UK-based Skillweb has announced that its mobile attendance solution, SmartTask Attend, can now be used on Android smart phones. Already available on BlackBerry devices, SmartTask Attend uses NFC tags or QR Codes that employees can swipe or scan with their smart phones to record their attendance as they enter and leave the workplace. On the […]

It seems like every report that comes out about NFC contains the same caveat: mass adoption will not happen until consumers are convinced of the technology’s safety. With its new video, “Google Wallet: Shipping Safe and Sound,” Google looks to convince the skeptics that Google Wallet is in fact more secure than the leather wallets […]

Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) and EZ-Link have partnered to launch a new mobile payments service for NFC-enabled smart phones. Fresh on the heels of rival teleco Star Hub’s NFC wallet launch, SingTel’s new service enables users to make cashless payments by tapping their NFC-enabled handsets against contactless readers at over 20,000 EZ-Link payment points across Singapore, […]

McDonald’s has begun testing a mobile payments service from PayPal at 30 of its restaurants in France, according to Reuters. Using a McDonald’s smart phone application, customers at these locations can place their orders remotely and pay via PayPal, then pick up the order in a separate line at the restaurant. The service also lets […]

Sony has announced that it will upgrade several Xperia smart phones to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, starting with the NFC-enabled Xperia P and continuing with the Xperia U, Xperia sola and Xperia go. The upgrade, which will be rolled out over the next few weeks, will allow Xperia P owners to take advantage of […]

Panasonic Corporation has unveiled a new mobile app for the Japanese market that enables users to remotely operate and monitor their Panasonic smart home appliances via Android smart phone. Slated for launch in September, the Panasonic Smart App operates with connected appliances such as air conditioners, refrigerators, kitchen appliances and even health care devices. Those […]

The Merto-North Railroad and the Long Island Rail Road, two of New York’s busiest rail services, have begun testing a new ticketing system that uses bar codes on mobile phones instead of paper tickets, according to My Bank Tracker. Developed by mobile ticketing specialist Masabi US, Metro-North’s application enables riders to purchase any kind of […]

Bell ID announced that is trusted service manager (TSM) software solution has been selected by TrustNorway to facilitate the delivery of NFC services to its customers. Using Bell ID’s Mobile Token Manager solution, TrustNorway will be able to establish itself as the Nordic region’s first neutral TSM, and as such it will be able to […]

NFC Wireless, an Australia-based distributor of NFC products, has helped make ski resort Falls Creek the first NFC-connected town in Australia. More than 50 Falls Creek businesses have added NFC stickers from NFC Wireless to their storefronts, enabling customers to tap their NFC phones to automatically launch a mobile website from which they can download […]

The scale of global mobile payment transactions is expected to quadruple over the next five years to more than $1.3 trillion, according to the latest report from Juniper Research. The report, “Mobile Payments Strategies: NFC, Remote Purchases & Money Transfer 2012-2017,” predicts that this growth will be driven primarily by sale of physical goods by […]