While every phone can read QR codes located around you, barcode scanning is a different story altogether, and the best barcode scanner app makes it a bliss. While the process works similarly as QR ...

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 ...

A somewhat quirky aspect of iOS 14 is that there are some hidden apps lurking beneath the surface. They are impossible to access, however, unless you know where to look. One representative example is ...

This week the folks at Google have updated the iOS (and soon the Android) version of the Chrome web browser. This update uses the camera of the device it's running on to locate and scan QR codes as ...

Executive Editor David Carnoy has been a leading member of CNET's Reviews team since 2000. He covers the gamut of gadgets and is a notable reviewer of mobile accessories and portable audio products, ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. You don’t need an app for this —your phone can do it already. You don’t need an app for this —your phone can do ...

With Quick Response (QR) codes, sharing and getting information has never been so quick and easy. There are tons of generator apps and tools out there that you can use to create a QR code for ...

Your Android or iPhone can probably already scan QR codes. Here's how to do it no matter what phone you have. When he's not testing the latest phones or phone cameras, Andrew can normally be found ...

How to use the Camera app on your Chromebook as a scanner Your email has been sent You can easily scan a document or QR code on Chrome OS with built-in device cameras and the Camera app. This ...

Two-dimensional barcodes called Quick Response codes, or QR codes for short, are used to store data that devices can read. While QR codes are popularly scanned via smartphones, what if you want to ...