Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. QR codes are a handy tool to bridge the offline with the ...

QR code, short for Quick Response Code, is a kind of matrix barcode that includes information about a product or service. You can find it being used for advertising purposes, where brands put up ...

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What is a QR Code? A quick-response code (QR code) is a type of barcode that contains data for a locator, an identifier, and web tracking. QR codes have been around for a long time. They were first ...

As smartphones have become more and more ubiquitous, so have QR codes. These maze-looking squares are a type of matrix bar code that contains data — usually, QR codes point to a website or open a ...

Many of you reading this have undoubtedly seen a QR (Quick Response) code by now (the thing pictured to the right), but there's just as much -- if not more -- confusion surrounding them today as there ...

While they may not be the all-in-one solution some had envisioned, QR codes are still very popular. It’s easy to understand why, too — just point your camera or scanner at a QR code, and you’re ...

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Quick Share on Android can be inconsistent when displaying devices, but QR code support is now rolling out. You can easily initiate file transfers by scanning a QR code, avoiding making your device ...

Used creatively, this technology can expand the ways you reach customers. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising partners who compensate us when you take certain ...

Did you ever watch Star Wars and wondered how people understood what R2D2 was saying? Maybe [Luke Skywalker] would enjoy learning to decode QR Codes by hand, too. While it might not be very practical, ...

QR (Quick Response) codes are everywhere these days. You'll spot them on restaurant menus, business cards, product packages, and even concert tickets. A big reason they've caught on is convenience.