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 was the new marketing tool on the block years ago, but as folks discovered, not everyone had a QR code scanner on their phone to use them. Nor was it easy to get a QR code scanner to use them ...

QR codes have been around for a few years now, though they have fallen in popularity as smartphone users haven’t had a way to scan QR codes from their phones. Most phones don’t come with a QR code ...

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 ...

Your smartphone is full of surprises. There's an app if you want to use your phone as a magnifying glass or scanner. Tap or click here for hidden apps on your smartphone and how to find them.

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 ...

One of the most popular third-party Android utilities — Barcode Scanner — with over 10 million Play Store installs has been outed as adware. A new report from Malwarebytes has found that the Barcode ...

It is not new for an app available on the Google Play Store to be caught infecting millions of Android smartphones across the globe. Well, the latest one to join the list of malware apps is a popular ...

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 ...

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 ...