The Quick Response code (or QR code) was introduced in 1994, but it never really took off in the US until decades later when the pandemic created a need for a quick, easy, and (most importantly) touch ...

Easy Barcode Technologies Inc. has released the Easy Barcode Pen, a pen-shaped scanner that uses USB to connect to a Mac OS X or Windows-based computer. The device can read barcodes into any ...

With mobile apps and tools, gone are the days of having to scan page after page manually through a cumbersome scanner for optical character recognition (OCR) and translation. While there are quite a ...

While they may not be the all-in-one solution some had envisioned, QR codes are still very popular. It’s easy to understand why, too — just point your camera or scanner at a QR code, and you’re ...

The Quick Response code, more popularly referred to as a QR code, has really taken off in recent years, and it's easy to see why. Though COVID-19 helped mainstream it, these codes make sharing ...

Over the last decade, smartphones have evolved in a way that they have replaced several gadgets like point and shoot cameras, music players, and the list keeps growing. Remember the time when you had ...

As announced in May, Google has given its default QR code scanner on Android an appreciable redesign. Upon launch (via the Quick Settings Tile or lockscreen shortcut), there’s a nice animation of the ...

This portable scanner is the size of a very long pen, which is handy for travelers. However, it’s way too pricey for a device that only scans documents, and its ...

Learn to read or say "Happy holidays!" in more than 100 languages with this translating scanner pen. Photo: Cult of Mac Deals The Newyes Scan Reader Pen 4 is a translator pen instantly translates ...