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

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 ...

Barcode scanner applications are usually quite simple, and have one purpose. Still, some of these apps offer more than others, and then there’s the design aspect to consider, as not many of them pay ...

Nothing ruins a recent purchase quite like finding lower prices online as soon as you bring it home. With one of these barcode-scanning, price-crunching smartphone apps, that never has to happen again ...

Unlike some of the fake or malicious Android apps we cover on occasion, Barcode to Sheet is a legitimate productivity app. Google Play shows that the app has been downloaded over 100,000 times and has ...

Food barcode scanner apps such as the French-made Yuka that provide nutritional ratings based on a products' ingredients are soaring in popularity, empowering consumers and prompting the food industry ...

The co-creator says he regrets ever making it open source The co-creator says he regrets ever making it open source is a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers gadgets, games, and ...

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 ...

A barcode scanning app for Android with more than 10 million downloads under its belt has been found to be the culprit of unwanted ads and pop-ups when using the default browser. This was not the case ...

“When good apps go bad” seems to be the name of the digital game nowadays. The Great Suspender browser extension recently showed its true colors, and now joining it in malware purgatory is the ...