Verified Ad

Google has mailed 190,000 bar codes to local business that have setup Place Pages on Google. The concept of scaning in a bar code via a mobile device to get information, e-coupons or discover friends or contacts is begining to take shape as a complelling capability.  Foursquare, Loopt, Gowalla and Google are on the scene and for sure geo based advertising is in the mix for all these applications.