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"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.\r\n\r\nMicrosoft Tag is a barcode like technology that allows you to embed information into an image, which\u00A0Microsoft was intending to promote to businesses as a potentially interactive advertisement platform. However, it has now been licensed to\u00A0Scanbuy, the largest provider of QR codes which runs ScanLife.\r\n\r\nScanbuy will support Microsoft Tag technology on its ScanLife platform starting no later than September 18 this year, and will offer transition and migration services to Microsoft Tag customers -- which means that you can continue running campaigns using Microsoft Tags on the ScanLife platform.\r\n\r\nThrough August 19, 2015, customers will still be able to log in to their existing Microsoft Tag service accounts, use\u00A0existing Microsoft Tag codes, generate new Microsoft Tags, and run reports as usual.\r\n\r\n\u27A4\u00A0Microsoft Tag Facebook Announcement\r\n\r\nImage Credit: Eric Piermont via AFP/Getty Images"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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