Microsoft Tag is a new service that lets you create 2D color bar codes. There are readers for most mobile phones and there is an API and it's free - so what could possibly be wrong with it? Microsoft ...

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 ...

Shoppers at CVS and Walgreens, among many other stores, are now able to use their smart phones to scan Microsoft Tag 2D barcodes on Herbal Essences products. The Tags are designed as shelf talkers ...

At The Next Web, we keep our antennae tuned, and Microsoft has currently only announced Microsoft Tags Beta in the USA. But as the software and web site are available globally, we thought you’d need ...

Late last year Microsoft surprised us with the release of their first iPhone app, Seadragon. The company has now released its second iPhone app, TagReader (iTunes link). Launch the app and point your ...

Barcode and <!external href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR_Code">QR code reader applications are now standard fare for smartphones and can be commonly found for ...

Building on the early successes retailers are experiencing with short codes and other mobile marketing, a new technology platform being ushered in by Microsoft could dramatically change the game by ...

You may not know what a QR code is exactly, but you’ve probably seen one on a poster, magazine ad, or some other printed material. Cellphone users can simply take a picture of the black and white code ...

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 ...