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CES 2009: Microsoft Tag - Phone App
Microsoft Tag is a new system to help give you a way to direct people to a URL using the camera on their mobile phone. You can think of it as TinyURL for optics, or Cue Cat on-the-go minus the hokey cat reader (hey, I know lots of people who loved that thing).
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Microsoft Releases Tag, Its Second iPhone Application
Microsoft Releases Tag, Its Second iPhone Application
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CES 2009: Microsoft Tag - You're It!
Bink.nu — ... , and download the app for your phone at gettag.mobi . Tag is available for a number of phones including Windows Mobile, Symbian, Blackberry, Android, and the iPhone. Tag can link to multiple types of content from web, SMS, e-mail, calendars, maps, or coupons and can be as small as 5/8". There is a great backend as well so you can see analytics on when and where people are reading your tags.

Microsoft Tag: Microsoft’s 2D barcode technology
D' Technology Weblog — ... To read these tags, Microsoft is making available a downloadable application to a handful of mobile platforms including Windows Mobile, J2ME, iPhone, Blackberry, and Symbian S60 phones. A camera and internet connection is obviously required. To get the application, point your phone’s browser to http://gettag.mobi. ...

Microsoft’s Second iPhone App Breaks Cover
Geek In Disguise — ... ….though I’ve yet to find it on App Store even through http://gettag.mobi directs you there. ...

Microsoft Releases Tag, Its Second iPhone Application
TechCrunch — ... Microsoft Tags are available for the iPhone as well as Windows Mobile, J2ME, Blackberry, and Symbian S60 phones. The application can be accessed by visiting Gettag.mobi using your mobile phone browser. ...

Microsoft Tag for iPhone released. Android ver. soon
Redmond Pie — ... Microsoft Tag is available for iPhone, Windows Mobile, J2ME, Blackberry, and Symbian S60 phones. Android version of Microsoft Tag is coming soon. You can download Microsoft’s Tag Reader by browsing on your favorite device to: http://gettag.mobi. ...

Microsoft presentó su segunda aplicación para iPhone
Celularis — En el CES 2009, Microsoft ha presentado su segunda aplicación para el iPhone, Microsoft Tag, una aplicación que se basa en el principio de los códigos QR que ya hemos visto en Celularis y que Movistar había rebautizado como Códigos BIDI. Microsoft Tag permite a los usuarios móviles acceder al instante a distintos contenidos, videos, música, información de contacto, mapas, redes sociales, promociones, etc, sólo apuntando la cámara del dispositivo a una etiqueta personalizada mucho más completa que un QR Code standard. ...

Microsoft Tag barcode-lookup app is company's second-ever for iPhone
Obsessable News Feed — ... URL-like identifier that lets the software go online and pull up more information on the topic. If HCCBs catch on and find more widespread use, you should be able to find them on signs and displays out in the world. One on a bus stop might, once scanned and processed, direct your phone's browser to a page with all the bus schedules listed. A tag on a movie poster might direct you to a list of showtimes, or even let you order tickers online. Microsoft is also releasing versions of Tag for other smartphones, but adding it to the iPhone's lineup should help the tech reach a much ...

Microsoft’s second iPhone app: Microsoft Tag
iPhone Buzz — ... . This application also compatible with Windows Mobile, J2ME, Blackberry or Symbian S60 phone and can be obtained at http://gettag.mobi. (For the moment this is a free service, Zheng ...

Microsoft’s second iPhone app: Microsoft Tag
Top iPhone News — ... . This application also compatible with Windows Mobile, J2ME, Blackberry or Symbian S60 phone and can be obtained at http://gettag.mobi. (For the moment this is a free service, Zheng ...

Microsoft Tag, el sistema de códigos de barras multicolor de Microsoft
Gizmología — ... en los códigos QR se necesitan 8 símbolos, en los Tags de Microsoft solo se necesitan 4 símbolos de diferentes colores. Es sensible a la saturación, brillo y contraste, por lo que te puedes imaginar la cantidad de información capaz de almacenar en menos espacio. Microsoft ha lanzado en un acto de generosidad nunca visto, una beta pública para Android, BlackBerry, iPhone, terminales con Java, Palm OS, Symbian y Windows Mobile, todos descargable desde gettag.mobi. Vía: I Started Something Comparte esta anotación ...

Microsoft Tags Beta: See it. Snap it. Save or share it.
The Next Web — ... Microsoft is using its formidable marketing skills to package this attractively for consumers and businesses - and from the promotional material, it’s doing a good job of avoiding the geeky, and keeping things simple and clear. You can download the free Microsoft Tags mobile software for your phone at http://gettag.mobi - and try it out on the tag below to grab the author’s vCard data. Software is currently available for J2ME, Symbian S60, iPhone, Blackberry and of course Windows Mobile phones. ...

Microsoft Tag wants to connect you with a bunch of colorful triangle pictures
PalmAddicts — ... Microsoft Tag already works on most popular mobile (with camera) platforms: Windows Mobile (v5.5 or above), iPhone, Blackberry, Symbian S60 2nd & 3rd Editions, and not to be left behind is J2ME-based phones. Get the Tag mobile app right away by clicking on this link, or by visiting this URL with your smartphone: http://gettag.mobi/. ...

Hands-on with Microsoft Tag on the iPhone
Redmond Pie — ... I will highly recommend you all to try Microsoft Tag today. Download and install it on your phone by navigating to http://gettag.mobi/. It is free and easy to use and is supported on following popular mobile platforms: ...

Making Art with Microsoft Tag
Geek In Disguise — ... and using software on your mobile phone you can snap an image of it and it’ll redirect you to this blog. Not that much use if you’re reading this blog already as you’ll end up caught in an Infinite Loop. ...

Microsoft Jumps into Bar Code Marketing
Gadget Venue — ... material. This new service is called “Microsoft Tag” and it has the potential to change the world as we know it because it changes printed material into interactive services that bring flat printed articles to life. You can download this exciting application right now … for free! Where can you get this new software? You can download it to your smart phone by going to the Microsoft website and following the directions or you can download the tagreader application only at gettag.mobi. The official MS announcement webpage is located at here and I would ...

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