Seventy sites in the Austrian town of Klagenfurt have been equipped with NFC and QR code stickers that enable visitors and local residents to download books related to the location of each sticker... More
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Gwallet UK launch imminent?
Google reps have been spotted demonstrating Google Wallet to customers in central London department store Selfridges, NFC World has learned... More
Scotiabank targets young adults with NFC poster campaign
Canada’s Scotiabank is to use NFC smart posters to promote its Scene movie rewards service to a target market of young adults and movie enthusiasts... More
Toronto to get NFC ticketing test
Metrolinx is to test open loop NFC and contactless card versions of its Presto transit ticketing card this summer, the Toronto Star reports... More
Canon, HP and Yahoo Japan join NFC Forum
A further 24 organisations have also joined the NFC standards association, including Huawei, Interac and Fujitsu. More
Samsung patents NFC pen
A new Samsung patent application describes a capacitive stylus pen for use with a portable terminal, such as the Galaxy Note, that includes NFC “embedded in the body portion to perform wireless communication with the portable terminal, thereby configuring a wireless headset with the capacitive stylus pen”... More
NFC Advertising in Practice webinar: See it now on NFC World
452 people registered to attend NFC World’s first webinar, sponsored by NFCtags.com and featuring speakers from Smartrac, Nokia and Tapit. More
Timwe offers mass tag platform
Mobile monetisation specialist Timwe has launched an NFC tag management platform aimed at marketers... More
Smartrac delivers tiny tags
RFID tag maker Smartrac has added a new NFC tag to its range... More
UK gets NFC parking service
The British town of Tunbridge Wells has become the first in the UK to allow drivers to pay for their parking with an NFC mobile phone... More
Hands on: The Lumia 610, Nokia’s first Windows NFC phone
Nokia has unveiled an NFC version of its Lumia 610 Windows Phone at the Wima show in Monaco, announced that Orange will be the first operator to stock it from the middle of this year — and reconfirmed its commitment to include NFC “right across our portfolio”. More
Olivetti preps NFC tablets
Italian computer manufacturer Olivetti looks set to release two Android 4.0 tablets, both sporting NFC... More
Smartrac acquires UPM RFID
RFID giant Smartrac has completed its acquisition of UPM’s RFID business, a leading supplier of NFC tags... More
NFC Quick Actions app clocks up 3,000 downloads
NFC application NFC Quick Actions has now been downloaded from Android Market more than 3,000 times, developer Fernando Cejas has told NFC World... More
Harman uses NFC to personalise the driving experience
The in-car entertainment specialist has integrated an NFC-driven personalised dashboard into a Dock+Go concept car, enabling drivers to automatically set seating and entertainment preferences — and make travel bookings on the go without having to stop to enter card details. More
Orange hits 500k NFC phones
500,000 Orange customers in France and the UK are now equipped with NFC phones, the mobile network operator has told NFC World... More
Apple starts beaming with WiFi
Apple’s iPhoto for iOS application, announced this week at the iPad launch, includes a feature to ‘beam’ photos to other iOS devices... More
Turkcell signs up 50k wallet users
Turkcell now has 50,000 active users of its Cep-T Cüzdan NFC mobile wallet service, the Turkish carrier’s Ergi Şener has told NFC World, and plans to expand the service to include mobile coupon and loyalty services in the near future... More
Visa steps up phone approvals
Visa currently has six certified NFC phones and expects to double that figure in the next few months, the payments network’s Andrea Fiorentino has told NFC World... More
Tester checks NFC in-store
Mobile test equipment specialist Comprion has released an NFC testing solution that can be used in-store to check a device’s NFC functionality... More