Years ago, QR Codes were poised to take the world by storm. These fancy little squares could be photographed and scanned by any smartphone, and then it would lead users to websites, deals, or any ...

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 Tag, the company's colorful take on QR codes is no more. Launched in 2009, the little-known service was supposed to be the software giant's answer to traditional bar codes, black-and-white ...

Is it a printing error? A pixilated maze? One of those puzzles where you have to cross your eyes to see the hidden image? Two-dimensional matrix bar codes are expanding into the mainstream. You can ...

(Editor’s Note: This article originally stated that Microsoft Tag uses QR code. It actually uses a next-generation form of barcode called High Capacity Color Barcode, or HCCB. The article has been ...

Just three years after Microsoft Tag got out of beta, it has been announced that the service will be terminated in two years, on August 19, 2015. Microsoft Tag is a barcode like technology that allows ...