Moscow’s Department of Transportation is planning to install NFC subway turnstiles for mobile payments later this year, according to Tass Telecom... More
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Galaxy S4 packs Oberthur SE
Oberthur Technologies’ Pearl NFC embedded secure element is included in Samsung’s flagship Galaxy S4 smartphone, Oberthur has announced... More
BumpedN2 says hello with NFC
Social media junkies with Windows Phone 8 handsets can download a new app from a US-based startup that allows them to record each time they bump into a friend via NFC... More
Musemini trio gets NFC pairing
Audio accessories maker Musemini has announced three new additions to its line-up, all featuring NFC for pairing to other devices... More
Creative headsets pair with NFC
The new Sound Blaster Evo line of wireless gaming headsets from Creative is NFC enabled for easy and quick Bluetooth pairing with other devices... More
UK gov offers passport reader
The UK Home Office’s Identity and Passport Service has created an Android app that allows citizens to read the embedded NFC chip present in most passports issued since 2006... More
Nokia Chat gets NFC sharing
Nokia Lumia owners with an NFC-equipped handset can exchange contact details with other Lumia owners using NFC following the release of Nokia Chat 1.1 beta... More
AVI launches NFC loyalty in Dubai
Monitoring systems provider AVI Infosys has launched an Android NFC loyalty and payments app aimed at retailers in Dubai... More
PQI demos NFC USB stick
Taiwan-based PQI Group has demonstrated an NFC-enabled memory stick at Computex 2013... More
Oberthur adds HID NFC keys
Oberthur Technologies has partnered with HID Global to enable the access control specialist’s Seos digital keys to be stored on Oberthur’s DragonFly NFC SIMs... More
Elecom adds NFC speaker
Elecom has launched a compact Bluetooth speaker that pairs with smartphones and tablets via NFC... More
Rugged mPOS tablets offer NFC
Taiwan-based Mitac International has unveiled two Android-based rugged mobile POS terminals... More
Sony adds NFC Ultrabooks
Two new flagship Ultrabook PCs from Sony will include NFC... More
IQmetrix adds Isis to RQ4
Retail technology provider IQmetrix has added support for Isis NFC payments to its RQ4 retail management system, which supports POS, CRM and inventory management functions as well as HR and accounting... More
Dell adds NFC to XPS 12 laptop
Dell has announced a range of updates and upgrades to its consumer and commercial PC portfolio at Computex 2013, including the addition of NFC functionality to its XPS 12 convertible Ultrabook, Engadget reports... More
Computex offers NFC badges
Attendees at Computex 2013, the technology trade show taking place in Taiwan this week, are able to use their NFC phones as ID badges... More
Apple gets Grab & Go patent
Apple has been granted a patent for System and method for simplified data transfer, which describes a system for simplifying the task of syncing devices and choosing which files to share between them... More
MTS picks Gemalto NFC SIMs
Russian telecoms operator MTS has chosen Gemalto’s UpTeq NFC SIM cards for its public transport ticketing system in Novosibirsk... More
Orange Spain adds NFC tag app
Orange Spain has launched a free Android app for reading and writing NFC tags... More
MC and Visa certify Dragonfly SIM
Oberthur Technologies’ Dragonfly NFC SIM has received certification from MasterCard and Visa... More