Here’s one more app you can delete from your iPhone: that QR code and barcode scanner you only occasionally use. With an update rolling out today, Google’s Chrome mobile browser can do the job instead ...

Beep. We’ve come a long way since June 26, 1974 when the first bar code was scanned at a grocery store in Troy, Ohio. That legendary pack of Juicy Fruit proved that even the smallest of items could ...

Featured in many sci-fi stories as a quicker, more efficient way to record and transfer information, barcodes are both extremely commonplace today, and still amazingly poorly understood by many.

Apps make smartphones extremely versatile companions, facilitating a wide variety of everyday tasks and making life just that much easier all around. Barcode scanners are a perfect example of that, ...

On June 26, 1974, the universal product code barcode was scanned for the first time at Troy’s Marsh Supermarket in Troy, Ohio. That kicked off a 50-year run of the iconic barcode—that small square of ...

As you know, QR codes are far and few between these days, but there are still those times where one will appear that you’ll want to scan with your new Huawei P30 Pro. They usually offer some sort of ...

More barcodes are scanned each day than searches on Google. But they won’t be around for much longer, here’s what’s coming next. Ten billion barcodes are scanned every day across the world. And since ...

Barcode technology makes real-time data collection possible. Despite the multitude of barcodes in existence today, universal product codes remain among the most useful to a small business. Because UPC ...