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 ...

Authenticator apps are available for every popular mobile platform, including iOS (shown here), Android, and Windows Phone Passwords alone are hopelessly weak and fragile security measures. Don’t be ...

Since the Coronavirus pandemic outbreak, the QR code technology’s resurgence also began to rise unimaginably as well. Along with many digital advances powered by QR codes, QRTiger, seeing the ...

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 ...

Your smartphone is full of surprises. There's an app if you want to use your phone as a magnifying glass or scanner. Tap or click here for hidden apps on your smartphone and how to find them.

Venmo today rolled out a feature designed to make it easier to find friends within its mobile payments app, so you can add them to your connections list or get paid yourself. The feature, found under ...

As smartphones have become more and more ubiquitous, so have QR codes. These maze-looking squares are a type of matrix bar code that contains data — usually, QR codes point to a website or open a ...