NYC Joins Smartphone QR Code Craze

The square barcodes that are popping up in advertisements, product packaging, hand bills, and just about anywhere you can imagine will now appear on notices put up by the Department of Buildings (DOB).
NYC Joins Smartphone QR Code Craze
(QR Code) CODE REVOLUTION: Quick Response (QR) codes are popping up everywhere- most recently on building permits around the city, allowing New Yorkers to get the scoop on a building's violations, planned construction, and more. Toru Yamanaka/Getty Images
Tara MacIsaac
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(QR Code) CODE REVOLUTION: Quick Response (QR) codes are popping up everywhere- most recently on building permits around the city, allowing New Yorkers to get the scoop on a building's violations, planned construction, and more. (Toru Yamanaka/Getty Images )
Tara MacIsaac
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Tara MacIsaac is a writer based in Canada.
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