Chinese Internet giant Alibaba is continuing its embrace of quick-response (QR) codes today with the news that it’s partnering with Israeli startup Visualead to launch a new QR code-style format that ...

Forward-looking: For almost five decades, the humble barcode has been found on the packaging of almost every consumer item in the world. But there's a push to get rid of them within just two years, ...

QR code style markers — those lil’ barcode-looking boxes you’ll see on ads from time to time, meant to be scanned with your phone to launch some website or app — have yet to really find their footing ...

In brief: The barcode has been a familiar sight for almost 50 years, found on packaging for virtually every consumer item in the world. But it's set to be phased out by 2027 in favor of a more capable ...

Don’t call it a comeback. By Lora Kelley Roy Healy’s first tattoo wasn’t the kind people usually regret, like a future ex’s name or a quotation in a language one can’t read. Still, he was nervous ...