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 ...

At every turn, networks must handle additional traffic from new sources. One of the latest and soon-to-rise sources of increased network traffic arises from the implementation of radio frequency ...

Microsoft this week said it released a new version of its Tag scanning application specifically for Google Android. It's the first time Microsoft has built an app for Google Android. Tag is also ...

Microsoft released their second iPhone app, TagReader [iTunes link], today. Simply point your iPhone’s camera at a Microsoft Tag and instantly you find out new information, such as a URL or some ...

Tags use very little energy, as little as 500 miliwatts (a milliwatt is equal to one thousandth of a watt). The tag’s antenna can only capture a tiny portion of the energy of the reader. Much of it ...