VASCO Data Security International Inc. announced that Belgian cloud service provider Thinfactory has added its DIGIPASS as a Service to its product range for the disposal of its end-users on its online Web store. Thinfactory’s cloud services are gathered on Cloud Plaza, an online selling platform where customers and resellers can buy applications for desktops, […]

Jeipang, China’s location-based social network a la Foursquare, has begun testing a new system that lets users “check-in” to a location using NFC, reports VentureBeat. Jeipang kicked off the pilot at the Strawberry Music Festival in Beijing last week by distributing about 1,000 NFC tags to concert attendees. The tags let users automatically check into […]

From more efficient operations and infection control to environmental monitoring and enhanced patient and staff safety, Ekahau has announced that it will be on hand at the World of Health IT 2011 conference to showcase its real time location system and site survey tools. The company will offer interactive demonstrations centered on a variety of […]


France’s AIRTAG is partnering with 
Nokia to launch a virtual 
loyalty
 card
 using
 peer‐to‐peer
 NFC
 technology
 on
 Nokia’s
 C7 handset.
 The
 app,
 which
 is 
based 
on AIRTAG’s 
fidBook 
technology, 
allows 
users 
to 
collect
 loyalty
 points
 and
 download
 coupons
 directly to
 their
 phone. Data is transmitted through direct communication
 with 
an 
NFC
 reader in 
peer‐to‐peer 
mode, […]

Research In Motion (RIM) has announced that its forthcoming smart phones, the Blackberry 9900/9930, will feature Near Field Communications. The new handsets will enable payments, with more information about this functionality to be released closer to the launch in the summer, according to a RIM spokesperson. This is the first implementation of NFC on Blackberry […]

In a bid to become the mobile payment platform of choice, Bling Nation has launched a social media element to its contactless Bling Tag offering. Introduced in October 2010, FanConnect is a rewards and loyalty application that intertwines contactless payments, social marketing and the ubiquitous Facebook page. A Bling Tag is a contactless chip that […]

Ingenico has announced it will provide retailers participating in Google’s new NFC pilot with hardware designed to accept mobile coupons. According to Finextra, Ingenico CEO Philippe Lazare told AFP news agency that Google has contracted the company to install its NFC-enabled point of sale equipment at retailers in New York and San Francisco. Originally thought […]

It will be here before you know it – June is National Microchipping Month which means animal support groups are raising awareness to highlight the benefits of RFID pet identification for dogs, cats and other companion animals. The microchipping process is relatively straight forward. It involves inserting a small RFID transponder encased in a BIO […]

Eurosmart gathered at its Brussels headquarters to announce new members, underline 2010 key achievements, and deliver a vision for future developments. At the General Assembly, Eurosmart increased the final figure for shipments in Telecom market segment in 2010 to bring the total shipment of microcontroller based Smart Secure Devices above 5.5 billion in 2010. Forecasts […]

Reach Media Group (RMG) is partnering with Blue Bite to bring NFC technology to 75,000 of RMG’s digital out-of-home (DOOH) screens in San Francisco, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and Boston, according to ReadWrite Mobile. RMG’s NFC-enabled digital screens, which will be deployed in malls, theaters, bars, clubs, gyms, airplanes, taxis, etc. later this year, […]