Toggle sidebar Toggle sidebar
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

Google UK Logo!

anjinhamarota said:
Don't click on the link, he's just trying to get views for his blog.
Click to expand...

I reported it but I'm not sure if it's a rules violation as much as it is a scummy thing to do. If a person must go click-fishing, at least be honest about it. Of course it could be an honest mistake and I'm too cynical. 😱



Aaanyway, the barcode logo is great. Someone with a smartphone should scan it with that barcode scanner application and see if anything comes up.

screen grab:
 

Attachments

  • barcode.png
    barcode.png
    22.2 KB · Views: 102
iBlue said:
I reported it but I'm not sure if it's a rules violation as much as it is a scummy thing to do. If a person must go click-fishing, at least be honest about it. Of course it could be an honest mistake and I'm too cynical. 😱



Aaanyway, the barcode logo is great. Someone with a smartphone should scan it with that barcode scanner application and see if anything comes up.

screen grab:
Click to expand...

Yeah, but his link says "Google", I don't think he's supposed to do that specially just to get more views.

And I tried scanning the barcode, nothing came up. 🙁
 
edesignuk said:
I just scanned the barcode, it actually says "Google" in barcode language 😀 😎
Click to expand...

That's excellent! I figured Google wouldn't disappoint.

So now, do we think it's a coincidence that your Android phone picked up the barcode but anjinhamarota's iPhone did not? *gets tin foil* 😀
 
iBlue said:
That's excellent! I figured Google wouldn't disappoint.
Click to expand...

🙂

Specifically, uses the Code 128 encoding format:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_128

There's an online Code 128 encoder website I found and tried (by using a GOOG search; never heard of them before), entering 'Google' as the data; the output matched Google's barcode exactly:

http://www.idautomation.com/java/linearservlet.html

Thought that was a nice (and fun) touch on Google's part to feature that stuff today.
 
iBlue said:
That's excellent! I figured Google wouldn't disappoint.

So now, do we think it's a coincidence that your Android phone picked up the barcode but anjinhamarota's iPhone did not? *gets tin foil* 😀
Click to expand...

😀

My app only reads barcodes with numbers. 🙁

Which Android phone BTW?
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.
Top Bottom
Back