Japan's QR Codes Being Tested in SF [Qr Codes]
Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/259937016/japans-qr-codes-being-tested-in-sf
Once you snap a picture of the code, your phone will bring up the Citysearch's review page, letting you know whether you should go in. Also, a tourism company is shoving these onto some tourist locations, bringing up a 15 to 20-second audio snippet of what you're looking at. If they could stick this on things like busses, taxis, waitresses, drug dealers and prostitutes (all common in SF), we'd gladly use this service. [SFGate via New Launches]
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