On October 7th, 1952, the first patent for a "Classifying Apparatus and Method" was issued. This eventually developed into the barcodes we know today. I mostly associated barcodes with the UPC ...

QR codes are popular elsewhere in the world, and catching on in the U.S., but one barrier to common use is the need for a special app on a smartphone to read them. Not a problem now, as even ...

Scanbuy, which specialises in mobile barcode solutions, has released updated versions of its ScanLife barcode scanner for the Android, BlackBerry and iPhone platforms. ScanLife uses the camera in a ...

You might have come across QR codes and might also know the unique benefits of using them but you wouldn't have got the right app to make use of your mobile phone to read the QR codes. Here is a list ...