While airlines continue to fine-tune wireless checkin features, Germany's Lufthansa this spring began a gradual rollout of a new bar code-based boarding pass for e-ticket holders who have wireless ...

Since the 1970s, bar codes have provided a reliable, inexpensive form of machine-readable identification. Although bar coding has numerous benefits, its primary function is to error-proof the ...

Neustar, the common short code registry for the United States, is working on building a central registry for the global mobile bar codes ecosystem. In this Q&A, Matthew Valleskey, senior marketing ...

Featured in many sci-fi stories as a quicker, more efficient way to record and transfer information, barcodes are both extremely commonplace today, and still amazingly poorly understood by many.

GoodGuide releases a free app that lets you scan an item's bar code and instantly retrieve info on that product's health, environmental, and social responsibility ratings. Elizabeth Armstrong Moore ...

The data contained in a barcode is typically tied to things like a SKU or a purchase order. Once scanned, this data is accessed and displayed for the user to learn more information or take an action.

With QuickBooks Pro or Premier, you can use a bar code scanner to scan or enter a bar code manually when filling out the Item Name/Number field for new or existing entries in your company file. These ...

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 ...

They look like pixelated puzzles, or maybe a printing error. But the indecipherable ink squares hold the promise of a new form of mobile information delivery that ...