ScanLife is a free app for iPhone, Android and BlackBerry, plus Symbian and Java phones too. It turns a camera-equipped phone into a barcode scanner for two-dimensional barcode tages (as opposed to ...

Web site Smartpox lets you create barcodes for any URL, email, or phone number. The point of Smartpox: You can print off your barcodes and place them in the physical world. Presumably other Smartpox ...

Barcode technology has become so widespread that many consumers take it for granted, but the technology continues to offer numerous benefits in a wide array of businesses. With only some basic ...

Amazon has a new Alexa-enabled gadget in store, aiming to make things easier and more convenient around the kitchen: meet the Dash Wand. The new gadget is Wi-Fi enabled and allows users to scan the ...

Amazon has launched a feature for newer Echo Show that lets you add items to Alexa's built-in shopping list by scanning their barcodes. Sure, it's pretty easy to add stuff to your grocery list with ...

In brief: The barcode has been a familiar sight for almost 50 years, found on packaging for virtually every consumer item in the world. But it's set to be phased out by 2027 in favor of a more capable ...

Benjamin Claeys is CEO of QR TIGER, MENU TIGER and GiftLips. He also hosts Stay QRious, a podcast about QR code best practices. Barcodes have been a staple of commerce since the first UPC barcode was ...