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 ...

Apps make smartphones extremely versatile companions, facilitating a wide variety of everyday tasks and making life just that much easier all around. Barcode scanners are a perfect example of that, ...

A barcode scanner with 10 million downloads is removed from Google Play marketplace after ad blitz hits phones. A barcode scanner app, with over 10 million downloads, was booted from the Google Play ...

Walmart Labs last week announced an augmented reality (AR) scanner that has been integrated into its iOS app to help shoppers make product comparisons, Walmart Labs stated in a blog post. The AR ...

Bing releases version 6.1 of their mobile app for iOS, bringing nice new and welcome features to the app. Bing has just released version 6.1 of their iOS app, which is now available as an update ...

Listing content on eBay is a tedious process that, at minimum, requires the user to select a bunch of items from drop-down menus. Here to simplify things is an update for the service's iOS app that ...

Executive Editor David Carnoy has been a leading member of CNET's Reviews team since 2000. He covers the gamut of gadgets and is a notable reviewer of mobile accessories and portable audio products, ...

UPS has updated its iPhone app with two new features that make it easier to discover tracking numbers and follow shipments. The first, called scan-to-track, uses the iPhone's built-in camera to ...

Walmart is giving augmented reality a shot. The retailer today announced the launch of a new AR scanning tool in its iPhone application which will help customers with product comparisons. However, ...