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Magazines Use of QR Codes Explodes in 2011

By ryancherster on | From advancedtele.com

The use of qr codes in magazines increased by 5 times in 2011. The qr code enhancement seems ideally suited to the medium of magazines. Magazines embrace QR Codes Why have magazines kept pace while the newspaper industry seems doomed? One of the factors that could be driving the feature-oriented magazines is that they don’t need to be as timely as the breaking news of the newspaper. And, there’s simply no way that a print newspaper can keep up with the other more timely mediums of today...Read Full Story

Creating QR Codes in Bitmap and Vector Format

By WayneConcepts on | From graphics-unleashed.unleash.com

CorelDRAW has included the ability to create barcodes for many versions now. Unfortunately it is also a feature that hasn't changed in many versions. That means you don't have the ability to create some of the new types of codes that are popular today. One that is increasingly popular is the QR Code (short for Quick Response Code) . I've included an example of one at right. With any barcode, the key is that it must be scanned for the data stored inside the code to be converted back to...Read Full Story

This man wants to kill QR codes. Can he do it?

By oliver18754 on | From webdev101.tk

Herbert Bay, co-founder and CEO of Kooaba Herbert Bay doesn’t like QR codes very much. He’s not alone of course: the glitchy glyphs, which are generally used as a clumsy way to link physical media to the web, are regarded by many as the ugliest thing seen in black and white since D.W. Griffiths’ Birth of a Nation . Yet they have proved remarkably popular with publishers, advertisers and web consultants desperate to find gimmicks that can add interactivity to analog media. But it’s not...Read Full Story

Hipsters From 2062 Slam Social Media [VIDEO]

By samacrouse on | From mashable.com

Think about how you’ll describe social media to friends and family in 50 years. Now, watch this “Future Hipsters” video in which badass elderly folks show us how silly all things social media really could sound. “You could get away with anything in those days,” one dude says. “I built an app that did absolutely nothing.” That’s just one thought-provoking quip from the slick video that also pokes fun at QR codes, community mangers and online relationship status updates. Entrinsic , a...Read Full Story

With Shortcut App, Kooaba Says QR Codes Are a Thing of the Past

By samacrouse on | From mashable.com

Just as QR Codes seem to be appearing in print ads everywhere, Zurich-based startup Kooaba wants to relegate them to history. “We believe QR-Codes are belonging to an intermediate technology used for things it was never meant for,” the company writes in a recent blog post. “Despite the enormous media attention QR is getting, it still is not at a level where people are really using it.” Kooaba’s solution? An app called Shortcut that doesn’t relay on odd black and white designs, but instead...Read Full Story

Excellent glossary of BSM and ITIL terms

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Service catalog software developer Kinetic Data has compiled an extensive list of terms, phrases and acronyms related to business service management and ITIL. Very useful for anyone in IT interested in service catalogs, enterprise feedback management, ITIL best practices, or topics like COBIT, CSIP and CMDB.

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A Simpler Approach to Network Monitoring, from Belkin

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Linked from http://home.nestor.minsk.by/networks/news/2007/04/1809.html
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