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  • Microsoft Tags takes reading bar codes from mobiles to a whole new interactive level

    Microsoft Tags takes reading bar codes from mobiles to a whole new interactive level

    The fact that developers have designed Bar Code reader apps for mobile handsets that enable us users to get quite a bit of useful information about products is great to begin with. Of course things have progressed quite a bit since then, from bar codes, to this Microsoft Tag. The software giant is revolutionizing the…

  • iPhone barcode scanner App by GoodGuide

    iPhone barcode scanner App by GoodGuide

    Here’s an iPhone application for the health-conscious, picky kinds. It’s for those few who like to ‘know’ what they’re buying, through and through. The application is developed by GoodGuide and is basically a barcode reader that provides users with real-time analysis of the products whose cartons/covers it scans.

  • Bocodes: A replacement for traditional barcodes

    The traditional barcode lines have always graced the rear of our canned food and other products that used them to identify various product details. However, they seem to be facing extinction in coming days, thanks to a new standard called Bocodes. These are way smaller than traditional barcodes (0.1 inches) and kind of look good…

  • New Global Standard will Allow Cellphone check-ins, With Bar Codes

    New Global Standard will Allow Cellphone check-ins, With Bar Codes

    Thanks to the acceptance of a global standard, checking-in for your flight via the cell phone will soon become an acceptable norm. Passengers will receive text messages with bar codes that will be their boarding pass and will eliminate the use of paper ticket. The trade associations representing international airlines made this announcement recently. Airlines…