First there was RedLaser, an app that turns your iPhone into a barcode scanner. Now just about every smartphone can do it, but what about those approximately 70 percent of U.S.-based feature phone ...

As phones, planners, cameras and miniature computers, cell phones provide many convenient functions for businesses. One of the newest features allows you to look up information based on barcodes.

Google updated APIs responsible for the barcode and QR code scanning to allow them to auto-zoom when a possible barcode or QR code is detected. This feature could soon roll out to Android 13 and above ...