With that first scan, the Uniform Product Code was born. At the time, the brass at IBM weren't thrilled that the first UPC code was scanned using a machine made by rival NCR (NCR), known then as ...

Another system, the KarTrak system, was put into use in 1967 to help identify and track freight on trains. This system ...

It was here, at just after 8 a.m. on June 26, 1974, that the first item marked with the Universal Product Code (UPC) was scanned at the checkout of Troy’s Marsh Supermarket.

Walmart — which tested scan-and-go in a few stores in 2013 but ended the trial because shoppers found the technology too clunky — says the improved service is now the most preferred checkout ...

Few objects in the world are more immediately recognizable than the barcode—more than 6 billion are scanned every single day. Here’s what to know about their history.

A universal product code (UPC) was scanned for the first time on June 26, 1974, when a pack of Wrigley’s chewing gum was rung up in Troy, Ohio. The Spectra Physics model A price scanner was one of the ...

ScanLife can already scan 2D codes, so now this is truly an all-in-one barcode scanner 2. Some other applications have been released for one or two smartphones, but ScanLife released this version ...

The new Vudu Mobile Disc-to-Digital feature allows customers to scan the UPC bar code on a DVD or Blu-ray case using the service’s app, then pay to gain access the movie on Vudu’s streaming ...

The technology, while slightly different from chain to chain, allows shoppers at stores like Kroger and B.J.’s Wholesale Club to scan UPC codes on items as they shop.

Please click here to subscribe to Mobile Commerce Daily for free. ScanLife links consumers to product info via UPC bar code scanning ScanLife has launched a new feature that lets consumers scan UPC ...