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 ...

Benjamin Claeys is CEO of QR TIGER, MENU TIGER, and GiftLips. He also hosts Stay QRious, a podcast about QR code best practices. We’re in a time when the business landscape constantly shifts into ...

I don’t scan QR codes, and neither should you, especially if you care about cybersecurity. A QR code is a two-dimensional barcode that is readable by a smartphone with a camera or a mobile device with ...

Created in 1994 by Toyota subsidiary 'Denso Wave' to quickly track vehicles and parts through the company's automotive manufacturing process, QR codes are used more commonly today for logging into ...

QR codes are a type of barcode, or scannable pattern, that contain various forms of data, like website links, account information, phone numbers, or even coupons. QR codes are found everywhere from ...

Why on earth would you want to use your iPhone’s camera to scan a two-dimensional block-and-dot code? How could this possibly have a benefit worth the trouble? Why would Apple have any interest in ...

The QR code (short for Quick Response code) was invented in 1994 by Denso Wave, a former subsidiary of Toyota, as a means of efficiently tracking vehicles and parts during the manufacturing process.