Here’s the idea: you attach a QR code to your key ring that, when scanned, opens a texting window with “I found your keys!” set to send to the key owner’s phone. When I saw the instructions for this ...

ST. LOUIS — A walk through the campus of Washington University sparked the idea of a startup for Ethan Weilheimer. During that walk, Weilheimer found a pair of AirPods in a field on campus. With no ...

Amazon’s Ring is mostly known for doorbell cams and consumer-grade surveillance tech, but the company’s moving past humans and onto our beloved furry friends. It just announced the Ring Pet Tag to ...

Pebblebee, known for its item trackers for Android and Apple finder networks, is kicking off 2025 with the launch of “Link,” a new item tracking system that will help you find lost items by making it ...

The forgetful habit of misplacing or losing essential belongings is a universal experience, resulting in an average person losing approximately four items a month and more than 3,000 in their lifetime ...

Tile has just launched "Lost and Found" QR labels that are a essentially a low-tech way to get your stuff back. They're meant to be used on small or perhaps not particularly valuable items like ...

QR codes are becoming an increasingly popular way to get information on places or products in the real world, including restaurants, historical landmarks and more. They're showing up in magazines, ...

For things you can’t stick a regular Tile tracker on For things you can’t stick a regular Tile tracker on is a senior reporter and author of the Optimizer newsletter. She has more than 13 years of ...

Tile has made it easy to find lost items for years with its tracker tags, but the company is now revealing a new option. Tile’s “Lost and Found” labels use a simple QR code to help you track a lost ...

Tile, a company that makes Bluetooth-based item trackers that compete with Apple's AirTags, today introduced a refreshed lineup of devices and new features that make it easier for users to locate lost ...

Benjamin Claeys is CEO of QR TIGER, MENU TIGER, and GiftLips. He also hosts Stay QRious, a podcast about QR code best practices. We’re in a time when the business landscape constantly shifts into ...

At first glance, the consequences of losing an item are solely financial—an inconvenience that, with approximately four misplaced items a month and more than 3,000 in a lifetime, will cost someone an ...