Have you seen a strange square symbol that looks like it is made up of smaller squares just like the image below? It is called a QR Code, short for Quick Response Code, a two dimensional barcode system first used by the automotive industry in Japan. It later on spread throughout the world in various industries mainly due to its quick readability by a machine and its higher storage capacity.
Using the Goggles App (yes, it’s goggles, not google), you point your android mobile phone’s camera to this image and it should be able to read the QR Code and show the title and URL of Auza.Net’s website. Clicking on the URL will open Auza.Net’s website on your mobile phone’s browser. There is also an equivalent app on the iOS platform.
It is a very handy way of providing your new contacts a quick way to go to your website on their mobile devices without having to type your company’s website URL.
It can be used also to store information for use in tracking systems, much like bar codes, but with much more characters stored in a single image. It has gained popularity in mobile phones because the user no longer needs to type a website URL which can be a hassle for users with the so called “fat fingers”.
Now install the Goggles App and see where the QR-Code below takes you.
Scan this QR-Code and see where it takes you!