QR codes are dead, an internet marketing strategist wrote in AdAge in 2013. The murderer: "easier-to-use apps." And yet, four years later, that isn't the case. Apps have become even more prevalent and ...

The 2014 Sony Pictures hack revealed emails sent between Snapchat cofounder and Sony Pictures CEO Michael Lynton. It shed light onto Spiegel's business acumen, as well as his ambitions for the company ...

Facebook seems to be a big fan of Snapchat's product, but it doesn't want to help spread the love to the app. Owners of Facebook Pages and of verified profiles are banned from using their personalized ...

Snapchat is making its quick response (QR) codes for businesses a little more personal. The company is updating its app to allow websites to have their own QR code. Once scanned, the code will ...

As it struggles to keep user growth up to par with services like Instagram, Facebook, and Snapchat, Twitter today is rolling out a new way to discover users. Announced in a tweet from a Twitter ...

Leaked emails from the Sony hack revealed Snapchat quietly acquired a QR code startup called Scan.me late last year, and now we know why. Yesterday alongside Discover, Snapchat launched a new feature ...

Since early this year, Snapchatters have been able to add friends on the app through Snapcodes, also known as Snaptags. Users can point their camera over the QR codes, featuring Snapchat's signature ...

Instagram is preparing to launch a feature called Nametags that lets you create a special image that people can scan with the Instagram Stories camera to follow you. TechCrunch broke the news of ...

Corbin is a tech journalist and developer who worked at Android Police from 2016 until 2021. Check out his other work at corbin.io. One of the more unique features of Snapchat is the ability to ...

While it’s unlikely to be the key strategic move that secures Twitter millions of new, much-needed users, the app’s developers clearly see the humble QR code as a necessary addition in its ongoing ...

Today, Twitter released a new feature that makes adding friends easier than ever — QR codes. QR codes were all the rage once. It was a simpler time, those days. While it’s no longer the game-changer ...