What

Is This?

Readers may have noticed this curious hieroglyph in the index of this week’s Bee. The new addition to our front page is a Quick Response Code, or QR Code.

When scanned by a smart phone, PDA, or iPad, this code becomes a shortcut to The Bee’s website at NewtownBee.com, where readers can find supplemental information to our print edition, including the source files and documents behind some of the stories you read here, and additional photos, slide shows, and videos that expand upon our print coverage. The QR Code also delivers our online archives to your mobile device.

QR Code apps either come preinstalled in most mobile devices or are readily available, often for free, at online app stores.

With this symbol, you can merge your print and online experience of The Newtown Bee. Check it out.