display maps or digital information about the exhibit to the end user mobile phone. (Mybiz Video Marketing,

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