You know how QR Codes still aren't really a thing? Just imagine how popular Microsoft's proprietary alternative to the format has been. In a letter to its users, Redmond has conceded that Microsoft ...

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 Tag, whose slogan is "Linking real life with the digital world," is another stab at digital scanners that aim to connect printed materials with online content. The advantage of Microsoft Tag ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Microsoft is adding support for both NFC and QR codes to its Microsoft Tag barcode system. Microsoft is adding ...

Yesterday Microsoft made the not-so-surprising announcement that it would no longer be supporting its Microsoft Tag system. Rest easy, all you Microsoft Tag fanatics out there— the technology will ...

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 today announced that, for the handful of Microsoft Tag users left in the world, the service will terminate in two years, on Aug. 19, 2015. Microsoft announced today that it will shut down ...

Tag, you’re no longer it. Microsoft has announced that it will terminate its Tag service two years from today. Launched in 2009, Tag tried to outdo 2D barcodes (QR codes) to provide a connector ...

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This August 19, 2013 notice is to inform you that the Microsoft Tag service will terminate in two years, on August 19, 2015. We are providing this two year ...

Microsoft today announced plans to track Australian delegates attending its annual Tech.Ed conference in Sydney next week using RFID tags embedded in conference badges. The move comes months after 50 ...

A two-dimensional barcode used for mobile tagging. Microsoft Tag is a four-color variation of Microsoft's "High-Capacity Color Barcode" (HCCB), which uses eight colored triangles to provide a capacity ...