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The ScanLife “Crazy Code” Competition came to a close when we announced Susan Lambeck as our winner. We saw a wide variety of innovative ways to use ScanLife - turtles to toilet paper were adorned with 2D codes!
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Today, ScanLife announced that is has released a tool to make it really simple to launch the ScanLife universal barcode scanner from any 3rd party app. This is a free tool that will first be available to the Android OS.
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ScanLife has released an update to its ScanLife Code Management Platform which has some great features for Business accounts. The first and largest is that we have added the ability to generate both QR Codes and Datamatrix codes right from ScanLife. These will be in addition to the EZcode - all of which the ScanLife app can read on any supported phone. It's up to you to decide which code format you want to use. If you have a small amount of space - like packaging - you may want to…
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Verizon is using 2D barcodes, specifically QR codes, as part of the new DROID campaign. These codes are powered by ScanLife and link to Android apps or more info on the DROID.
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As you probably know by now, our ScanLife app has been updated to read regular UPC barcodes on packaging for some of the newer smartphones like iPhone 3GS and DROID. Once you scan something like a DVD or a digital camera, the app will show price comparisons and consumer reviews for that specific product (see video). This is a pretty awesome feature to have, and we have been seeing hundreds of thousands of scans from those codes in the past couple months - so keep it up! BUT, almost…
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This week, the Early Show on CBS aired a segment on 2D codes. The first example was Norma Kamali's use of ScanLife to make her store come to life.
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ScanLife was featured in an article about mobile commerce in this Saturday's New York Times. In fact, the article was on the cover of the A section, and lead with Norma Kamali's use of ScanLife. We had reported before that the famed designer is using codes throughout her store to link shoppers to information, and give them a chance to win merchandise. Soon, even window shoppers can scan the code to purchase items in the store and ship it home - even if the store is closed!
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ScanLife is happy to announce that it has added the ability to scan UPC barcodes for the top 3 Smartphone systems - Apple, Android, and BlackBerry! So, next time you're in a store and want to see if you're getting a good deal, just open ScanLife and scan the barcode right on the product.
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Get your free download of the Netsize Guide 2010 right here! This is a comprehensive annual industry report, documenting the state of the global mobile content and services market. It includes in-depth research and exclusive interviews with industry executives (including Jonathan Bulkeley, CEO of Scanbuy). Click the above image, or this link.
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To give our users and customers more options, we have launched a new feature called Scan & Send which allows someone without the ScanLife app to get the same information from any barcode - QR, Datamatrix, EZcode and even a UPC code if the camera has auto-focus!!
Neutronian Announces That Scanbuy Has Earned Its Data Quality Certification
