After declining in popularity for a time, QR codes are back, offering a seamless bridge between physical and digital experiences to enhance multichannel strategies.

QR codes, the square bar codes that can be scanned and read by smartphones, are seemingly used everywhere: to board flights, enter concerts and look at restaurant menus. But scammers trying to ...

A Quick Response code, or QR code, is an easy way to access information on your mobile device. However, a scam that uses the codes at parking meters is making people become more vigilant before ...

FTC warns scammers are using QR codes to steal personal data 05:04. Scanning a QR code can expose you to identity theft, according to the Federal Trade Commission.

As QR codes continue to be heavily used by legitimate organizations—from Super Bowl advertisements to enforcing parking fees and fines, scammers have crept in to abuse the very technology for ...

QR codes are also used in security-sensitive contexts. YouTube, Apple TV, and dozens of other TV apps, for instance, allow someone to sign in to their account by scanning a QR code displayed on ...

QR codes can pop up anywhere in public, but now they’re getting more specific, targeting your inbox. Ken Colburn of Data Doctors said a QR code is nothing more than a way to generate a web link.

Benjamin Claeys is CEO of QR TIGER, MENU TIGER, and GiftLips. He also hosts Stay QRious, a podcast about QR code best practices. In the era of ubiquitous smartphones and omnichannel social media ...

In a wooded cemetery in Munich, a white sticker with a puzzling QR code appeared on a gravestone late last year. Then, over the next few weeks, more and more stickers mysteriously appeared, until ...

Scan a QR code with your webcam. Sometimes you have a QR code on a sheet of paper but your phone isn’t handy. Your laptop has a camera, though, and you can use it instead.

Now, the built-in QR code scanner will also be able to automatically zoom in on a far-out QR code to get a better view. The functionality was first spotted by some users earlier this week , and we ...