A smart barcode scanner application for mobile devices that enables consumers to find out information in real time about products they want to buy will debut in Thailand this July. The mobile app, ...

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 ...

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 ...

A hungry shopper speeds down a supermarket aisle and grabs a can of chilli tuna off the shelf. The shopper scans the back of the tin with their eyes and finds this frustrating message: "Packed in ...

A popular Android barcode scanner app has been outed as malicious. Barcode Scanner was discovered to harbor a trojan that opens bogus sites and prompts app downloads. The app has since been removed ...

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 smart phone initiative that will reveal where supermarket produce comes from has been launched by the WA Farmers Federation. AgConnectWA, the federation's youth arm, has devised barcodes to be ...

eBay’s scanner RedLaser is one such that is available for iPhone, Windows and Android phones; and the company says it has been downloaded over 15 million times. eBay’s scanner RedLaser is one such ...

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