VingCard Elsafe and BMW Group have developed a new solution that enables drivers to book hotel rooms on the go and then access their guestrooms using their NFC-enabled car keys. Here’s how it works: Using BMW’s advanced vehicle navigation systems, drivers can search for available hotels nearby and book the one of their choosing via […]

Sprint has set an April 22 launch date for the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, the network’s first NFC-enabled Android 4.0 smart phone with 4G LTE capability. Priced at $199.99 with a two-year contract, Sprint’s Galaxy Nexus will come preloaded with Google Wallet, enabling it to make contactless mobile payments at more than 100,000 participating retailers nationwide. […]

First Data and Austria-based organic foods supermarket chain, denn’s Biomarkt have partnered to introduce contactless card acceptance at denn’s Biomarkt stores. The organic supermarket selected First Data to renew its point-of-sale terminal infrastructure with the installation of contactless payment readers. Using contactless technology, customers are offered greater speed and convenience at the check-out.  

Medical researchers at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) who are trying to develop a mobile app that can identify medication have received a T1 Catalyst Mobile Health Translational Project Award from the Clinical and Translational Science Institute at UCSF. As reported by the university, UCSF Cardiovascular Research Institute assistant professor Rahul C. Deo, […]

Adelaide, a coastal city located in the South Australia, has initiated the roll out of a smart card system across the local transport network, according to AdelaideNow. Transport Services has equipped the first tram, the 103, with a Metrocard machine which will enable commuters to validate their current magnetic tickets and eventually the Metrocard when […]

While the Jakarta Population and Civil Registry Office had planned to register all of the city’s citizens in its e-ID program by the end of April, it has moved that deadline for a second time due to people still waiting for their identification cards, reports the Jakarta Globe. The Population and Civil Registry Office has […]

Silent Partner Technologies (SPT) has been selected by the University of Alabama to provide an RFID asset tracking system to protect the university’s historic costume collection. The University of Alabama collection includes nearly 9,000 items of clothing, dolls and doll furnishings. It includes thousands of special occasion garments and military uniforms, some of which were […]

Be it Android, Apple, tablet or smart phone … mobile devices are everywhere, and users want to do everything on them that they do on their desktop. As the functionality increases so do the threats to the information stored on and accessed by the devices. The same dangers that plague the desktop world are exacerbated […]

Beta testers for Sensible Vision’s new FastAccess Anywhere facial recognition password replacement app are praising its speed, accuracy and reliability. FastAccess Anywhere is available on both iOS and Android and replaces traditional passwords with a secure combination of the user’s face and a gesture. This enables the user to replace login password information and quickly […]

U.K. mobile operator Orange has announced that it will expand its Quick Tap contactless payments service to NFC-enabled Android handsets, according to The Telegraph. Originally available only on the Samsung Tocco and Samsung Wave 578, Quick Tap lets users make contactless mobile purchases of up to £15 at nearly 70,000 retailers around the U.K., including […]