Microsoft is to shut down Tag, a type of barcode technology not too dissimilar to QR codes, in 2015. The technology is a form of High Capacity Color Barcode (HCCB), and allows for a higher density of ...

Microsoft is updating the mobile reader apps for its Microsoft Tag barcodes to also scan Quick Response (QR) codes and read Near Field Communications (NFC) signals, saying it’s aiming to simplify the ...

Microsoft might be late to the cameraphone-able barcode game, but it appears to be making up for lost time. Its multi-colored (and, frankly, rather attractive) Tag barcodes added a few important ...

With further adoption of GS1 standards, RFID tags will support greater interoperability, efficiency and safety for each ...

For those who think discussions of semantic value and meaning are pointless, with no relationship to technology adoption, you may want to skip this post. So far, people creating v-Tags mostly design ...

NORCROSS, Ga. — Tire barcode label maker FineLine Technologies Inc. has acquired Traderplus Pty. Ltd., a Durban, South Africa-based service bureau provider of barcode tags and labels, expanding its ...

A new type of radio frequency identification tag that can be printed directly onto bags ad boxes could spell the end for the lowly barcode. Utilizing ink that contains carbon nanotubes, the passive ...

In 2009, Microsoft launched its own version of QR codes called Microsoft Tag. Back then, QR codes were the hot new thing, but the reality, of course, is that they never caught on with consumers. Today ...