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Chinese Village Creates Actual Working QR Code Garden
QR code in a garden? Looks aMAZEing! In a bit to promote tourism, a village in China has taken extraordinary steps. Xilinshui village, in the northern Hebei province, has painstakingly planted hundreds of trees in order to create a pattern. Now, one could easily believe that this was an elaborate…
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Beggars in China Accept Mobile Payments via QR Codes
A strange phenomenon has been happening inside Subway stations in China with the proliferation of tech-savvy beggars using mobile phones to ask for money. They are not the typical homeless or drug addicted characters seen in other metropolitan areas, sitting down with a cardboard sign explaining why they need the…
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Microsoft Contemplating QR Codes for Windows 10 BSOD
One of the biggest complaints about the infamous Windows Blue Screen of Death is the lack of information it provides. Prior to Windows 8, the BSOD screen would show a nigh indecipherable error code that proved nearly useless. With Windows 8 and 10, things didn’t get much better, with the…
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Heinz QR Code Leads to Adult Content
The food company Heinz has apologized after a QR code on a bottle of ketchup directed people to an adult website. The company stated that the code used was out of date and that they were taking steps to prevent it from happening again. The issue was spotted by Daniel…
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BitCoin Price Tags That Update In Real Time Depending On Market Value
Bitcoin is being accepted in more and more locations almost every day now, with many major retailers getting on boards with the crypto-currency that has been taking the computer world by storm in recent years. Now it looks like it may start even being accepted in the world of high-street…
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