Now that Google is using the two-dimensional bar codes as part of its local businesses listings program, it's all the more reason for an app to help read them. CNET contributor Don Reisinger is a ...

Something there is that doesn’t love a QR code, but that hasn’t stopped leading QR code scanner makers Scan from serving up 25 million copies of their software. The company, which currently processes ...

Correction: A previous version of this story did not make it clear that 1App, and not Starbucks, ran the QR code test. The InstantScan service from 1App attempts to provide a solution for marketers ...

Do the barcodes or QR codes on my bank statements and utility bills carry any sensitive personal information? Diane Hunt, Burlington, Washington The alphanumeric characters stored in a barcode or QR ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — You see QR codes in restaurants, parking lots, and just recently on a flyer about pet microchips. The flyer is being reposted all over social media, even on the WFMY page, after ...

Nicole Cozma has an affinity for all things tech, but also dabbles in amateur photography. Based on Florida's Suncoast, she enjoys being a spectator to superb sunsets and lightning storms. Quick ...

Verizon ID service makes it possible to ink contracts or access government watch lists by pointing phones at QR codes. While Apple foresees consumers soon charging their groceries with the tap of an ...

Staff member Ewen Smart (left) gets his QR code scanned during a demonstration on how to do the self-test kit at a new walk-through Covid test centre at The Engine Shed, Stirling, which opens to the ...