This summer's Windows 10 update will add QR codes to the Blue Screen of Death. Smart idea or just more frustration?

Apps, techniques, and tricks you can use to scan or create QR codes on Windows Phone.

Whether you need to scan a QR code, or you want to create a QR code of your own (for a wifi network, a contact card, or anything else), you’ve got a variety of options to pick from.

You probably already know how to scan a QR code with your phone. It’s simple enough: just open the camera app, point your phone at the code, and tap the link. What if you’re on your computer ...

Opening Scan brings you directly to a full screen scanner to quickly scan barcodes and QR codes for their data. Anything you scan will be saved in your history for later retrieval.

The latest Insider Preview build of Windows 10 (build 14316) has tweaked the Blue Screen of Death to include the most moddest of cons: a QR code. Now, instead of scrambling to write down the ...