American Express and foursquare have announced the national roll out a service that enables AmEx customers to link their foursquare profiles to their cards to load and redeem merchant ‘Specials’ without the need for coupons, special codes or showing their mobile devices to cashiers. Powered by American Express’ Smart Offer APIs, the service requires card […]

Queralt has joined an become the newest member in the DASH7 Alliance, the non-profit consortium promoting the use of the ISO 18000-7 standards for wireless RFID and sensor networking. Queralt will have access to and work with more than 50 member organizations around the world working together to advance development of the DASH7 standard as […]

Genting Poker, the UK provider for land based casinos and resorts, is gearing up for the 2011 Poker Players Championship. Just northwest of England, Genting is testing an enhanced RFID poker table at the Circus Casino in Liverpool. While the surface of the table may look just like any other, inside hidden RFID technology monitors […]

Everything Everywhere, Telefónica UK and Vodafone UK have announced plans to create a standalone joint venture for mobile marketing and NFC payments. The first of its kind in the UK, the open joint venture will aim to provide a single contact for advertisers, marketing partners, retailers and banks, making it easier to create m-commerce products […]

Avery Dennison RFID has unveiled its new N-Zone line of NFC inlays for use in smart posters, mobile devices and product labels. According to Maggie Bidlingmaier, global director of sales and marketing at Avery Dennison, the inlays will help transform ordinary product labels and store environments into powerful media for branding and new customer experiences. […]

So you’re a two-year institution looking to take it to the next level, eh? Your students demand the same services offered at a larger four year-year university and administrators are determined to enhance operational efficiencies. But, a shrinking budget says otherwise. Well don’t worry because the CBORD Group is hosting a webinar series discussing just […]

Bar code Based Asset Tracking is for Losers! is the new and free eBook sponsored by ODIN, outlining topics which suggest bar code based inventory tracking systems to be heavily time-consuming and erroneous. These in turn cause asset managers to lose valuable time, which translates into losing money and, in the case of a failed […]

Google is first out of the gate with details on it near field communication system, not only enabling payments but loyalty and marketing as well. Howard Wilcox, senior analyst at Juniper Research, details the announcement’s significance, what the tech giant should watch out for, along with Juniper’s predictions for the NFC market. iTunes Aggregator m4a […]

Barclaycard has come out with a new TV ad campaign for its Quick Tap contactless mobile payment service with Orange, reports Marketingmagazine.co.uk. The new promotion is a slightly different take on Barclaycard’s other ‘rollercoaster’ advert, in which the mobile phone is substituted for a contactless credit card. Unveiled last month, Quick Tap allows UK consumers […]

Bibliotheca and Intellident have announced a merger that would combine the two into one of the largest RFID companies in Europe. The union also includes Intellident’s French subsidiary Ident SAS. With more than 1,200 installations to its name, Intellident will retain the name of this latest merger, which is said to have little impact on […]