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by Cliffano Subagio
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My Take On People’s Takes On Google’s QR Code Push
Now, moving on to the comments on the TC article…
lewis shepherd said
Google proving it is a “fast follower,” copying Microsoft yet again. http://www.microsoft.com/tag . Not only following the technology,…
and Tim Acheson said
Microsoft had already launched their own barcode solution, Microsoft Tag
and LS sarcastically said
Microsoft once again copying Google’s barcode solution.
<sarcasm>I love it when people disregard the fact that QR Code was created by Denso-Wave in 1994 and it has been a royalty-free technology. These people tend to think that innovation only comes out of either Google, Microsoft, or Apple.</sarcasm>
One of the few comments that I like was from Research who said
Guys did you hear something about geotagging? Why do you need a sticker if you just can be next to the store pull your mobile phone and start the app which shows you whatever info you want to know about the area?
My respond to this is that ‘the sticker’ is useful as an indicator that the store has an online presence on Google directory page and that the store is a place worth checking. Imagine having a day trip and there are 15 stores that you find interesting, are you going to pull your phone each time and hope that the place you’re standing in front of has been geotagged or is listed on Google / other sites?
<tongue-in-cheek>Geotagging will make these window decals (not QR Code itself) obsolete when Apple offers iHuman app implant that connects your offline physical world to online data.</tongue-in-cheek>
Back to the comments… there were also quite a number of people talking about how Google has become too big, a monopoly, and I quote,
It’s one huge shark swallowing it all up.
I think despite how Google is becoming more and more evil, like Microsoft was back in the 90s, I’m glad that they keep pushing technologies that simplify life. And if they make tons of money out of the whole process, they do deserve it.