Designed as a high-tech marketing resource, QR (quick response) codes have many useful applications. These (usually) black-and-white algorithmic codes are gateways to a potential multimedia nirvana.

During Apple’s keynote at this year’s WWDC 2017, Craig Federighi announced iOS 11 support for the oft-forgotten quick response (QR) codes. While users stateside may not use QR codes regularly, for ...

For a short time, the QR code was the poster child of marketing. While the frenzy of discussion about them disappeared almost as quickly as it appeared, QR codes still have their uses in moving ...

Uniqode reports that QR Code trust hinges on consistency; reliability shapes user confidence more than security messaging.

Everywhere you look at the South by Southwest conference this week, you see QR codes. The square “quick response” codes turn URLs, vCards, or any kind of text into a jumble of pixels that you can scan ...

On the front, Brian Punger’s business card looks like any other. But on the back is a large quick response or QR code that says “Scan me.” People who do just that will upload his contact information ...

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 ...