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QR stands for quick response and is a code growing in popularity across the globe with the US, UK, Japan and Germany being amongst the biggest adopters. Users use a QR code scanner app on their smartphone and the code will take them to a web address. 鈥淭he rate of usage is growing fast due to the barcode’s ability to hold large amounts of data and ability to integrate into marketing media鈥?says Top Seo Liverpool, it helps to serve as a gateway for offline promotions onto digital sources.
As with any new technology however, there are those who would exploit potential users of the technology for their own gains and the QR code it seems is no different. Kapersky has recently reported the first case of a malicious QR code in Russia that sent users who scanned it to a website that automatically downloaded an app called 鈥淛immRussia鈥?
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Amongst brands already using qr codes are Ford, Kellogg’s, Addidas Cheap Men's New Balance 574 Blue Navy Shoes , Starbucks and Calvin Klein. The question many are asking is will QR codes reach a critical point of usability before fears of viruses and malware damage user confidence, before they fully understand how the codes work.
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BALTIMORE, U.S., April 29 ( Xinhua) -- Thousands of people marched in Baltimore, the largest city of U.S. State of Maryland as well as New York City on Wednesday over death of Freddie Gray Cheap Men's New Balance 574 Loyal Blue Grey Shoes , demanding justice and protesting overuse of police force.
The crowds massed outside City Hall in Baltimore on Wednesday daytime in protest over Gray, a 25-year old African American who suffered a severe spinal injury and died in police custody on April 19.
The demonstration has spread to New York City where a large throng gathered in Union Square.
The protesters in two cities waved signs seeking justice for Gray, whose death triggered protests that led to violence, burning and looting Monday in Baltimore and provoked a week-long emergency nighttime curfew.
The Baltimore protesters demanded a deeper look at how police treat African American residents in the city. Signs included "End Police Brutality Now," "Justice and Equality For All" and "Stop Police Militarization Killings.
Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony Batts said at a press conference Wednesday afternoon that another 18 people were arrested by 8 p.m. Wednesday, following over 200 arrests over the past three days.
New York police officers are on alert and a police helicopter hovered overhead. Close to the crowds, a police loudspeaker warned the protesters of possible arrest if they are involved in violence in the street march.
Maryland Governor Larry Hogan said earlier in the day that he was "very encouraged" by the relative calm but warned residents should be off the streets by 10 p.m., when the curfew takes effect for a second night.
Some 2,000 National Guard troops and more than 1 Cheap Women's New Balance 574 Jade Green Shoes ,000 law enforcement officers are distributed in streets of Baltimore. They are there on hand to enforce the curfew and maintain order.
"We are just asking for truth and justice," a local college student told Xinhua anonymously. "We want the police to stop brutality, racism and listen to us."
Ten days of protests in Baltimore have focused the U.S. national and even the world attention on the death of Gray, especially after the tension and clash between police and demonstrators exploded into violence on Monday and Tuesday, resulting in injuries to at least 20 officers and arrest of hundreds of protesters.
During curfew execution Tuesday night Cheap Men's New Balance 574 Gradient Army Green Shoes , some protesters hurled objects at police, and officers responded by firing pepper pellets and smoke canisters into the crowds that were dispersed afterwards when police in riot gear advanced down the street.