May 2011
New contest for the best slogan
A new contest has been opened for the selection of the best slogan for the Virtual Tags application. The final prize will be a free t-shirt. Please connect to the following link to read the rules and join:
Virtual Tags Slogan Contest
Virtual Tags Slogan Contest
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Version 1.9 delivered
28/05/11 :11:18 To be also found in: New Releases
In a much more efficient way than for the previous version, Apple has approved and released the new version in a timely fashion. The new version sports the following list of bugs fixing and improvements:
- The calculation of the distance is correct also close to the poles.
- A new background music has been provided with a piece from the young italian singer Raffaella Daino.
- A new tab of news about the Virtual Tags environment has been added.
The Virtual Tags Shop has been opened
26/05/11 :16:35 To be also found in: merchandising
Version 1.9 submitted to Apple
24/05/11 :17:59 To be also found in: New Releases
Version 1.9 of the App has been submitted with the correction of a glitch that brought to a wrong calculation of the distance of the users from the tags in extreme northern or southern lands, a new beautiful background musical support by the young italian singer Raffaella Daino, and a special tab to access these news directly from inside the app.
Winner established!
23/05/11 :15:25 To be also found in: Users
The winner of the Virtual Tags has been established as the user with the most experience in the use of the application. Riccardo Basso from Genoa will receive the beautiful t-shirt in the next days.
Merchandise ready!
18/05/11 :17:42 To be also found in: merchandising
We have been informed by the producers of our sponsored products, StraightTo Hell , that the ordered shirts and shopper are ready for delivery. Consequently we will start selling them in the next week and will freely deliver the first two to:
The other users will be able to purchase either the Virtual Tags Shirt or Shopper directly on this web site starting from next week.
- Alan Herbert for his precious mathematical support that brought to the fixing of the altitude bug in version 1.8 and to finding a glitch in the calculation of distances in locations close to the poles that will be fixed in the next version.
- The winner of the first prize for the most experienced user of the app as announced a few month ago. The winner will be selected on Sunday 22nd at 8 p.m italian time. Presently the race is led by Riccardo and Luciano but there are three full days for the other users to catch up: so go on and Tag the World to win the fabulous Virtual Tags shirt!
The other users will be able to purchase either the Virtual Tags Shirt or Shopper directly on this web site starting from next week.
Version 1.8 delivered
16/05/11 :19:39 To be also found in: New Releases
After a two weeks’ wait version 1.8 has been finally approved and is now available for the free download by the users of the application. The new version provides a number of upgrades and bug fixes including:
- Fixing of a calculation bug that used to set clouds at a different altitudes out of view.
- Fixing of an issue that hindered the manual insertion of the geotagging information.
- The clouds now move more smoothly.
- The application now regularly displays the tags also when many of them are loaded or when the performance of the device is limited.
- It is now possible to abort a login or account modification without the application to crash.
- French localization.
Scenarios
14/05/11 :10:17 To be also found in: Web Features
If you have not as yet visited the scenario section of the Virtual Tags web site, maybe this is the time to do it as the pages have been endowed with arrows making the sequential visit of the scenarios much easier: you may start at the following page.
Merchandise available soon
10/05/11 :17:31 To be also found in: merchandising
The already announced merchandise objects have been approved by the Virtual Tags staff and are already under production by StraightTo Hell to be ready by the next week. The initial production encompasses 100 t-shirts and 100 shopper of the following sizes:
Man: Small 8; Medium 10; Large 12; Extra Large: 5
Woman: Small 25; Medium 25; Large 10
Shopper: 100 units
The price will be 5 euros for the shoppers and 10 euros for the t-shirts plus shipping from Rome.
So please be ready for your own, especially if you belong to a size with few objects, as there might be many requests!
Man: Small 8; Medium 10; Large 12; Extra Large: 5
Woman: Small 25; Medium 25; Large 10
Shopper: 100 units
The price will be 5 euros for the shoppers and 10 euros for the t-shirts plus shipping from Rome.
So please be ready for your own, especially if you belong to a size with few objects, as there might be many requests!
T-shirt Preview
09/05/11 :14:38 To be also found in: merchandising
Comment option provided
09/05/11 :12:22 To be also found in: Communication
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07/05/11 :09:41 To be also found in: Information
Release 1.8 submitted
02/05/11 :19:42 To be also found in: New Releases
A new release of the application has been submitted to Apple for approval with a number of important fixing focused on the positioning of the clouds that in the past release are unfortunately not always shown as they should, rendering it much smoother by the elimination of most non thread safe components in the code.
Moreover, following a hint by a user that by those means has won one of the soon to be available merchandise objects, the handling of the manual insertion of the geotagging information has been totally revamped.
Finally a french version of the application is available to complement the English, Italian and German version already available.
Moreover, following a hint by a user that by those means has won one of the soon to be available merchandise objects, the handling of the manual insertion of the geotagging information has been totally revamped.
Finally a french version of the application is available to complement the English, Italian and German version already available.