NFC World

November 8th, 2011 • By Paula Berger • Last updated 8 November 2011, 20:35

Jamba Juice explains why it adopted Google Wallet

Jamba Juice's VP of information technology has explained to Nation's Restaurant News why the California-based beverage chain decided to accept Google Wallet.

November 8th, 2011 • By Paula Berger • Last updated 8 November 2011, 19:30

LG’s Prada K2 adds style to NFC

LG's latest designer handset comes with NFC and has just passed through FCC approval in the US.

November 8th, 2011 • By Sarah Clark • Last updated 8 November 2011, 21:41

Acer to include NFC in all its Android phones

The company's new Liquid Express NFC smartphone supports both tag reading and mobile payments — and, the company says, NFC will now be included in all its future Android phones.

November 8th, 2011 • By Sarah Clark • Last updated 8 November 2011, 18:48

NFC ‘for sale’ signs to appear across the UK

NFC tags and QR codes are being added as a standard feature on UK real estate agency chain Strutt & Parker's property 'for sale' signs.

November 8th, 2011 • By Sarah Clark • Last updated 8 November 2011, 15:05

Old Navy tests NFC ads in Miami

The US clothing retailer is running Spanish language NFC-enabled advertisements at bus shelters in Miami, targeted at "mobile savvy" Hispanic shoppers.

November 8th, 2011 • By Sarah Clark • Last updated 8 November 2011, 14:13

NFC goes green: New ST chips use energy harvesting to replace the need for batteries

The new wireless memory chips harvest the energy generated from NFC and RFID actions to power up small devices so that a battery or other power supply no longer needs to be included.

November 8th, 2011 • By Paula Berger • Last updated 8 November 2011, 11:28

Verifone buys Global Bay, expands into retail systems

POS terminal maker Verifone has bought mobile retail specialist Global Bay.

November 8th, 2011 • By Paula Berger • Last updated 8 November 2011, 10:06

Masabi raises $4m and moves into NFC

London-based mobile ticketing specialist Masabi has raised US$4m in Series B funding from M8 Capital to support a move into NFC and expansion to the US.

November 3rd, 2011 • By Sarah Clark • Last updated 3 November 2011, 14:09

Aconite adds secure NFC app manager

Smart card and secure element specialist Aconite has launched an NFC mobile application manager aimed at secure NFC service providers such as banks, transportation operators and card personalisation agencies.

November 3rd, 2011 • By Paula Berger • Last updated 3 November 2011, 14:00