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 ...

Do the barcodes or QR codes on my bank statements and utility bills carry any sensitive personal information? Diane Hunt, Burlington, Washington The alphanumeric characters stored in a barcode or QR ...

Something there is that doesn’t love a QR code, but that hasn’t stopped leading QR code scanner makers Scan from serving up 25 million copies of their software. The company, which currently processes ...

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 ...

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 ...