The Quick Response code, more popularly referred to as a QR code, has really taken off in recent years, and it's easy to see why. Though COVID-19 helped mainstream it, these codes make sharing ...

Food barcode scanner apps such as the French-made Yuka that provide nutritional ratings based on a products' ingredients are soaring in popularity, empowering consumers and prompting the food industry ...

Barcode scanner applications are usually quite simple, and have one purpose. Still, some of these apps offer more than others, and then there’s the design aspect to consider, as not many of them pay ...

QR codes may not be super popular today, but many small and local businesses are still using them to offer their customers exclusive discounts and benefits. However, most phones today, by default, don ...

You can scan a barcode with your iPhone by using a third-party app. Currently, there are no built-in apps that can read barcodes. Your iPhone can automatically scan ...

A benign barcode scanner with more than 10 million downloads from Google Play has been caught receiving an upgrade that turned it to the dark side, prompting the search-and-advertising giant to remove ...

Nothing ruins a recent purchase quite like finding lower prices online as soon as you bring it home. With one of these barcode-scanning, price-crunching smartphone apps, that never has to happen again ...

Over the last decade, smartphones have evolved in a way that they have replaced several gadgets like point and shoot cameras, music players, and the list keeps growing. Remember the time when you had ...

Want to know if that CD you're about to buy is cheaper online? Point your iPhone at the bar code and in seconds this app will look up competing prices. Rick Broida is the author of numerous books and ...