Barcode scanner applications are usually quite simple, and have one purpose. Still, some of these apps offer more than others, and then there’s the design aspect to consider, as not many of them pay ...

The concept of the barcode — an alphabet made up of thick and thin bars — came into being in the 1950s. It took another quarter of a century for one to be printed on product packaging and scanned.

As we sit here now in the 2020s, the humble barcode scanner might seem as mundane and as expected to us as having the ability to speak and walk. In truth, however, there were many ups and downs ‘en ...