Episode 144: Implanting an NFC chip
Credential Convergence Takes Hold in Key Industries
Health, finance lead charge to unite PACs and LACS
Ticketless, cashless Lollapalooza
NFC wristbands replace tickets and cash at mega music fest
Non-payment use cases for NFC
Fall 2016 Regarding ID
07 Sep, 2011Yale debuts first NFC lock for U.S. homes
Yale Locks & Hardware, an ASSA ABLOY Group company, has announced it will demonstrate a new NFC-enabled version of its Real Living locks at this week’s CEDIA Expo 2011 in Indianapolis. Accoriding to Yale, the NFC Real Living lock is the first U.S. brand of NFC-enabled residential locks designed to integrate seamlessly into the ‘digital […]
07 Sep, 2011Google Wallet: Where it works
Google has launched a new search feature on its Google Wallet website that lets users punch in their zip code to find participating local merchants. The site also contains a link to a mobile app that helps you locate NFC PayPass acceptance points on the go, as well as a list of national retailers using […]
06 Sep, 2011French supermarket uses NFC to help visually impaired
French supermarket chain Casino is working on a new system that uses NFC tags to give the visually impaired and disabled access to product information like pricing and ingredients. According to NFC World, Groupe Casino is currently testing the technology at a special Casino mock-up alongside L’Institut de la Vision at Hopital des Quinze-Vingts in […]
06 Sep, 2011Harman, Stollmann bring NFC to auto industry
NFC software provider Stollmann has announced a partnership with Harman, a global audio and infotainment group, to deliver NFC capabilities to the auto industry. According to Stollman, the partners will collaborate on a solution to connect the driver’s cell phone with in-vehicle components via Bluetooth and ‘NFC hotspots.’ For example, the technology would allow the […]
06 Sep, 2011Mobile, Local, Social … Modern market trends drive Google to NFC
“We are committed to NFC at Google.” That is what the company’s Vice President of Payments Osama Bedier, told an audience of bankers and mobile operators in London on a summer afternoon. Less than a month following the announcement of Google Wallet and Google Offers, Bedier was nothing short of a rock star at the […]
02 Sep, 2011Payfirma to support NFC with next Blackberry m-payment app
Payfirma has announced that the next version of its Blackberry Mobile Payment App will support NFC payments. As for now, the just-released app allows Canadian merchants to accept and process credit cards on their Blackberry devices anywhere with a cellular or WIFI signal – either by swiping the card or punching the information directly into […]
02 Sep, 2011R.I.P Smartphone
Could the death of the smartphone be imminent? Writer Barbara Hudson believes so. On LinuxInsider Hudson opines that within 20 years, today’s hot smartphone and tablet technologies will be obsolete, with telecom companies being the big losers. Hudson points to 1991’s hot technology, the fax machine, and how telecom companies heralded it as the technology […]
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