GREENSBORO, N.C. — The checkout has changed over the years. First, cashiers manually punched in the price of an item, then the scanners made check-out much quicker, and today, there's self-check-out.

More barcodes are scanned each day than searches on Google. But they won’t be around for much longer, here’s what’s coming ...

Bottles of wine are displayed with a QR code to combat counterfeiting at the 2013 Vinexpo trade show. NICOLAS TUCAT / AFP They trigger more than ten billion "beeps" per day worldwide at store ...

The next generation of barcodes includes a heavy emphasis on QR codes and smartphone-use. Fifty years ago, on June 26, 1974, the first universal product code (UPC) was scanned at a Marsh Supermarket ...

Jim Pond, owner of the Leominster marketing firm Compassed, recently had a client who was looking to make a splash with his marketing strategy. Pond knew exactly the right technology to use: a Quick ...

Supermarket chains including Tesco, Morrisons and Ocado are already trialling QR codes on products which will eventually replace barcodes in an eco-friendly drive. The retailers have brought in QR ...

QR codes are everywhere these days, from glossy product flyers to billboards to T-shirts. But it’s quite possible you have no idea what a QR code is and wouldn’t recognize one if you saw one. And I ...

Learn the fastest ways to scan barcodes and QR codes using your iPhone or Android smartphone. No special app needed for most ...