• Due to the complexity of what appears to be a simple QR code, criminals are able to embed the code with links to viruses ...

That QR code in your mystery delivery might be bait for phishing or malware. The FBI explains how the scam works – and how to avoid it.

Right-click the image containing the QR code and click Search Image with Google. Google Chrome allows you to seamlessly reverse image search by right-clicking on the QR code.

Now, it’s rolling out support for barcodes and QR codes. Google has been working on adding a barcode and QR code scanner in Circle to Search for quite a while.

When the search results displays, scroll down until you see the in-line QR generation box. Click the text input box and type what you’d like to be stored in the QR code.

If you search for [qr code] on Microsoft Bing Search you get a built in QR code generator tool. It is not a huge deal but it is something I had no idea Bing offered and it is something that Google ...

Google’s QR code generator is limited to encoding URLs only. If you have other marketing needs such as encoding contact information, or using the QR Code as a dialer, you will have to go elsewhere.

This unadorned code can be visually modified to a certain extent. For example, a number of agencies are providing custom QR codes for businesses that incorporate their logo or an image.

The popularity of QR codes have seen many ups and downs over the course of its almost 30-year existence, but with the need for contact-less menus and transactions during the pandemic, barcode ...

The hype hasn’t died out yet, though; QR codes are continuing to take off. While prior to the pandemic it seemed like they were on their way out, 75.8 million U.S. smartphone users scanned a QR ...