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This week we share some of the stories that caught our attention including an infographic on the future of RFID, Android hits 500 million mark, who scans more barcodes with their mobile device while shopping - men or women, and more.

In our Follow Friday series, we feature a few of our finds to share with you.  We are constantly finding interesting, fun, exciting, noteworthy, shocking and industry-changing articles.  Check us out every week to see what catches our eye around the web!

The Future of RFID - Infographic - ThingMagic
This infographic tracks the trends and savings related to the increasing use of radio-frequency identification (RFID) in new technologies, such as in identification bracelets in hospitals, as various wireless devices and communication techniques converge.

Invisible Quick-Response Codes (the Square Ones) Could Thwart Counterfeiting - Scientific American
By Larry Greenemeier
Invisible barcodes fighting crime?  It sounds like the plot of a science fiction novel, but researchers have developed a way to print QR codes using inks only visible under laser light, a technique they believe can be used to fight counterfeiting and forgery.

91% of Men Have Scanned a Barcode While Shopping - BizReport
By Helen Leggatt
New research into the mobile consumer buying habits of men and women reveals that, not only do men shop more via mobile than women, but they also make more use of barcode scanners. Not only are men out-shopping women in categories such as consumer electronics, but also in those such as food and drink and digital content.

Read more to see what else caught our eye, and to share what you've found this week.

We share some of the stories that caught our attention this week including articles on HTML5, thoughts on how Apple and Google could reinvigorate QR codes, Android’s market share increases and more.

In our Follow Friday series, we feature a few of our finds to share with you.  We are constantly finding interesting, fun, exciting, noteworthy, shocking and industry-changing articles all week long on the internet. Check us out every week to see what catches our eye around the web!

HTML5 and native apps: the hybrid approach - theguardian
By Andy Hume

The term HTML5 (the biggest buzzword in web technology since AJAX) means this discussion is often framed by a very lazy and simplistic two-sided argument: you're either for HTML5 or you're against it. Recent examples of this include Facebook moving away from HTML5 in their iPhone app, vs the FT's move to deliver 'native-like' mobile experiences using open web technologies.

How Apple And Google Could Make QR Codes Mainstream - TechCrunch
By Brenden Mulligan

QR codes are everywhere. Countless companies put them on marketing materials, but not a single person I know actually scans them. There are even a handful of startups that consider QR codes part of their core offering to small businesses. To truly take QR codes to the mainstream, Apple and Google should actually build a scanner into the camera logic.

Android Increases U.S. Market Share to 52 Percent - Mashable
By Stan Schroeder

Android‘s market share in the U.S. has risen from 50.8% to 52.2%, while Apple’s iOS grew from 31.4% to 33.4% in the quarter ending July 2012, comScore’s latest report reveals. The two most popular mobile platforms now have a collective market share of 85.6%, leaving all other competitors in the dust.

Read more to see what else caught our eye, and to share what you've found this week!

Here at Accusoft we are constantly finding interesting, fun, exciting, noteworthy, shocking and industry-changing articles all week long on the internet.  In our Follow Friday series, we feature a few of our finds to share with you.  Check us out every week to see what catches our eye around the web!

3 Imaging Issues for Hospital Executives to Address - Becker's Hospital Review
By Kathleen Roney

Joe Marion, principal of Healthcare Integration Strategies, discusses three imaging implications that hospital executives should not forget when addressing health information management. With so many initiatives to pursue — meaningful use attestation, telehealth and telemedicine, health IT infrastructure and data governance just to name a few — hospital executives can easily lose sight of some key health IT issues that need attention.

The FBI Finally Abandons Paper, Goes All-Digital - Mashable
By Alex Fitzpatrick

The Federal Bureau of Investigation's agents have finally made the leap into the future, upgrading from paper files to a digital case management system at a cost of more than $600 million. Sentinel, the agency’s all-digital system, features a web browser-style user interface that allows agents to enter and review information about cases or suspects. Agents can do quick searches to see if one of their cases has any similarities to other cases, an improvement which should speed up investigations.

Read more to see what else caught our eye, and to share what you've found this week!

Here at Accusoft we are constantly finding interesting, fun, exciting, noteworthy, shocking and industry-changing articles all week long. In our Follow Friday series, we feature a few of our finds to share with you. Check us out every week to see what catches our eye around the web!

QR Codes In the Classroom - BarCode News
By Carly Curran
Rather than fighting the use of technology in the classroom and at school, this article highlights a rising trend of integrating QR Codes (and thus the smartphones which read them) into typical school activities.

Georgia Tech's Musical Robots - TechCrunch
By John Biggs
Robots playing freestyle jazz?  Your initial reaction may be "No way!" but one researcher of artificial intelligence proves that it is possible, arguing that music may just be a "lucky confluence of math and harmonics."

Read more to see what else caught our eye, and to share what you've found this week!