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 ...

Costco is testing a "Scan & Go" system to expedite checkout. The new system will allow customers to scan items with their phones and pay through the app. The "Scan & Go" system is being tested in 27 ...

Avoid downloading third-party apps to scan QR codes.

McDonald’s first use in the United States of a company-branded mobile-ordering and payments application at restaurants in Columbus, GA, continues an effort by the world’s largest restaurant chain to ...

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 ...

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.

Let me come clean: For way too long now, I’ve been excited about the 2D optical code format called QR Code. I even convinced TidBITS to put one on every article page for a while. I don’t get a ...

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 ...