After a December update, the Barcode Scanner Android app from Lavabird injected annoying pop-up ads inside users' mobile browsers, according to Malwarebytes. Users of a barcode scanner app on the ...

“When good apps go bad” seems to be the name of the digital game nowadays. The Great Suspender browser extension recently showed its true colors, and now joining it in malware purgatory is the ...

A benign barcode scanner with more than 10 million downloads from Google Play has been caught receiving an upgrade that turned it to the dark side, prompting the search-and-advertising giant to remove ...

A popular Android barcode scanner app has been outed as malicious. Barcode Scanner was discovered to harbor a trojan that opens bogus sites and prompts app downloads. The app has since been removed ...

You can scan a barcode with your iPhone by using a third-party app. Currently, there are no built-in apps that can read ...

When it comes to streamlining inventory management and sales, having a reliable wireless Bluetooth 2D barcode scanner can make all the difference. Let’s explore some of the top-rated wireless 2D ...

QR codes are a type of barcode, or scannable pattern, that contain various forms of data, like website links, account ...

QR codes are slowly becoming a rarity; however, once in awhile, you still see a QR code appear, usually around a local business. The unfortunate part is that most phones don’t have a built-in QR code ...

Manuel Vonau was Android Police's Google Editor until April 2024, with expertise in Android, Chrome, Pixels, and other Google products. For five years, he covered tech news and reviewed devices after ...