NFC World » Google 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 Google CEO hints at NFC future for Motorola http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/05/22/315841/googles-page-hints-nfc-future-motorola/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/05/22/315841/googles-page-hints-nfc-future-motorola/#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 13:30:40 +0000 Mike Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=15841 Google CEO Larry Page has taken to the search giant's blog to announce the completion of its acquisition of Motorola Mobility — and obliquely mentioned NFC's key role in Google's plans for the future. "It's...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/05/22/315841/googles-page-hints-nfc-future-motorola/feed/ 0 Virgin Mobile adds gWallet phone http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/05/11/315619/virgin-mobile-adds-google-wallet-phone/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/05/11/315619/virgin-mobile-adds-google-wallet-phone/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 12:33:40 +0000 Mike Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=15619 The LG Optimus Elite is now available to pre-order from Virgin Mobile USA for US$149.99. The NFC device will begin shipping on 15 May with Google Wallet included — the first time that a US carrier...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/05/11/315619/virgin-mobile-adds-google-wallet-phone/feed/ 0 EC extends Oscar deadline http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/05/04/315506/ec-extends-oscar-deadline/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/05/04/315506/ec-extends-oscar-deadline/#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 13:29:25 +0000 Mike Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=15506 The European Commission has prolonged the deadline for a decision on whether to give the go ahead to the UK carrier-led 'Project Oscar' NFC joint venture, Bloomberg reports. The decision will now not be made...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/05/04/315506/ec-extends-oscar-deadline/feed/ 0 Google gets NFC P2P patent http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/05/02/315467/google-gets-nfc-p2p-patent/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/05/02/315467/google-gets-nfc-p2p-patent/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 10:29:53 +0000 Mike Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=15467 Google has been granted a patent for transferring application state information from one device to another via NFC, a system which is similar to the company's Android Beam service. The patent outlines methods to allow...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/05/02/315467/google-gets-nfc-p2p-patent/feed/ 0 Shift4 adds gWallet support http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/05/01/315433/shift4-adds-gwallet-support/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/05/01/315433/shift4-adds-gwallet-support/#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 09:26:46 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=15433 Hospitality payments processing specialist Shift4 has added support for payments made via NFC phones equipped with Google Wallet. The solution includes swipe-ahead functionality, says Shift4, meaning that "customers can swipe their cards (or touch their...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/05/01/315433/shift4-adds-gwallet-support/feed/ 0 KegDroid pours beer with NFC http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/05/01/315418/kegdroid-pours-beer-via-nfc/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/05/01/315418/kegdroid-pours-beer-via-nfc/#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 05:40:39 +0000 Mike Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=15418 Google staffer Paul Carff has produced a video showing an NFC-enabled beer tap that uses NFC badges, an NFC reader/writer, a Motorola Xoom tablet and an Arduino microcontroller to automatically dispense a brew to badge...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/05/01/315418/kegdroid-pours-beer-via-nfc/feed/ 0 Google Wallet: We’re in it for the long haul, says search giant http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/04/25/315277/google-wallet-were-in-it-for-the-long-haul-says-search-giant/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/04/25/315277/google-wallet-were-in-it-for-the-long-haul-says-search-giant/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:22:59 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=15277 “It’s still very early days for mobile payments and we know [it] will take time to build a mobile commerce ecosystem, but we’re very committed to this goal and are encouraged by the progress we’ve made to date,” says the search giant, as it makes unlocked Galaxy Nexus NFC phones available for US$399.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/04/25/315277/google-wallet-were-in-it-for-the-long-haul-says-search-giant/feed/ 0 Motorola eyes NFC finger locks http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/04/20/315198/motorola-eyes-nfc-finger-locks/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/04/20/315198/motorola-eyes-nfc-finger-locks/#comments Fri, 20 Apr 2012 08:53:18 +0000 Mike Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=15198 Motorola is to use fingerprint biometrics in future NFC handsets to eliminate PIN locks on mobile wallets. The Google-owned phone maker, which already builds handsets with built-in finger scanners, told Brief Mobile of the move...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/04/20/315198/motorola-eyes-nfc-finger-locks/feed/ 0 Google buys payments firm http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/04/03/314945/google-buys-payments-firm/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/04/03/314945/google-buys-payments-firm/#comments Tue, 03 Apr 2012 13:06:08 +0000 Mike Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=14945 Google has acquired platform-as-a-service (PaaS) electronic payments technology provider TxVia. Osama Bedier, Google's VP of Wallet and Payments, announced the deal on the Google Commerce blog. This article was first published at www.nfcworld.com.Related news Google issues first...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/04/03/314945/google-buys-payments-firm/feed/ 0 Wallet engineer heads to Square http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/04/03/314928/wallet-engineer-heads-to-square/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/04/03/314928/wallet-engineer-heads-to-square/#comments Tue, 03 Apr 2012 10:59:24 +0000 Mike Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=14928 Rob von Behren, a co-founder of Google Wallet, has left the search giant to join Square as a "hyperspatial payments pioneer". Fellow co-founder Jonathan Wall and product lead Marc Freed-Finnegan left Google in March to...

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