A QR code (short for Quick Response code) is a two-dimensional barcode that can be read by your smartphone camera. QR codes provide quick access to product information, promotions and other content.

If you come across a QR code in the wild, open the Camera app on your handset, switch to the rear camera, point the camera at the QR code in question, and you should find that a link appears just ...

QR codes are akin to the kind of barcodes you see scanned at the checkout line in a store. Masahiro Hara, working for the Japanese company Denso Wave, invented QR codes in 1994. Tasked with ...

Have you ever found yourself having to constantly write out or say your Wi-Fi login and password to family and friends that ...

Though Scanlife’s system works with QR codes, single-dimension UPC codes, and other 2-D codes like Datamatrix, it does confirm one thing to us: QR codes are here to stay, at least for a while.

But according to some reports on Twitter, QR codes in the U.S. are about to get a second chance, because the first iOS 11 beta has the ability to read QR codes via the native camera app.

It’s a snap to scan QR codes, because Apple built a QR code reader right into the camera. Simply open the camera app, hold the rear-facing camera steady so the QR code is clearly visible.

If you scan [the QR code below] with the iOS (11.2.1) camera app, it will show this notification: Open “facebook.com” in Safari ...

Instagram is bringing QR codes to the app. Users can now generate QR codes that’ll be scannable from any supporting, third-party camera apps. It first launched the product in Japan last year.