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"The Naked Facts are back with a bang. Mobile technology is on the tipping point and QR barcodes are the gateway to endless possibilities. QR scanning has drastically risen by 1400% since Q3 2010! Users are using their Smartphones to scan QR barcodes more than ever to receive information, enter contests, receice coupons, make payments and even make donations. What will they do next?"
"A comparison of QR (quick response) code adoption by North American businesses as a way to better directly interact with customers shows a 9,840 per cent year-over-year increase for the third quarter of this year, according to a new study.
It’s a spike in usage primarily driven by enterprise brand marketing and the growing popularity of the smart phone, said Mark Binns, chief marketing officer with Mobio Technologies Inc., a Vancouver-based maker of QR codes that released the research on Wednesday."
"Mobio Technologies, Inc., an international mobile payments and marketing company, today released a comprehensive report on QR barcode adoption and use in North America called "The Naked Facts: Impulse Edition". The report covers the second 3 months of 2011 and shows an unbelievable 9840% increase in QR barcode scanning across the continent."
"Mobio Technologies, Inc (formerly Mobio Identity Systems, Inc.), an international mobile payments and marketing company, is pleased to announce its participation in the 2011 Dairy Queen®Miracle Treat Day campaign. Dairy Queen® (DQ) has created 7.9 million Mobio-enabled Blizzard®cups that have been distributed to every DQ location across Canada. Beginning July 18, 2011, DQ customers can pull out their Smartphones and scan the special QR barcode on the Blizzard® cup to donate instantly to the Children's Miracle Network. Through Mobio®, customers can access stories of miracle children who have been helped by generous donations as well as join the DQ Blizzard® Fan Club, Like DQ on Facebook or follow DQ on Twitter."
"To celebrate Mobio's recent listing on BlackBerry App World, the Company is holding its first national interactive TV contest. Together with exclusive broadcast partner, Shaw Media, the contest will be available to 14 million Shaw viewers across Canada. For a 2-week period beginning June 20, 2011, Mobio barcodes will be displayed on three of Shaw's most popular channels – Action, Diva and Showcase. Using their Smartphones, viewers will be able to scan the barcode off the TV screen to be instantly entered to win a tablet PC. Viewers are encouraged to watch often and enter as many times as they like."
"Mobio Identity Systems, Inc.(Mobio), an international mobile payment and marketing company, and official Top Chef Canada appliance supplier GE Monogram have partnered with Food Network Canada to launch the network's first ever Quick Response (QR) barcode-enabled contest on June 6th that will run for four weeks."
"Global TV Vancouver recently launched a contest where viewers were prompted to scan a QR code displayed during the weather report to enter to win a TV home theatre system from Future Shop and a Shaw HD package...In fundraising circles, the Children’s Miracle Network (CMN) is implementing QR codes to raise awareness. Dairy Queen is creating 7.9 million QR code-enabled Blizzard cups for its Miracle Treat Day in August, which will allow Blizzard-eaters to instantly donate to CMN."
"Mobio Identity Systems, Inc. (Mobio®), an international mobile payments and marketing company, is pleased to announce its partnership with the Children's Miracle Network (CMN). Mobio will be providing mobile payment and marketing services to CMN and it's high-profile corporate partners. CMN partners will act as distribution points for Mobio-enabled campaigns and programs designed to raise awareness and raise funds for CMN hospitals."
"The report covers the first 3 months of 2011 and shows an astonishing 4549% increase in QR barcode scanning across the continent. The report further examines demographics where Generation X and females continue to dominate the scanning world. Throughout the report remarkable increases are reported including the expansion and usage of QR mobile payments."
"Vancouver-based Mobio has a free app for iPhone and Android phones — one is coming soon for BlackBerry smartphones — that consumers can download to scan QR codes. It's one of many. These two-dimensional barcodes, which are now starting to show up in North America, can be used to let people enter contests, vote on the top stars in a hockey game or receive a coupon offer. You can buy coffee or order food with them, link to a video, website or a photo of a product."
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