QR codes have been around since the 90s, but they recently became more popular due to the COVID-19 pandemic as people observed social distancing safety measures and embraced touchless technologies. A study on QR codes reveals that in the last two years, the number of …
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How the Pandemic and Dry Ice Vaccine Shipments Made QR Codes ‘Cool’
A few years back, people all over the US started to notice some odd, black-and-white boxes popping up all over the place. They were printed on advertisements. On labels and signs in stores. On product packaging. They were a new form of barcode meant to …
Instagram Now Lets You Access Profiles by Scanning QR Codes
Instagram is introducing QR codes globally on its app, The Verge reports. With QR codes, people can open profiles on Instagram by scanning with any supporting third-party app. Instagram introduced a similar feature called Nametag in 2018 but the tags could only be scanned by …
How to Create a QR Code
According to Wikipedia, QR (abbreviated from Quick Response Code) is the trademark for a type of matrix barcode (or two-dimensional barcode) first designed in Japan for the automotive industry. A barcode is a machine-readable optical label that contains information about the item to which it …



