Joining the iPhone app, Starbucks now allows customers to pay for their beverages and calorie-laden baked goods with a QR code-creating app. It only works on Android 2.1+, and in the 6800 US stores that support phone payments. [Android via Engadget]
Buying movie tickets online sounds good in theory, until you end up queuing at the candy bar to redeem your printed out e-ticket for real tickets you can give to the usher. Village has finally launched a mobile site that lets you buy tickets online and use a QR code sent to your mobile as a dedicated ticket.
Hey! Remember when the US bid goodbye and good riddance to QR Codes? Seems as though they may have jumped the gun, with Lion Nathan announcing that they’re planning on using the digital barcodes to offer in depth information on wines through your smartphone at your local bottle shop.
With the great NFC race looming, Google is axing support for QR Codes in their Places service. QR codes made a noble play for the hearts and minds of nerds, but honestly, I hope this is the first step towards their complete and utter annihilation.
Not only does this wrapping paper look brilliant, but it also hides 50 video gifts, readable using QR code apps. There are drunken carol singers, flaming gingerbread houses, and who knows what else. Two sheets cost $US20. [QRappingPaper via JoshSpear via OhGizmo]
Someday I hope to come up with a pun so good it gets immortalised on a t-shirt. Like a drawing of a FireWire cord that’s actually ON FIRE!!!??? No? Anyway, Here’s how it looks on a person:
Starting today, DC area bus stops are being treated with a bit of augmented reality. Smartphone users can get up-to-the-minute status reports and traffic updates for the bus they’re waiting for by using a QR reading app. Convenient! [ReadWriteWeb]
