Sony unveiled an NFC-enabled portable speaker that can pair with your mobile phone to play songs directly from your mobile music library. NFC phone users can simply tap their handsets against the SRS-BTM8 speaker to establish a Bluetooth connection over which music can be streamed. Another tap closes the connection and stops the music instantly. […]
30 Aug, 2012Sony reveals NFC-enabled portable speaker
30 Aug, 2012Smart Card Alliance’s migration forum accepting members
The Smart Card Alliance’s EMV Migration Forum has opened its membership. The mission for the EMV Migration Forum is to facilitate the move from magnetic stripe technology to secure EMV contact and contactless technology in the United States. Membership to the forum is separate from Smart Card Alliance membership and is geared toward organizations with […]
30 Aug, 2012McKesson drives control of high-value medical assets
McKesson Corp. announced the launch of its latest RFID-based cabinets, designed to enable hospitals the ability to better manage expensive physician preference items (PPIs). The cabinets use low-touch technology to automate control of high-dollar medical inventory, including stents, pacemakers, implants and orthopedic supplies. The cabinets enable hospital staff to manage inventories automatically and give nursing […]
30 Aug, 2012New Apple patent hints toward NFC wallet
Apple has been awarded a patent for payment acceptance technology that appears to be designed for an NFC mobile wallet solution, according to Apple Insider. U.S. Patent No. 8,255,323, titled “Motion based payment confirmation,” describes a method in which mobile phone users can confirm or decline a payment transaction either by physically moving the device […]
30 Aug, 2012Disability advocates discuss issues over SmarTrip vending machines
Advocates for people with disabilities are questioning the accessibility of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (Metro) and its proposed plan to make SmarTrip cards more easily obtainable to all riders, according to The Washington Post. The Metro’s SmarTrip card is a permanent, rechargeable smart transit card. Riders simply touch the SmarTrip card to the […]
30 Aug, 2012Isis to debut in September
After months of delay, mobile commerce joint venture Isis is set to debut its NFC payments service next month, reports Bloomberg. Doug Bergeron, CEO of payment terminal maker VeriFone, told Bloomberg that the partners are prepared for a September launch in Salt Lake City and Austin, Texas. Isis declined to add any more specific information […]
29 Aug, 2012FIME, OSCar consortium advance SEPA certification infrastructure for POI solutions
Secure chip-based consulting and integration test services firm FIME has announced that it will join the OSCar Consortium. The OSCar Consortium (Open Standards for Cards) is an industry-led group dedicated to achieving interoperability of terminal-to-acquirer payment protocols across the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA). FIME’s contribution to OSCar will be the implementation of test specifications […]