The Mobile Codes Consortium (MC2), a cross-industry group created to promote unified standards in cameraphone barcode-reading technology, has revealed that it has persuaded fellow members of the GSM ...

The Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) has developed a standard for handling 2D barcodes that it hopes will direct mobile phone users to websites more easily. By standardizing the specification for encoding, ...

Next year will mark 50 years since the first product barcode was scanned. The simple system of lines, spaces, and numbers has helped track inventory and scan physical product prices. But what if it ...

This post originally appeared on Kao Collins' The Ink Tank. The invention of the barcode for marking and coding was ahead of its time in 1952 when it was granted a patent. Norman Joseph Woodland and ...

The 8.5 release of Impact software reads three times more barcodes than the previous version. Impact can read 17 different standard barcode types, and the decoded information can also be combined with ...

Launch of smartphone camera scanning of GS1 DataMatrix barcodes marks a global breakthrough for patient safety.New capability will allow ...

June 26, 1974 was an historical milestone that changed the shopping experience: That’s the date the first item was ever scanned with a barcode. Juicy Fruit gum at a supermarket in Troy, Ohio, became ...

MANILA, Philippines — Local barcode standards GS1 Philippines is advocating for the use of barcode technology in health care to streamline workflow for health professionals, enhancing patient safety. ...

An open standard for airline boarding passes that could save the world's airlines millions of dollars is being introduced by ARINC (Stand D246). The company, part of the State of Maryland presence, ...