URL shortening service bit.ly announced Tuesday that users can now automatically generate QR codes that, when scanned with a mobile QR code reader, automatically direct users to shortened links.
To create a QR code, visit bit.ly, write or paste in a URL address, click 'Shorten,' and add .qr to the end of the generated bit.ly link (like so: http://bit.ly/9STstv.qr). Next, copy the modified bit.ly link into a new browser window to view the QR code, which you can then print out, send to your friends via e-mail, post on your blog, etc. I've included a QR code that links to my Mashable author page in the right-hand corner of this post.
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To scan the code, you'll need an app like QR Scanner [iTunes link] for the iPhone and iPod touch, or ShopSavvy for Android devices.
The new QR code feature arrives just 12 days after Google released its public URL shortener goo.gl to the public, which includes the ability to instantly generate QR codes in the same fashion as bit.ly.
While the ability to create QR codes via URL shortening services isn't revolutionary in any sense, it's a fun feature that should increase interest and familiarity with QR codes, which continue to grow in popularity among marketers in the U.S.
[via TheNextWeb]
Last month, bit.ly achieved an important milestone with some help from twitter. They became the most popular URL shortening service on the web pushing long-time market leader tinyurl.com to the second spot.
To maintain their dominance, bit.ly is slowly expanding into new territory and they now offer free file hosting services as well in association with yfrog (a TinyPic like service for image and video hosting).
To get started, just go to the bit.ly website, click “Link to a File” and you’ll be able to upload images, video clips (including Flash animations) and PDF documents to yfrog.com directly from bit.ly. You’ll get a shortened URL for that file that you may share in email messages, IM and other places on the web.
You may ask how is this any different from uploading a file directly to yfrog? Well, there are couple of advantages. For instance, you can upload files to yfrog only if you have signed in with Twitter but that requirement can be bypassed easily if you upload files using bit.ly.
The other advantage is stats – when you upload files via bit.ly, you get access to detailed stats about that file’s usage which will be missing in case you use yfrog or TinyPic directly.
TinyPic is owned by PhotoBucket while yfrog is part of ImageShack.
Related: How to Publish Screenshots on Twitter