The BBC’s Technology Correspondent, Rory Cellan-Jones, has written a nice blog article on the Tesco Groceries app now we have updated it to include barcode scanning. It’s always good when people I respect are enjoying the fruits of the work coming out of Tesco.com! http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/rorycellanjones/2010/10/mobile_barcodes_and_smarter_sh.html #app #barcode #iphone #tescogroceries

I’ve been alerted to Redmond’s colourful take on 2D barcoding, Microsoft Tag. It’s an advanced barcode creating technology which stores up to to 1000 characters (compared to QR-code’s 4296 character maximum) and adds colourful triangles to its design! The rest of this blog entry is stored in the Microsoft Tag below – I’ll leave you to decode it if you wish (clue: free iPhone and Windows Mobile MS Tag decoding apps available). A free Tesco.com branded coffee mug will be sent t

Regular readers will know about our desire to take Tesco Finder, our store & product finding app for iPhone, on a journey where we will add new innovative features and functions based on customer feedback. One of these functions is to use the iPhone’s camera to perform barcode scanning. An innovative solution comes from Red Laser who have their own application demonstrating the technology. However, we’ve uncovered that Red Laser use some ‘hidden’ iPhone API calls to make thei