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pauln

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#36917 3-Jul-2009 15:20
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Hi all, long time lurker, first time poster! I've been playing around with Microsoft tags http://www.microsoft.com/tag/ and have to say I think they're pretty cool. I appreciate it's only in Beta but they don't seem to have taken off. Has anyone seen them being used commercially

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pauln

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  #230768 3-Jul-2009 16:36
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yes, saw that. They are using QR codes http://www.denso-wave.com/qrcode/index-e.html which are obvioulsy a competing technology. I haven't done much reading on that yet although they seem to be only black and white. The thing I liked with the microsoft was that it did not have to be a URL ie you can point the tag to a phone number, vcard or just plain text

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