Facebook has acquired Tagtile, a San Francisco based start-up that offers an NFC-enabled mobile marketing and loyalty rewards service for small businesses and merchants. Purchased for an undisclosed sum, Tagtile provides merchants with POS hardware, i.e. the Tagtile Cube, that customers can tap with their NFC phone to earn rewards points. Merchants can also use […]

Cubic Transportation Systems has named Doug Morse to the role of vice president, customer experience. The new executive level position created by Cubic provides a focal point for everything related to customer service and satisfaction. Morse assumes responsibility for ensuring that customers worldwide are achieving their goals with Cubic technology and services. Morse also will […]

Thursby Software Systems, Inc. has released the PKard Reader, a touch Web browser solution for the iOS that includes secure authentication to a personal smart card. With the PKard Reader, users can access a Web portal, collaboration sites and e-mail through either an iPad or an iPhone. A combination plug-in card reader and two-factor authentication […]

Barclaycard launched a new stick-on credit card application that will enable millions of its Visa cardholders to make wave-and-pay purchases using their mobile phone. A third of the size of a normal card, Barclaycard PayTag can be stuck to the back of any mobile phone. Once attached, it can be used to make payments of […]

Multicard has expanded the availability of its Cashless Betalen mobile payments solution in The Netherlands to catering and food service providers. Following the initial successful launch of the solution in Dutch sports clubs, Multicard is now signing up commercial caterers who will use Cashless Betalen to enable NFC payments in company and school cafeterias across […]

Sprint has announced the launch of yet another NFC-enabled handset, the LG Optimus Elite. Billed as an “eco-friendly” smart phone, the Optimus Elite will be available on Earth Day (April 22) for $29.99 after rebate with a new two-year contract. The Android 2.3-powered handset features a 3.5-inch capacitive touch-screen, 800 MHz processor, 5 MP rear-facing […]

New research from the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project shows that nearly two-thirds of tech experts believe that smart phones will overtake credit cards as the dominant form of payment by 2020. Pew Internet’s survey asked more than 1,000 tech insiders and stakeholders to agree or disagree with a statement that “smart […]

With the influx of mobile device usage proliferating corporate networks and IT departments, Network World and SolarWinds teamed up to survey 400 IT professionals to understand the challenges of mobile device management and how corporations faced them. While the majority of survey respondents work for companies that issue mobile devices to their employees, a little […]

Nokia is launching a commercial trial of its PagSeguro NFC payments app in Brazil, the company announced via its official blog. Starting in May, owners of Nokia C7, N9 and 701 handsets will be able to use PagSeguro to pay for items at NFC-enabled points of sale, as well as transfer funds between users. The […]

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. […]