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Your smartphone is full of surprises. There's an app if you want to use your phone as a magnifying glass or scanner. Tap or click here for hidden apps on your smartphone and how to find them.

How iPhone turns the Camera app into a code reader On iPhone, the built in Camera app is the primary gateway to this hidden scanner. When you open Camera on your iPhone and point it at a QR code, the ...

Want to scan something but don't have a scanner handy? A recently updated Mac app called Prizmo can help you make scans using your digital camera. Josh Lowensohn Former Senior Writer Josh Lowensohn ...

With OCR (optical character recognition) technology, all your scanned text is searchable, making it easy to find your ...

Apple's latest iPhone 16 models include a new Camera Control button (located on the lower right-hand side when holding the phone in portrait mode). The new button aims to make it easier to adjust ...

QR or Quick Response codes are one of the most popular ways to access information on the go. Invented in 1994 and once considered the wave of the future, part of the QR code revival that started in ...

Coffee snob, student, and designer. Writes for AndroidPolice.com. If you look hard enough, you might find him inside a chicken coop. QR codes may have been around since the mid-1990s, but they have ...

Jason Cipriani is based out of beautiful Colorado and has been covering mobile technology news and reviewing the latest gadgets for the last six years. His work can also be found on sister site CNET ...

Your smartphone just became a scanner.

This is a snapshot of tools developed by Air Apps with momentum: apps that show up in thousands of workflows and bring ...

There are several reasons why your Pixel 8’s QR code scanner might stop working suddenly. It could be a temporary glitch with the Camera app, an issue with lighting conditions, or even a dirty camera ...