If you’re a small business owner, one powerful and low-cost marketing tool —potentially free—is the QR code. Sites that let ...

Tap Create code. Choose what you want your custom QR code to do when scanned. We'll pick Website so that a URL opens when the code is read. Fill out the fields with relevant information.

Looking to take your marketing strategy to the next level? Try QRNow: a web tool that makes creating custom QR codes a breeze.

It’s a lot of code-generating power in one place. The app fills in a gaping hole between the utility of QR codes and generating them. In 2009, I thought QR codes were the oncoming future.

Back in March, we reported on a new augmented reality app that Apple is developing internally as part of iOS 14 builds. This involved scanning QR codes to enter AR environments, which will be ...