GANGNEUNG, Jan. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — For the greater convenience of tourists planning on staying in or around Gangneung, the city near PyeongChang where the 2018 Winter Olympics are scheduled to be held starting early February, lodgings businesses have placed QR codes in rooms that reveal detailed information in a handful of languages when accessed [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Kakao has announced that it has added QR code identification technology that will enable users to process payments with a simple snapshot to its Kakao Pay service. The technology is currently available on Kakao’s Chinese counterparts Alipay and WeChat Pay. Users snap photos of QR cards in shops and [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – A new method to instantly identify the authenticity of hard-copy documents has been developed by Korean researchers. The National Forensic Service (NFS) said on April 9 that it has filed a patent for a technique of printing a 128 bit QR code encrypted with information on a hard-copy document, [...]
BEIJING, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Visualead, an Offline-to-Online and Visual QR code startup, today announced its cooperation with Renren (NYSE:RENN – News), a leading Chinese social network, to incorporate Visualead’s Visual QR Code technology in Renren’s mobile app for iPhone and Android. Visualead’s technology turns any image, profile picture, GIF animation, and even video [...]
SEOUL, Korea, April 30, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – Mr. Kim who came to the Seoul Citizens Hall to enjoy a concert turned on a smartphone app called “Seoul Citizens Hall” at the entrance of the hall. As soon as he took the QR code placed in the entrance, he was positioned in the 3D indoor [...]
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SEOUL, Korea, April 11 (Korea Bizwire) – As the Korean government decided to ease process and regulations on parallel importing and direct purchasing, consumers are expected to have more choice selecting import goods at lower prices. By lowering entry barriers to the parallel importing market and expanding the items for overseas direct purchasing, the April [...]
NEW YORK, Mar 26, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – Platform will initially reach 175 million consumers monthly across 23 countries on 5 continents – creating the largest network of its kind 75,000 sites worldwide will be equipped with NFC, QR code and/or SMS capabilities San Francisco and Washington, D.C. are first U.S. markets to be launched, [...]