Sony has launched a fully waterproof Android NFC phone that allows photos and HD video to be captured underwater... More
Sony unveils waterproof Xperia ZR NFC phone
Archive for May 2013
Sony SBH50 headset gets NFC
Sony has unveiled a new NFC-enabled stereo Bluetooth headset designed to work with its Xperia smartphones... More
Samsung adds NFC camera
Samsung has announced the NX2000, a 20.3 megapixel camera with 8fps continuous shooting that can capture 3D images and videos with Samsung’s additional NX 45mm 2D/3D lens... More
HK bank eyes NFC payments
Bank of China (Hong Kong) is in the final stages of testing an NFC payment service that uses a mixture of secure digital memory cards, SIM cards and NFC add-on devices, the South China Morning Post reports... More
Chennai Metro investigates NFC
Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) plans to include an NFC ticketing option when its service launches in 2015... More
Robokeg serves beer via NFC
US-based technology startup Robokeg has shown an NFC-powered beer pouring machine at a recent New York Tech Meetup event... More
Nokia announces Lumia 928 with NFC and PureView camera
Nokia has announced its latest Windows Phone 8 NFC smartphone, the 4G LTE Lumia 928, featuring an 8.7 megapixel camera with a Carl Zeiss wide angle lens... More
Eftpos Australia picks C-Sam for NFC payments
Debit card network Eftpos Australia has announced a five year deal with NFC technology provider C-Sam and plans to begin mobile payment trials “with selected retailers in the next few months”... More
RBC and Bell to launch NFC payments in Canada
Canadian bank RBC and mobile network operator Bell have announced plans to jointly introduce an NFC payments service... More
Report: Larry Page cancels Google Wallet card plan
Google CEO Larry Page has become personally involved in decisions surrounding the future direction of Google Wallet, AllThingsD reports, leading to the cancellation of plans to introduce a physical Google Wallet card and the departure of high profile product lead Osama Bedier... More
GSMA calls for feedback on NFC loyalty and coupon proposals
The GSMA has published a proposed technical specification for a common standard for managing loyalty cards, coupons and vouchers in a mobile wallet — and is asking for feedback on its proposals from retailers, loyalty and coupon scheme operators... More
BMW picks Smart-Tec NFC tags
Car maker BMW is using tags supplied by Smart-Tec in two NFC-enabled accessories, the NFC Smartphone Holder and the BMW Car Hotspot LTE, the Munich-based custom tag specialist reports... More
GSMA to offer NFC Experience at Mobile Asia Expo
The GSMA has partnered with China Mobile to promote NFC at this year’s Mobile Asia Expo, following the successful NFC Experience provided to attendees at Mobile World Congress 2013... More
Wallet boss Osama Bedier to leave Google
Osama Bedier, Google’s vice president of Wallet and payments, is to leave the company... More
Foursquare adds NFC to WP8 app
Version 3.0 of Foursquare for Windows Phone 8 is now available, with support for NFC check-ins and sharing... More
Flashiz adds loyalty to NFC and QR payments service
Luxembourg-based Mobey has added support for loyalty programs to its Flashiz NFC and QR code mobile payment solution, enabling consumers to collect points when they pay using Flashiz and providing merchants with information on their customers... More
BaubleApp launches NFC jewellery for children
US-based startup BaubleApp has launched an NFC enabled children’s necklace that plays a different audio greeting each day via an NFC phone... More
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Voyantic adds NFC tag test tool
RFID performance measurement specialist Voyantic has launched Tagformance HF, an evaluation system for measuring the performance, functionality and characteristics of RFID and NFC tags... More
Chunghwa Telecom to test NFC and QR combo payments platform
“It is an all-in-one digital wallet that lets customers choose which way they want to pay,” the Taiwanese carrier’s Joseph Kuo has told NFC World. “The wallet supports multiple credit and bank cards, loyalty cards, coupons etc, and I think Chunghwa Telecom would like to see a big development in both technologies.” More