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April 4th, 2012

Eclipse NDEF plugin released

An NFC plugin is now available for the Eclipse software development environment. The open source NFC Eclipse Plugin tool, written by Antares Group's Thomas Rorvik Skjolberg, is an NDEF message editor targeted at entry-level Android... More

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April 3rd, 2012

Wallet engineer heads to Square

Rob von Behren, a co-founder of Google Wallet, has left the search giant to join Square as a "hyperspatial payments pioneer". Fellow co-founder Jonathan Wall and product lead Marc Freed-Finnegan left Google in March to... More

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April 3rd, 2012

Olivetti preps NFC tablets

Italian computer manufacturer Olivetti looks set to release two Android 4.0 tablets, both sporting NFC. The OliPad Tegra 3 will have a 10-inch screen and an Nvidia Tegra 3 processor while the 8-inch OliPad Graphos... More

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March 22nd, 2012

Wallet users get $5 credit

Google is topping up Google Wallet prepaid card accounts with an extra US$5 credit, The Verge reports. The perk is designed to compensate users for loss of service while the company searched for a solution... More

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March 22nd, 2012

Wired publishes Lexus NFC ad

The April edition of Wired magazine, now available on US newsstands, includes an advertisement for the 2013 Lexus GS that incorporates an NFC tag. The tag enables readers with an Android NFC phone to launch... More

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March 22nd, 2012

Google to share NFC revenues?

Google is considering sharing revenue with carriers to encourage them to embrace its Google Wallet NFC app, according to Bloomberg. The report echoes an article published by NFC World earlier this month which explained that... More

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March 20th, 2012

Sharp adds 10-inch Android NFC tablet

Sharp Japan has launched a 10.1" Android NFC tablet, expanding on the 7-inch tablet with NFC capabilities it unveiled last year. The RW-T110 is aimed at the enterprise market and features a nine hour battery... More

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March 15th, 2012

Google Wallet heading to Apple iOS devices?

Mobile security specialist Intrepidus Group says it has uncovered mention of iOS in the source code for Google Wallet, suggesting that the search giant could have already developed a version of its mobile wallet that could run on NFC-enabled Apple products. More

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March 13th, 2012

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. The app allows users to simply and quickly write customisable actions to... More

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March 13th, 2012

Sony announces Xperia Sola with NFC

The latest addition to Sony's growing range of Android NFC phones features new 'floating touch' technology that allows users to interact with the device without needing to physically touch the screen. More

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March 9th, 2012

Google warns on rooted phones

Some Google Wallet users running the app on rooted NFC phones are now seeing a message pointing out that their phone is an unsuppported device. Clicking on a 'learn more' link, Droid Life reports, provides... More

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March 6th, 2012

Intel picks NFC TSM

Chip giant Intel has picked Giesecke & Devrient as its trusted service manager for the embedded secure elements built into its smartphone reference design (SRD), a 'plug and play' blueprint that handset makers can use... More

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March 6th, 2012

Visa certifies Intel NFC phone

Visa has certified Intel's smartphone reference design (SRD) for use in NFC payments and formed a strategic alliance with the chip maker, designed to develop mobile commerce solutions tailored to consumers in developed and developing... More

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March 2nd, 2012

Top US retailers to develop their own NFC mobile wallet

Walmart and Target are among a group of two dozen retailers working on the introduction of an NFC mobile wallet which would compete directly with Isis and Google Wallet, the Wall Street Journal reports. More

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March 2nd, 2012

Google in talks with carriers to take Google Wallet global

The search giant is in discussion with mobile network operators around the world, NFC World has learned, with the aim of making its NFC mobile wallet available both internationally and on a wide array of handsets. US carrier partner Sprint is set to be the first, with up to ten additional handsets due to get Google Wallet this year. More

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February 28th, 2012

LG unveils two more NFC phones

LG has announced two more Android smartphones that come with NFC. The Optimus L5 and Optimus L7 are part of LG's new L-Style series which, the company says, provide "a timeless design with finer details... More

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February 28th, 2012

Opera for Android gets NFC

Opera Software has added support for NFC peer-to-peer information sharing to its popular mobile internet browser. The new functionality, which works via Android Beam, is included in the latest version of Opera Mobile which is... More

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February 28th, 2012

StumbleUpon adds P2P NFC

A new version of content discovery platform StumbleUpon's Android app includes support for Google's NFC peer-to-peer Android Beam technology, allowing users with an Android 4.0 NFC phone to share content they discover with other NFC... More

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February 27th, 2012

Panasonic unveils second NFC phone

Panasonic has announced a second Eluga smartphone with support for NFC. The Eluga Power features a 5" screen, a Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 dual-core processor and superfast charging, allowing the device to reach 50% charge capacity... More

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February 27th, 2012

Orange to launch first Intel NFC phone

Mobile network operator Orange has announced it will be the first operator in Europe to offer subscribers an Intel-powered smartphone. The new Android handset is based on Intel's smartphone reference design and will be Orange... More

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