Google Barcode Logo: Barcode 57th Anniversary

Today's Google Doodle is a barcode, commemorating the anniversary of the patent of the barcode (October 7, 1952). My, how the barcode has grown. The barcode is, at its most basic level, a machine-readable...

2D Barcode Boarding Symbology Tested By The TSA :: Symblogogy

" One's next set of secure ID documents … discarded! Image Credit: upgradetravelbetter.com2D Barcode Boarding Symbology Tested By The TSAAn automatic identification barcode symbology...

Real World Minority Report / Big Brother is Watching YOU

I don't know how many remember the movie Minority Report 2002 Tom Cruise plays John Anderton, a top Pre-Crime cop in the late 21st century.  Well this has nothing to do with Pre-Crime or "Pre-Cogs", but it...

Bee symposium broaches barcodes on bugs

Bee experts are abuzz at York University this week, discussing a plan to put barcodes on bees for targeting crop pollination."International bee experts have converged on Toronto to develop a plan to catalogue all...

Google Adwords now with Barcode

Dan Frommer at Silicon Alley Insider alerts us to a new offering from Google: the ability to that contain a 2D bar code. If a consumer sees such an ad, they can capture a picture of the barcode, and special...

Barcodes For The Bird Lover Makes Editors Choice :: Symblogogy

"Would-be ornithologists the world over have trouble getting started in their budding pursuit. In order to be a good “twitcher”, one needs to be able to match the bird with the sound.iFlyer consumer barcode...

NASDAQ On-Board With PWC/PWH Concepts :: Symblogogy

"The world of cellphone based symbology has now made inroads on to the pages of one of the leading investment market websites with a news posting about Veritec, Inc. and the announcement on the acceptance of its...

Faceprints As Symbology :: Symblogogy

"Who needs a number when you have a face? That’s what we say here at Symblogogy! Symbologies such as barcodes are rapidly being replaced by other pattern identifiers found through digital conversion. As noted...

Corporate Culture (and technology) Gone Wrong :: Symblogogy

"Let’s be honest … when a company invests improperly in technology that would have allowed them to compete on an equal footing with the other players in the marketplace the worst things can...

It's Springtime For Symbology - Everything Is Coming Up Color :: Symblogogy

"In an announcement released at the beginning of this week, Microsoft announced that it has reached a licensing agreement with a Swiss agency charged with administering the ISAN numbering system. What makes this...

PWC/PWH Becomes Commercially Practical :: Symblogogy

"What you may see here is a code that offers something a little bit different than the average code. The Trillcode, developed by LARK Computers of Romania (Yes!, Romania) allows the user of the code development...

Complex Technology Made Simple :: Symblogogy

"In a second of now a two part series (first part titled "Simple Technology Made Complex") - a blender manufacturer becomes a YouTube awards nominee through taking its blender ... and blending ANYTHING! Here is an example of how one can take a complex technology and make it...

Subliminal Advertising With A PWC/PWH Twist :: Symblogogy

"And you thought this digital … phone connection (hyperlink) stuff would never catch up with you. Fujitsu has been working on a way (whitepaper PDF released July 2005) by which printed materials like...

Symbology News Invades 3GSM Conference :: Symblogogy

"A PR Newswire release timed for the opening of the world’s premiere conference for GSM mobile phone communications (3GSM World Congress in Barcelona, Spain - February 12-15) highlights the announcement of a...

Mobile phone barcode ticketing service available to all in Australia

A new mobile barcode phone ticketing service launched this week in Australia means organisers of smaller events needing an effective ticketing solution can now offer an effective paperless ticketing system using barcodes sent direct to customer’s mobile phones.More

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