Explore a whole new way to window shop

What if you could decide where to shop, eat or hang out, with a little help from local Google users?

It might take you a while to ask them all, so to make it easier we’ve launched a new effort to send window decals to over 100,000 local businesses in the U.S. that have been the most sought out and researched on Google.com and Google Maps.

To explore a gallery of several hundred Favorite Places in 20 U.S. cities, to learn more about how to use the QR codes and to find out how your business can get involved, check outgoogle.com/favoriteplaces.

via Official Google Blog: Explore a whole new way to window shop, with Google and your mobile phone.

 

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via QR Code Hidden on Movie Poster | We build mobile websites.

 

27 Ways to Use QR Codes

8. Comment Cards.

Tired of paper comment cards? Want to reduce error and capture feedback at the point-of-experience? Or maybe there is a trust issue with the manager and you think he’s trashing some bad comment cards? Either way, mobile web-based comment cards allow for convenience and meet the consumer where there are. Comments can be e-mailed to someone and added to an excel file if need be. Theoretically, someone can file a complaint and a manager (as well as corporate, if needed) can receive the complaint via e-mail and respond to it before the customer has even left the building. Talk about real-time.

16. Interactive Menus.

In restaurants, consumers can scan QR codes in the menu and watch a video on how that dish was prepared, see the ingredients, learn more about the executive chef with an interview, or even the staff. Stop. Think about that personal connection for a minute. Think about the story that someone can go tell their friends. They came to order food, but their experience was heightened because they were also able to walk away with a recipe for their favorite dish (or something more).

 

via 27 Ways to Use QR Codes | We build mobile websites.

 

QR Code

A QR Code is a specific matrix barcode (or two-dimensional code), readable by dedicated QR Barcode reader and camera phones. The code consists of black modules arranged in a square pattern on a white background. The information encoded can be text, URL or other data.

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Common in Japan, where it was created by Toyota subsidiary Denso-Wave in 1994, the QR code is one of the most popular types of two-dimensional barcodes. QR is the abbreviation for Quick Response, as the creator intended the code to allow its contents to be decoded at high speed.

here is my qr code, scan with a smart phone to verify.

what is your qr code?