Connectivity
May 23rd, 2011
NFC news in brief • 23 May 2011
News in brief from the NFC world and beyond: Twitter and Docomo add 'touch and follow' • Doubletwist shares songs with NFC • Airtag offers P2P loyalty • Lifera and Taztag tie up • Lockitron opens doors with NFC • DPT unveils NFC-enabled car park pay machine • SK C&C USA rebrands as CorFire • Bayer puts antennas into decorative films • Mobey Forum expands • and much more... More
May 3rd, 2011
NFC news in brief • 3 May 2011
News in brief from the NFC world and beyond: New online NFC store • eBay buys hyperlocal ads firm • Connecthings launches reader/writer app • Google's Groupon rival hits Portland • Chase offers chip and pin in US • Visa and Gap working on real-time mobile discounts • Nokia to transfer Symbian jobs • and a brace of research reports... More
May 2nd, 2011
UPM adds two new NFC tags
NFC and RFID tag supplier UPM RFID has added two new types of NFC tag to its range. The new Circus and MiniBlock tags are smaller than the company's existing BullsEye, RaceTrack and MiniTrack tags and... More
April 8th, 2011
Swisscom prepaid customers top up at in-store NFC kiosks
Mobile software provider Sicap and Switzerland's leading telecoms provider Swisscom have launched a contactless in-store kiosk that allows prepaid subscribers to top up their phones. The NFC feature of the kiosk allows customers to top up NFC... More
March 30th, 2011
NFC Task Launcher expands potential uses of Android tag reading applications
The Android app enables a list of instructions to be stored in an NFC tag so that users can simply touch their NFC phone to the tag to initiate a series of events such as putting the handset into 'car mode' or connecting to a wireless network — all without needing to make an online connection. More
March 24th, 2011
Motorola to launch range of NFC enterprise solutions
Motorola is set to launch a number of NFC-based enterprise solutions next week, the company's Andy McBain has told eWeek: There are few details from Motorola about its plans, including exactly what enterprise applications will... More
March 23rd, 2011
Faithless fans to test NFC’s social networking capabilities
Up to 10,000 fans attending the PIAS Nites festival in Brussels this weekend will be some of the first to find out how NFC technology could be used to enhance music gigs. "It's a revolutionary concept that opens up a wide range of possibilities in the world of music events," says PIAS' CEO. More
March 18th, 2011
World’s top auto makers to work on putting NFC in cars
Daimler, General Motors, Honda, Hyundai, Toyota and Volkswagen have joined Nokia, Samsung and others as founder members of the Car Connectivity Consortium with the aim of developing common standards for connectivity between handsets and vehicles. More
March 15th, 2011
NFC Business Models white paper sets out the key issues involved in introducing mobile wallet services
The new white paper introduces a number of concepts that are fundamental to understanding the NFC market opportunity and includes details of ten of the most important findings from our NFC Business Models research report. More
February 26th, 2011
Ideo concept shows how RFID tags could be used in the music industry
Design consultancy Ideo has developed a concept music player that uses cards embedded with RFID tags to generate music playlists. "The idea here was to find a physical representation of the elements of modern musical life... More
February 26th, 2011
Stanford researchers demonstrate NFC TV applications
Researchers from Stanford University's MobiSocial lab, who last month demonstrated the first Android NFC peer-to-peer applications, have now developed a number of applications which show how NFC could be used to interact with TVs: The photo display application... More
February 15th, 2011
NXP and Continental demonstrate concept car with embedded NFC
NXP is showcasing a concept car developed by automotive supplier Continental at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week. The Continental concept car is designed to demonstrate how NXP's NFC technology and Continental's automotive... More
February 15th, 2011
Morpho announces NFC key fob that connects to any WiFi phone
A new NFC-enabled key fob has been developed by Morpho and Simlink, hot on the heels of a white paper from German car manufacturer BMW outlining its vision for an NFC-enabled 'car key of the... More
January 31st, 2011
LG to launch NFC payments terminals, interactive TVs and more
LG Electronics plans to launch a range of NFC-enabled B2B products in 2012, the vice president for business solutions at the company's Home Entertainment division has told Reuters. The products will be introduced in Europe... More
January 31st, 2011
Stanford researchers develop first Android NFC P2P apps
A team from Stanford's MobiSocial lab has developed two applications for the Google Nexus S that use NFC's peer-to-peer capabilty: A phone-to-phone file transfer service and a collaborative whiteboard. More
January 27th, 2011
NFC Business Models report sets out strategies for success in the emerging mobile wallet wars
"The companies that succeed will be those that take the time to gain an understanding of the needs of each of the parties involved and then design an infrastructure that provides a win:win:win solution for all," according to our new 'NFC Business Models' research report, which officially launches today. More
January 5th, 2011
Inside and Kovio add NFC support to ultra-low-cost printed RFID tags
"Consumers, while they shop, will be able to interact with smart labels on products and smart posters to receive product details, promotional offers, coupons, loyalty points, nutritional information, and other useful information to enhance their retail experience," says Inside Secure. More
November 29th, 2010
NFC news in brief • 29 Nov 2010
News in brief from the NFC world and beyond: PingPing adds Coca-Cola • Indian banks offer mobile payments • GSMA investigates embedded SIMs • VeriFone buys Hypercom • Brands test Google Goggles • 500m to use mobile medical apps by 2015 • CPI hits 100M contactless cards • and more... More
November 29th, 2010
RIM seeks NFC test engineer
A job vacancy posted on Research In Motion's recruitment website suggests that the BlackBerry maker is now actively involved in the development of NFC-enabled mobile phones. The job posting follows comments made by RIM co-CEO... More
November 24th, 2010
Wima 2011 call for papers: Closing date for submissions is 3 December
The deadline for submitting papers for consideration for presentations at next year's Wima conference, to be held in Monaco in April, is 3 December. Anyone who wishes to make a presentation at the Wima 2011... More
