In Win’s new Ammo, a 2.5″ mobile hard drive enclosure made to look like a clip for an automatic rifle, features RFID technology to secure the contents of the hard drive it houses. With the Ammo, users will not need to enter a password to gain access to the hard drive’s contents. Instead the Ammo […]

Fluensee, a provider of RFID-enabled asset management and supply chain solutions, has announced that their Fluensee Yard solution will be picked up by Penske Logistics to provide real-time visibility to company trucks and trailers. The Fluensee Yard solution combines RFID and GPS technology to provide Penske with real-time updates about the location, status and condition […]

Swiss watchmaker Winwatch has developed an RFID-enabled crystal gasket, ready for installation in any kind of wristwatch. The RFID-enabled crystal gasket is designed for use in the luxury wristwatch industry, where confirmation of authenticity is extremely important given the ubiquity of counterfeits and knockoffs. The gasket enables wristwatch wholesalers, retailers and customers the ability to […]

The NFC Forum and the Mobey Forum, a global financial industry group tasked with facilitating mobile financial services offerings by banks, have agreed to work together to further efforts to enable the delivery of services that will provide secure and interoperable mobile financial transactions. The two organizations share a common interest in fostering the successful […]

Two University of Arizona students, who wanted to give their classmates more off-campus eating options, have created CampusBucks, a debit card-like plan. The two started working on the project over the summer. That involved getting financing, designing a logo, recruiting restaurants and other merchants and even figuring out card-swiping machines. They also had to withstand […]

MasterCard Worldwide announced that Tim Hortons is now accepting MasterCard PayPass at more than 400 U.S. locations. Tim Hortons first began accepting MasterCard PayPass in many of its 3,000 stores in Canada in 2007. With MasterCard PayPass, Tim Hortons customers simply tap their PayPass-enabled MasterCard card or device on a PayPass-accepting reader at check-out. MasterCard […]

A new white paper from UK-based telecoms management consultant The Human Chain looks at whether NFC technologies can gain market share and how they could potentially impact development of integrated NFC handsets. Essentially, the report reviews the business case for new NFC form factors and challenges the industry to address the barriers to market. “We’ve […]