QR codes, a popular tool for providing contactless payment options and digital menus, are smarter, more versatile alternatives to 1D barcodes. Their high character capacity is one reason they're ...

Crucially, the GS1 QR codes also include a machine-readable Global Trade Item Number, just as a 1D barcode so it “still goes beep at the till”. The code can also include additional information, ...

Barcodes are set to be replaced by modern QR codes after more than 50 years of widespread use. GS1, the international non-profit that maintains the global standard for barcodes, is preparing to ...

Put simply, QR codes serve as an ultra-fast reference for something that someone can look up immediately on the spot, or at a later time. By using your cell phone and a QR code reader app ...

Two-dimensional data matrix bar codes have been around for quite some time. The basic data matrix code consists of a series of black and white squares arranged in either a square or rectangular ...

It was October 20, 1949 and IBM inventor N. Joseph Woodland applied for the first patent on bar code technology. It was not until 1973 the grocery industry’s task force settled on a standard of ...

“Short for quick response codes, QR codes are a type of two-dimensional barcode that contain data, often for a locator, identifier or tracker,” explains Len Noe, Technical Evangelist with ...

My InsiderYou've probably noticed a square barcode pasted to a graffitied light pole or on the back of a business card. That pixelated code, shaped in a square, is called a QR code. They help you ...