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What if every store had a bar-code sticker on its window so that you could pull out your iPhone, wave it in front of the bar code and get all sorts of information about that business—the telephone number, photos, customer reviews? Starting on Monday, you’ll be able to do that at up to 190,000 local businesses throughout the U.S. Google has mailed out window stickers with two-dimensional bar codes (aka, QR codes ) to the most-searched for or clicked-on businesses in its local business directory . Anyone with a QR code reader in their phone can scan it to call up a Google Mobile local directory page for one of these “Favorite Places,” which generally includes a map, phone number, directions, address, reviews, and a link to the store’s website

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See That Funny 2D Barcode In The Store Window? It Might Pull Up A Google Listing.




