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Reading bar codes with mobile phones: Snap it, click it, use it | The Economist
Science & Technology Reading bar codes with mobile phones Snap it, click it, use it Aug 20th 2009 | SEATTLEFrom The Economist print edition A new way to deliver information to mobile phones is spreading around the world A game of tag A new format for bar codes appeared in January, when Microsoft unveiled Tag, a system that uses colour to increase the density of information that can be stored. A Tag code occupies about one-eighth of the space of a comparable QR Code. It also allows...
August, 22 2009 • 0 Comments • 1 Faves
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Purchasing power: How many minutes you need to work to buy a Big Mac
via economist.com Singapore is at the global average, standing at just under 40 mins. That's pretty long, if you start counting the number of dependants over the three meals in...
August, 21 2009 • 2 Comments • 0 Faves
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