Manage your FreshBooks expenses on the go

FreshBooks on iPhone and Anroids : "

ExpenseBooks puts all of your expenses in the palm of your hands.

One of the biggest requests we get time after time, is more mobile support for FreshBooks. That’s why we’re happy to announce ExpenseBooks, a mobile expense tracking application brought to you by Mobomo. ExpenseBooks is available today, for both the iPhone and Android smartphones.

ExpenseBooks works directly with your FreshBooks account, and is perfect for those of you that use FreshBooks to keep track of all of your expenses. ExpenseBooks allows you to create, edit and delete expenses on the go. Don’t have constant access to the Internet? No problem! ExpenseBooks lets you work offline and then syncs the data when your connection is back up and running.

Now, you don’t have to wait to get back to your desk to record your latest expense. With ExpenseBooks, you can even do it while your waiter is bringing your change!

ExpenseBooks is available through iTunes and the Android Marketplace (version 1.6 and above). As usual, visit our add-ons page to learn more about ExpenseBooks, and the rest of our add-ons.

Microsoft plays Tag with the bar code

Ars Technica says Microsoft plays Tag with the bar code: "

Microsoft Tag, whose slogan is 'Linking real life with the digital world,' is another stab at digital scanners that aim to connect printed materials with online content. The advantage of Microsoft Tag, which first began as a Microsoft Research project and was unveiled at CES 2009, over previous digital scanner attempts is that it doesn't require a special device. It's simply software that you can load on your cell phone; the phone's camera is used for scanning the bar code and the digital content shows up on the phone, provided your phone is online. Microsoft Tag can run on devices from basic Java phones to smartphones, including Windows Mobile devices, BlackBerrys, and iPhones.

Over the past year, the tags have started showing up in magazines, newspapers, yellow pages, and public transportation tickets, though they can also be placed on business cards, directly on products, and even on large billboards. The tags can link to anything on the Web: be that additional information on a product, interactive content, or just a company's website. CNET has a video up that demonstrates exactly what the technology is all about:

Since advertisers and publishers can set up tags by themselves, and the technology is freely available to try for anyone who is interested, the Microsoft Tag team is only four people right now. Microsoft thus has a little bit of trouble keeping track of everyone that uses the technology since it does not charge companies that want to create a tag or for the reader software itself. 'It's the hyperlink in the physical world. We believe the basic services we provide now are going to be free,' Marja Koopmans, Marketing Director of Online Services at Microsoft, told CNET. Microsoft may charge for more advanced services sometime in the future though, she said.