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The traditional business card is getting a tech makeover

by Kai Ryssdal and Sarah Leeson
Sep 14, 2022
Manually inputting contact info is becoming a thing of the past. Instead, networkers are adopting QR codes and chips.
Traditional business cards are falling by the wayside as networkers adopt digital options.
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How the pandemic altered the art and science of “menu engineering”

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst
Jul 26, 2021
From QR codes to delivery apps, a menu specialist weighs in on the rise of digital menus.
A QR code menu for a Mexico City restaurant. “Here in 2021 … we can start to build our digital menus a little bit better with what we learned from the pandemic,” says menu engineer Sean Willard.
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Hotels try to follow restaurants' lead and hook consumers on QR codes

by Scott Tong
May 6, 2021
Will the QR code stick around in the long run? Perhaps, if users find the information the codes deliver useful.
From marketing to menus, QR codes have gained traction since the beginning of the pandemic.
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QR codes are finally having a moment in the pandemic

by Kai Ryssdal and Alli Fam
Oct 23, 2020
They've been around for over 25 years, so why now?
People scan a QR code with their smartphones to check their health status to enter an area on a Beijing street. As Rivero notes, QR codes are already widely integrated into life in China.
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COVID-19

QR codes and dramatic vistas: tips for traveling during the pandemic

by Jennifer Pak
May 15, 2020
Traveling will look very different during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tourists at Mount Cangshan in China's Yunnan province undergo temperature checks and QR code scans before entering the park.
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COVID-19

A Shanghai postcard: life after the COVID-19 economic shutdown

by Jennifer Pak
Apr 27, 2020
With masks, fever checks and health QR codes, there are signs that the coronavirus still poses a threat to daily life.
Marketplace's Jennifer Pak on a hike three hours outside of Shanghai. Before departing, she had to make sure she could return to the city without being quarantined.
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Final Note

Cracker Jack prizes are now a thing of the past

by Kai Ryssdal
Apr 25, 2016
They will be replaced with QR codes for mobile games
An image of what these new "prizes" look like. 
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Microsoft makes 'Do Not Track' the default

by Molly Wood
Jun 4, 2012
Advertisers are not amused. In the upcoming version of Windows, Internet Explorer will have its "Do Not Track" feature turned on by default. Goodbye creepy ads that seem to follow you around -- hello, more generic ads for great deals on car insurance?
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Codebreaker

Who needs a QR code when your phone can just recognize whatever you point it at?

by Jeff Horwich
Feb 10, 2012
Do you believe in magic?
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News In Brief

MIDDAY UPDATE: Larry Page to lead Google, QR codes

by Katharine Crnko
Jan 21, 2011
Google surprised Wall Street and Silicon Valley yesterday with the news that co-founder Larry Page will take over as the company's new CEO. Former...
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