NFC World » Connecthings http://www.nfcworld.com The near field communication news source - NFC, contactless, mobile payments, RF SIM, RFID and more Wed, 23 May 2012 19:10:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Barcelona, Hamburg, Rio and Derry to get NFC information services http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/05/23/315886/barcelona-hamburg-rio-derry-get-nfc-information-services/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/05/23/315886/barcelona-hamburg-rio-derry-get-nfc-information-services/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 17:01:51 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=15886 The Spanish, German, Brazilian and Northern Irish cities have picked Connecthings to deploy a network of NFC tags to provide visitors and local citizens with information on local services and attractions.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/05/17/37448/nfc-news-in-brief-17-may-2011/feed/ 0 NFC news in brief • 3 May 2011 http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/05/03/37202/nfc-news-in-brief-3-may-2011/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/05/03/37202/nfc-news-in-brief-3-may-2011/#comments Tue, 03 May 2011 22:55:57 +0000 Christopher Brown http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=7202 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...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/05/03/37202/nfc-news-in-brief-3-may-2011/feed/ 0 Centre Pompidou’s Teen Gallery lets young people test NFC http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/11/19/35152/centre-pomidou-teen-gallery-nfc/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/11/19/35152/centre-pomidou-teen-gallery-nfc/#comments Fri, 19 Nov 2010 14:19:28 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=5152 The new Teen Gallery at the Centre Pompidou modern and contemporary art museum in Paris allows young visitors to easily access and share location and multimedia information by touching an NFC mobile phone to tags located around the gallery.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2009/10/01/31847/nice-and-centre-pompidou-to-get-tailored-nfc-based-tour-guides/feed/ 0 French government funds thirteen NFC and RFID innovation projects http://www.nfcworld.com/2009/09/11/31669/french-government-funds-thirteen-nfc-and-rfid-innovation-projects/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2009/09/11/31669/french-government-funds-thirteen-nfc-and-rfid-innovation-projects/#comments Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:42:07 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=1669 Plans to add NFC to Android phones, to develop a universal NFC wallet user interface and to test an NFC-based museum information system at the Pompidou Centre in Paris are amongst the projects that will receive grants worth a total of 'several million euros'.

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