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Mobile Tags and QRs are the Talk of SXSW

South by Southwest (SXSW) is a yearly even in Austin, TX dedicated to music, film, and interactive technology. This year, one SXSW goer gave the award for "most discussed/noticed technology" to QR codes or, more broadly, 2D barcodes of any ilk. 

From "The Flack" blog: 

I'm talking 2D barcodes (i.e., QR Codes, Microsoft Tag...) that link the physical world to mobile. My client John Puterbaugh, CEO of Nellymoser and a pioneer in the development of technology that seamlessly delivers rich content to mobile devices, summed it up when he said on his PSFK panel:

"2D barcodes codes are to mobile what the URL was to the Internet."

A ringing endorsement. 

So, right now, you need to go to The Flack and look at all the cool shots he took of QR codes in the "wild" of SXSW. A lot of good brainstorming fodder to be had. 

(Special thanks to Christopher Morris for the link, via Twitter)

Tech News Roundup

Every week, we here at DigitalMailer come up with a number of articles and resources that we share with one another, talking about the "next wave" of finance technology. Here's what caught our attention recently: 

Electronic channels at “social banks.”  (from BAI)

Fixation on Location (from GonzoBanker)

Cloud Computing is Greener (from Harvard Business Review)

Why Community Banks Need a Product Advantage (from BAI)

There IS an app for that...but why? (from CU Soapbox).