French technology company Twinlinx, created by two former executives of INSIDE Contactless, has rolled out what it calls an NFC sticker that will run on the new Windows smart phone due out next month. The company’s MyMax sticker also offers backward compatibility with the earlier Windows Mobile 6.1 version. MyMax is a thin electronic sticker […]

Tyfone, a Portland, Ore. provider of mobile NFC payments/secure transaction capabilities, says it has received a U.S. patent for its electronic transaction card that allows a memory card to be used as an electronic wallet or for the secure transmission of financial information. This technology is part of the company’s u4ia (euphoria) mobile financial services […]

Violet, the French company behind the RFID Mirror, the world’s first RFID reader designed exclusively for home use, is boxing up its trademark bunnies and filing for bankruptcy, according to engadget.com. Violet first introduced RFID into American homes with Nabaztag, their “mutlipurpose interconnected rabbit.” The Nabaztag is indeed shaped like a bunny. It talks, moves […]

The University of Oregon, Eugene, has joined the ranks of those schools utilizing hand scanners to control entry to specific buildings. As in many of the other universities which have opted for the technology, this university is using the scanners to control entry to its Rec Center. University officials cited two reasons for the change: […]

Zenius Solutions, a Silicon Valley NFC software company supporting mobile payments and contactless acceptance devices, has announced the completion of the first end-to-end live acceptance of a contactless credit card on a mobile phone. ZeniusMobilePOS with real-time authorization reads information from a contactless card, performs transaction processing, and connects with the Authorize.net payment gateway for […]

In a project designed to illustrate the “wirelessness” of wireless RFID technology, London design firm Berg has designed a Rube Goldberg machine using RFID-enabled devices that interact with each other in sequence to perform a simple physical task–in this case turning on a computer. The design firm teamed up with Norway Near Field Communication (NFC) […]

Gemalto has achieved MasterCard certification for its Trusted Services Management solution, which recognizes the company’s ability to manage personal user information for banking transactions. The certification applies to Gemalto’s Taiwan-based data center and enables the company to support financial institutions in the deployment of NFC services on mobile phones. “MasterCard works alongside vendors to offer […]

Kantara Initiative, a global identity project, announced that six applications have won a 2009 Identity Deployment of the Year Awards (IDDY). The IDDY Deployment award winners include Google and Plaxo; Signicat; and the U.S. Department of Defense. The winning IDDY Proof of Concept awards include fun communications; Gemalto and Vodafone; and NRI, NTT and Oracle. […]

Passive UHF RFID tag manufacturer Omni-ID has unveiled its next-generation technology platform, featuring a number of changes in both design and functionality to its line of on-metal products. According to Omni-ID, the next-generation technology platform includes the following: Global Broadband Standard and Operability: Omni-ID tags will be “optimized” for global frequencies in accordance with EPC […]

Indian RFID solutions provider Bartronics announced that it has been selected for an RFID project from Singapore-based mobile phone wholesaler Avitar Group to automate its distribution process. Bartronics will develop a solution for tracking outbound phones in Avitar’s warehouses. Each mobile phone box will be tagged with an RFID label that corresponds to an International […]