You can scan a barcode with your iPhone by using a third-party app. Currently, there are no built-in apps that can read ...

A popular app has been removed from Google Play after it was discovered to have delivered trojanized malware onto millions of users’ phones via an update. Until recently, Barcode Scanner was a ...

You can use your iPhone to scan documents, QR codes, and other files using the Notes app and your camera.

A benign barcode scanner with more than 10 million downloads from Google Play has been caught receiving an upgrade that turned it to the dark side, prompting the search-and-advertising giant to remove ...

ST. PAUL, Minn., May 13 (UPI) --Consumers might notice more people these days taking cellphone photos of products on supermarket shelves. What they actually are doing is checking those products via ...

Want to know if that CD you're about to buy is cheaper online? Point your iPhone at the bar code and in seconds this app will look up competing prices. Rick Broida is the author of numerous books and ...

The Boycott Divestment and Sanctions movement is coming out with a smartphone app that can scan products to see if the manufacturer has ties to Israel. Dara Kerr was a senior reporter for CNET ...

Let's say you really want to boycott Some Random Company because it opposes a cause dear to your heart. How do you get keep track of which products this company makes or who its partners are? You ...