Census chiefs facing anger over failures to issue digital codes to households

Census chiefs facing mounting anger over failures to issue digital codes to allow households to complete national survey online Mounting anger after digital codes for the Census, due today, failed to be issued  Many yet to receive access code to fill out ten-yearly form, despite fine warnings  Fury at 40min wait to speak to officials … Read more

California will allocate 40% of its coronavirus vaccine supply to the 400 lowest-income ZIP codes

California is planning to allocate 40 percent of its coronavirus supply to residents living in the state’s most vulnerable communities. State officials announced on Wednesday that about eight million Californians are living in the 400 lowest-income ZIP codes.  The list of ZIP codes has not yet been released, but it is based on the Healthy … Read more

Coronavirus China: President Xi urges the world to use COVID-19 ‘QR codes’ to check travellers’

Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged the world to set up and use a global QR code system to help establish travellers’ health status and open up international travel amid the coronavirus pandemic. During the virtual G20 summit on Saturday, the Chinese leader called for a COVID-19 ‘global mechanism’, which involves international recognition of health … Read more

Britons vaccinated against Covid ‘may get QR codes on their mobile phones’

Britons could be required to show QR codes on their phones to attend football matches, the theatre and other events, it was suggested today. The unique codes would only be given to those who have been vaccinated against coronavirus, under plans being considered by ministers, to signal they can attend large gatherings currently considered to … Read more

CVS becomes first US retailer to support PayPal and Venmo QR codes for checkout payments

CVS becomes first US retailer to support PayPal and Venmo QR codes for checkout payments, allowing customers to avoid touching keypads amid the coronavirus pandemic CVS now accepts PayPal and Venmo QR codes for payments at all its US stores Customers open either PayPal or Venmo on their smartphone and click ‘Scan’ Then select the … Read more

WhatsApp reveals new features including contact-adding QR codes

WhatsApp has announced a selection of fun new features including contact-adding QR codes, animated stickers and dark mode for desktops. The Facebook-owned chat platform, which has more than 2 billion users worldwide, is making it easier than ever to add a contact with unique QR codes for each user. Dark mode – WhatsApp’s most-requested feature … Read more

The magic numbers to end cold call hell: Free call-blocking codes

Nuisance calls come in all manner of guises.  There are unscrupulous salesmen, automated voices claiming you are owed compensation and plausible fraudsters hoping to con you out of your savings. According to the latest figures from the Information Commissioner’s Office, there was a 20 per cent increase in complaints about nuisance calls last year. Phone … Read more

Apple’s upcoming iOS 14 may let users sample apps by scanning QR codes before they buy them

Apple’s upcoming iOS 14 may let users sample apps before they buy them by scanning QR codes The feature was discovered in early builds of Apple’s iOS 14 It would allow users to scan QR codes or tap links to get app previews  Once scanned or tapped, the link would display a card-style dynamic preview It … Read more