In an effort to promote efficiencies and reduce paperwork costs, three leading identity trust hubs and a certification authority have signed an agreement to promote the use of digital identities and public key infrastructure (PKI) for employees in both the private and public sectors. The three trust hubs serve various facets of government and industry. […]
07 May, 2012Agreement to foster expansion of employee digital identities
04 May, 2012RIM demos BlackBerry NFC sharing app
RIM has revealed a new NFC sharing app for BlackBerry handsets at BlackBerry World in Orlando, Fla. According to Pocket-lint, BlackBerry Share enables users with NFC-enabled handsets to share apps with each other by simply tapping the two phones together. Once a connection has been made, each user will be presented with a list of […]
04 May, 2012IEEE announces new standards for active RFID and RTLS
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) announced the publication the new 802.15.4f-2012 standard for active RFID and RTLS. This new standard will enable interoperability between systems and give end users a wider selection of vendors, whereas in the past the choice has been limited to a single source that supplies a proprietary technology […]
04 May, 2012Emirates ID system lets parents keep tabs on their children
Parents in the capital city of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, can now keep tabs on their children’s academic records with the swipe of their Emirates ID card. A smart card reader installed by the Abu Dhabi Education Council at both state schools and private schools that follow the national curriculum enables parents to access a […]
04 May, 2012Samsung debuts Galaxy S III
Samsung Electronics has unveiled its third generation NFC-enabled Galaxy S handset, the Galaxy S III. Powered by Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, the Galaxy S III features a 4.8 inch HD Super AMOLED display, 8MP camera, 1.4 Ghz quad-core chip and 16 GB of internal memory. The device also features an NFC chip for making […]
04 May, 2012BlackBerrys dominate NFC phone market in UK
BlackBerry smart phones account for 80% of NFC-enabled phones in the UK, according to RIM senior director of sales and operations, Gerry Kelliher “Eighty percent of mobile devices with NFC sold through retail in Q1 2012 were [Blackberry] NFC devices, compared to 72 percent in 2011,” Kelliher told The Inquirer. “We’ve shipped devices from last […]
04 May, 2012MasterCard certifies multiple NFC handsets
MasterCard has certified a slew of NFC-enabled smart phones for use with MasterCard PayPass contactless payment technology. Newly certified devices include: BlackBerry Bold 9790, BlackBerry Curve 9380, HTC One X, Intel Smartphone Reference Device, LG Viper 4G LTE, LG Optimus Elite, Nokia 603, Nokia Lumia 610 NFC, Samsung Wave Y, Samsung Galaxy mini 2, Samsung […]