Android
October 10th, 2012
Google Wallet to get P2P transfers?
A detailed examination of the Google Wallet APK (application package file) carried out by Android Police reporter Ron Amadeo suggests that the search giant has completed work on a P2P payments service and is conducting... More
October 8th, 2012
ANZ to launch NFC payments in 2013
Australian banking group ANZ has begun an NFC payments field trial and announced plans to launch a commercial service in 2013. The small pilot project uses Samsung Galaxy S III Android phones. "ANZ has selected... More
October 4th, 2012
US Cellular to add Google Wallet?
A leaked device service bulletin from US Cellular spotted by Android Police indicates that the US mobile network operator is about to add support for Google Wallet, beginning with the Samsung Galaxy S III. Other... More
October 4th, 2012
Tapped to run NFC hackathons in three US cities
Verizon, Samsung and Facebook are backing a series of NFC hackathons which are to take place in New York, Boston and San Francisco this month. The hackathons take place over separate weekends — the first... More
October 3rd, 2012
Lockitron wins NFC lock orders
Lockitron maker Apigy has secured more than US$640,000 in pre-orders for a new version of its mobile phone operated door lock. The US$149 lock supports Bluetooth 4.0, WiFi and NFC and is due to begin... More
October 3rd, 2012
FileBeam adds NFC to Dropbox
A new Android app called FileBeam allows users to transfer files held on the Dropbox cloud storage service between two NFC devices. "Tap on a folder to expand it, select files (and even folders!), and... More
October 3rd, 2012
HID Global reports on Silicon Valley NFC access control pilots
A survey of participants in trials conducted at the offices of Netflix and Good Technology has found that more than 80% saw the technology as intuitive and easy to use. More
September 26th, 2012
French carrier SFR to issue own-brand card in move towards NFC payments
Mobile network operator SFR has launched France's first rechargeable MasterCard PayPass card, in a first step towards issuing its own NFC mobile payment service. The new SFR PayCard will be available from October to anyone... More
September 26th, 2012
Utah food stores sign up for Google SingleTap offers
Associated Food Stores, which provides warehouse facilities and services to more than 400 grocers in the US mid-West, has entered into a partnership with Google to enable shoppers to redeem digital coupons and pay with... More
September 24th, 2012
NXP responds to NFC transit security hack
Researchers at Intrepidus Group have demonstrated how an Android NFC phone can be used to add value to a transit card without paying but, says NXP, the vulnerability is limited to transportation card issuers that haven't upgraded from Mifare Ultralight to the newer Mifare Ultralight C technology. More
September 20th, 2012
Samsung picks NFC as key S III advantage over iPhone 5
A viral video advertising the Samsung Galaxy S III has highlighted the smartphone's NFC capabilities, picking the technology as one of the key differentiating factors between Samsung's flagship phone and Apple's iPhone 5: More
September 19th, 2012
SimplyTapp proposes secure elements in the cloud
A US-based start-up has developed an alternative approach to storing the sensitive data required to make a transaction with an NFC phone. Rather than placing it in a secure element on the phone, SimplyTapp stores the data in the cloud on a "remote secure element" and passes encrypted transaction data through the phone to a point-of-sale terminal when the user makes a purchase. More
September 19th, 2012
MasterCard adds Mobile PayPass User Interface SDK
"MasterCard is providing a programmer-friendly set of functions that make it easy for application developers to rapidly deliver payment apps to consumers — without having to become smart card programming experts," says the payments network. More
September 18th, 2012
Motorola Razr i launches with Intel chip and NFC
A new NFC phone from Motorola is a variant of the Droid Razr M, announced earlier this month, with an Intel processor at its heart instead of the M's dual core Snapdragon S4. The Motorola... More
September 18th, 2012
LG Optimus G ships next week
LG's flagship Optimus G smartphone is to start shipping in Korea next week and will arrive in "key global markets" from October, says the company. The NFC-enabled handset runs Android 4.0 and sports a quad... More
September 17th, 2012
Google doubles Wallet usage
Last month's launch of Google Wallet 2.0 has led to usage of the NFC mobile wallet doubling, Frank Young, commerce business development manager for Google Wallet, has revealed on the Google Commerce blog. "In the... More
September 14th, 2012
Card issuers add support for Google Wallet
Barclaycard US, Green Dot, and Silicon Valley Bank as well as six credit unions have joined Discover in adding support for the NFC mobile wallet. More
September 14th, 2012
Isis delays US NFC launch
The first pilots of the US mobile operators' NFC payments program in Salt Lake City and Austin, Texas will not go ahead on schedule and no new date for the launch has yet been set, says Isis. More
September 12th, 2012
IMO messenger app adds NFC
Instant messaging app IMO has added support for NFC, allowing users of the latest version of the company's Android app to share profiles by touching their devices together. More
September 12th, 2012
Casino to open world’s first NFC-enabled supermarket
Shoppers at the French supermarket chain's Les Belles Feuilles branch in Paris will be able to use shelf-edge labels equipped with NFC tags to obtain details of each of 25,000 products on offer, scan items into their basket and then checkout by simply tapping their NFC phone to a reader attached to the retailer's cash register. More
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