Uh-oh - looks like JAGTAG aren’t alone in app-less mobile barcoding anymore. Scanbuy launches ‘Scan & Send’

It seems like just yesterday that I was singing the praises of mobile barcode operator JAGTAG. But it was actually the day before yesterday. The JAGTAG solution is brilliant in that it allows anyone with a cameraphone to make use of mobile barcodes - not just smartphones. And today global mobile barcode company Scanbuy has announced its own service in the same vein: “Scan & Send”

JAGTAG claims 87% of all US phone owners can use mobile barcodes right now

2d barcodes are one of those technologies that seem perfectly suited to working on mobile phones. The technology can offer a lot to the modern consumer - by the simple step of taking a picture of a barcode, it allows you to gain access to a vast amount of information, special offers and more. Outside of Japan, take up of barcodes has been fairly reserved. However, Seattle-based company JAGTAG claims that right now, almost 90% of all phone owners in the States can use mobile barcodes.

Brandcoding? JAGTAG launches new mobile barcode advertising at CES

We’ve covered JAGTAG a few time here before at GoMo News - it’s an interesting mobile barcode service, and is one of the few that doesn’t require an application to work. At the Consumer Electronics Show, JAGTAG has partnered with NBC Universal to promote a new advertising service: brandcodes.

Toyota uses mobile barcodes to reach American football fans

Toyota is using mobile barcodes as an integral part of it’s most recent marketing campaign in the Giants Stadium. The home of the New York Giants can seat over 80,000 fans, and Toyota has chosen mobile barcode company JAGTAG to to run a mobile campaign.

OgilvyOne Launches “re:direct” – Movement to Reinvigorate Direct

NEW YORK, NY, October 19, 2009 – As the Direct Marketing Association (DMA) meets in San Diego, CA, this week to look at the future of the direct marketing industry, OgilvyOne Worldwide is reactivating the principles of David Ogilvy to bring creativity back to the direct response marketplace.
Using the tools and techniques that have made [...]

20th Century Fox uses JAGTAG mobile barcodes for Wolverine launch

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment and JAGTAG, the only 2D barcode solution that does not require consumers to download an application and the only mobile medium to successfully deliver optimized multimedia to standard phones and smartphones, today announced the launch of the first viable Twitter integration from a 2D barcode tied to the Blu-ray/ DVD launch of X-Men Origins: Wolverine. The Twitter integration allows consumers to tweet with 2D barcodes, sharing exclusive video content from X-Men Origins: Wolverine with their friends and followers.

Mobile Barcodes: JagTag vs Microsoft Tag or XBOX tags vs Sexy bum tags?

I read the latest press release from JAGTAG. It starts by making a bold statement – “hot off the heels of the Microsoft announcement to incorporate 2D barcodes into its XBOX video games….. Fox Home Entertainment (FHE) is going mobile with JAGTAG, Comic-Con The cult Joss Whedon hit Dollhouse and “Miss March”.
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Move over iPhone porn - Sports Illustrated has gone mobile with JAGTAG

JAGTAG has an interesting deal going with Sports Illustrated. The idea is this - you take a shot of a JAGTAG mobile barcode that appears in Sports Illustrated, and you send it to a shortcode. In return, you get pics of Sports Illustrated swimwear models sent back to you. Simple!

Sony and JAGTAG release results from their charity mobile barcode initiative

At the Coachella music festival in April this year, visitors to the Sony “experiential centre” (do they mean tent?) had an interesting option for giving to charity. Camera-phone owners could take a picture of the JAGTAG present in the area and forward that photo to 524824. Each day of the festival, once 1,000 MMS were [...]

Qdoba shows 52% redemption rate from JAGTAG mobile coupons

Qdoba, a Mexican fast-food chain in the US, recently ran a mobile coupon campaign using the JAGTAG MMS mobile barcode system. JAGTAG has released the results from the campaign, showing an average coupon redemption rate of 52%

JAGTAG ran the Qdoba program to promote a new restaurant near the University of Michigan campus. JAGTAG 2d barcodes [...]

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