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- AirClic, Inc.
AirClic Inc. makes all print media instantly interactive. Its wireless network includes a Web code registry, switching directory, and transfer function.
- BarPoint.com
Type in the digits directly beneath the UPC of audio books, books, computers, DVDs, music, software and videos, and you'll get product details, where you can buy the product and price comparisons. Offers wireless access also.
- BusinessWeek: Scan Click Shop
"By embedding tiny bar-code scanners into wireless phones, pagers, and handheld computers, these devices can be pointed at bar codes in print ads. Press a button, and the phone downloads product information hidden in the code." (6/5/00)
- CBS MarketWatch: Motorola Stokes Use of Bar Codes
"Motorola said Thursday it's joining three other firms to invest $500 million in a new company to introduce bar code scanning technology in wireless phones, cable TV set-top terminals and Internet devices." (6/15/00)
- CIO: New Millenium Bar Codes
"...the center's proposed ePC 'smart tag' would provide a 96-bit ID number with enough room to identify and describe a virtually endless array of objects, including retail products, industrial equipment, household appliances..." (11/1/00)
- Connect Things
A bar code number is sent to the Connect Things system and the webpage linked to the bar code is presented to the user. Bar codes can be read by a bar code scanner or typed in manually at connectthings.com.
- Data ID: Introduction to Bar Codes
Background information on bar codes, including a general description, examples, benefits, origins, data collection systems, and input device information.
- deBarcode
Internet directory service specialized in bar codes and universal resource identification. Given the bar code of a product, deBarcode will locate its maker's website(s).
- Digimarc Corporation
Digimarc is creating an inherent, persistent digital identity for all media content through imperceptible digital code that can be embedded in any analog or digital material.
- Digital:Convergence
Makers of the :CueCat, an optical reader with light emitting diode (LED) technology. The :CueCat device allows consumers to swipe any existing product codes (e.g., UPC, ISBN) or the company's proprietary cue codes to link to relevant content on the Web.
- E-Commerce Times: PlanetRx Unveils E-commerce Bar Code Scanner
"In an effort to streamline the Internet shopping experience for its customers, online drugstore PlanetRx.com (Nasdaq: PLRX) has unveiled a bar code scanner that will allow consumers to select and order items simply and efficiently." (3/29/00)
- Forbes : Scanned Goods
"...some firms are placing $100 million bets on the venerable bar code, tattooed across billions of retail items since 1974." (10/30/00)
- Information Week: Consumer Scanning: Mall Shopping, E-commerce Style
"The outcomes of very early retail scanning pilots have isolated two key points about the technology. One is that the concept interests shoppers. The other is that hurdles must be cleared before customers can actually scan and buy easily..." (10/23/00)
- ITworld.com: White Paper and Analyst Report Database: Barcode Readers
Find what the major IT Analysts and leading IT companies are reporting in the area of barcode readers. Free and fee-based reports.
- Qode
Qode saves shoppers time and money, and delivers specifically targeted promotions to them in total anonymity.
- SF Gate: New Gadget Helps Consumers Become Smarter Shoppers
"Qode has information on close to 100 million products, but there's still a lot more out there." (12/15/00)
- Symbol Technologies: Symbol Technologies Awarded National Medal of Technology by President Clinton
The National Medal of Technology, administered by the Department of Commerce, was won by Symbol, "For creating the global market for laser bar code scanning and for technology innovation..." (3/14/00)
- Technology Review: Beyond the Bar Code
"Within a few years, unobtrusive tags on retail products will send radio signals to their manufacturers, collecting a wealth of information about consumer habits. ..." (3/01) Full article available as pay-per-view.
- Uniform Code Council: Equipment & Service Provider Directory
Organization responsible for issuing bar codes. Their Bar Code Vendor Directory includes listings for consultants, coupon printers, scanners, lable manufacturers, and bar code users groups.
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