When Ben Trentelman goes shopping at his neighborhood supermarket, there’s something new in the routine: His 8-year-old daughter, Alice, is running the show. “I put her in charge of the scanner,” said ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — There have been reports of lasers temporarily blinding pilots in the sky or drivers on the highway, however, there are lasers we come across a lot more often in hand-held scanning ...

]]> Albertsons is taking supermarket self-checkout to the next level by introducing handheld scanners that shoppers can use as they move up and down the aisles, bagging their groceries as they go. The ...

Hand-held scanners in grocery stores may become more common as the devices become more high tech. The devices allow shoppers to scan products as they take them off the shelves and place them directly ...

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Everyone should have a scanner on them these days, ...

SCAGGSVILLE, Md. - Stephanie Cerneck doesn't go through the checkout line at her supermarket anymore. Or even the self-checkout line. She uses a personal scanner offered by the Bloom grocery store ...

I love my smartphone and I appreciate new ways to streamline grocery shopping (“New portable grocery scanners are rolling out in Utah Smith’s stores,” April 25), but I share concerns recent writers ...

Which handheld digital scanner is best? With extreme weather and natural disasters increasingly common, being able to communicate and receive local radio frequencies is more important than ever before ...

Handheld scanners are smaller, portable versions of their desktop cousins. Like a flatbed scanners, they scan documents, drawings and other flat media, turning them into digital files you can store, ...