How to scan a barcode with your iPhone using a third-party app

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

Amazon's QR-like 'SmileCodes' are the key to discounts and Lockers

Amazon will start rolling out its own version of QR codes, TechCrunch reports. Called SmileCodes, they function just like a typical QR code -- scan it with your phone and see where it leads -- but ...
Popular Science

QR codes are everywhere now. Here’s how to use them.

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Retail Dive

Amazon SmileCodes put a new face on QR codes

Amazon has started placing QR code boxes that include its trademark smile logo into magazine advertisements, enabling Amazon mobile app users to scan the "SmileCode" to open Amazon product pages or ...
TechCrunch

Amazon is experimenting with its own QR code style ‘SmileCodes’

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 ...