Microsoft announced that will shut down Microsoft Tag service after three years.
Microsoft Tag launched in 2010 as a colorful alternative to the QR code. Anyone could create a unique 2D barcode which, when scanned using a Microsoft Tag app on an Internet-connected smartphone, could pull up an image, video, website or other web-based asset.
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Allure sticks with Microsoft Tags for biggest Free Stuff giveaway
Allure Magazine is enlisting Microsoft Tags for the fourth time in what it claims to be its biggest giveaway in Free Stuff issue history, with 37,298 items available.
The beauty magazine is giving away more than $1 million in beauty and fashion prizes as part of its annual Free Stuff issue. Readers have the option of scanning Microsoft Tags to sign up for reminders for each of the giveaway entries.