Posts Tagged: QR codes


Visualead makes QR codes fit in

Visualead Wins GMIC Growth Stage Competition, Wants to Bring Cutesy QR Code Creation to Asia

Earlier we announced the winner of the Seed Stage G-Startup contest at the Global Mobile Internet Co...

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  • May 8, 2013
  • at 6:30 pm
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WeChat look around for BlackBerry

Time For Southeast Asia to Get Flirty: WeChat Adds ‘Look Around’ Feature on BlackBerry

The China-made messaging app WeChat launched on BlackBerry late last year, taking aim at potential u...

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  • March 25, 2013
  • at 4:37 pm
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Youku battles video pirates

China’s Top Video Site Adds QR Codes to Help Viewers Go Mobile

China’s top video site, Youku (NYSE:YOKU), has added QR codes to every video on its desktop websit...

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  • February 6, 2013
  • at 9:00 am
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China’s Yihaodian Plans 1,000 Virtual AR Supermarkets Where You’ll Shop With Your Smartphone’s Camera

At a press conference earlier today, China’s biggest food e-commerce site, Yihaodian, announced pl...

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  • October 15, 2012
  • at 9:22 pm
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Starbucks Gets Even More Social in China, Lets Fans Follow in WeChat App

Last month, the hugely popular messaging app WeChat – or “Weixin” as it’s ca...

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  • September 6, 2012
  • at 12:20 pm
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Alipay Enables ‘Red Envelope’ Gifting Via Social QR Codes For Chinese New Year

‘Red envelopes’ – or ‘red packets’ – are a long-standing fixture...

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  • January 20, 2012
  • at 8:34 pm
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Rockto

Rockto, An Emerging Social Recommendation Site

Rockto is an Indonesian startup that positions itself as a social recommendation site. Members can p...

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  • March 17, 2011
  • at 10:50 am
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city-harvest

How City Harvest uses QR Codes for Social Good

Today, everyone is leveraging technology to his or her advantage. City Harvest, a New York based foo...

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  • January 5, 2011
  • at 2:47 am
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Next Version of WeChat Rumored to Have Mobile Payments and Paid Publishing Platform

We know that Tencent (HKG:0700) is working on a social gaming platform for WeChat, its popular socia...

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  • May 3, 2013
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Hollywood stars using WeChat in China

Hollywood Celebrities Get Chatty with Chinese Fans on WeChat

Last summer we noted how Western brands like Starbucks and Buick were quick to jump on the messaging...

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  • February 11, 2013
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Phewtick

Japan’s Phewtick Wants You to Scan QR Codes in Exchange for Rewards

Recently in Tokyo, I managed to catch up with Kaz Naya, CEO and co-founder of Phewtick, a startup we...

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  • December 10, 2012
  • at 11:00 am
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sina weibo techinasia

Sina Weibo Rolls Out Social QR Codes For All Users

This morning Sina Weibo launched a QR code feature which allows every user to have their own QR code...

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  • September 24, 2012
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WeChat App Pushes Into Social Media Marketing Via QR Codes

The world’s biggest group messaging app, Tencent’s WeChat – or “Weixin”...

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  • August 21, 2012
  • at 3:40 pm
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homeplus-virtual-store

How Korea’s Homeplus Brought a Smartphone Supermarket to the Subway

Many of you are probably going to do some grocery shopping over the weekend. But for many working pr...

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  • June 25, 2011
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CyberMedia Integrates QR Codes with Print Magazine

CyberMedia, a giant publisher in India announced on Friday that its flagship magazine, PCQuest, will...

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  • March 9, 2011
  • at 4:45 pm
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Scan this!

QR Codes: The Next Big Thing in Social Marketing?

QR Codes are not a new phenomenon. QR codes are those square matrix bar codes that appear to be a bu...

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  • November 12, 2010
  • at 11:00 pm
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