NFC World » Motorola http://www.nfcworld.com The near field communication news source - NFC, contactless, mobile payments, RF SIM, RFID and more Fri, 25 May 2012 12:47:36 +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 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 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/2012/03/26/314804/vivotech-completes-new-funding-round/feed/ 0 Isis announces first banking partners: Chase, Capital One and Barclaycard US sign up http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/02/27/313886/isis-announces-first-banking-partners-chase-capital-one-and-barclaycard-us-sign-up/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/02/27/313886/isis-announces-first-banking-partners-chase-capital-one-and-barclaycard-us-sign-up/#comments Mon, 27 Feb 2012 09:40:03 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=13886 The three card issuers' 100 million customers will be able to store a full range of credit, debit and prepaid cards, as well as loyalty cards and special offer coupons, on their NFC mobile phones.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/02/27/313886/isis-announces-first-banking-partners-chase-capital-one-and-barclaycard-us-sign-up/feed/ 0 Inside Secure ships 17.4m NFC chips, mostly to RIM http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/02/08/313048/inside-secure-ships-17m-nfc-chips-mostly-to-rim/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/02/08/313048/inside-secure-ships-17m-nfc-chips-mostly-to-rim/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:58:27 +0000 Sarah Clark The prospectus for Inside Secure's IPO this month shows that the company made US$47m from the sale of NFC chips in 2011, that these were mainly delivered to RIM for use in BlackBerry NFC smartphones and that Inside believes it now has a share of close to 50% of the overall market for NFC chips for mobile phones.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/02/08/313048/inside-secure-ships-17m-nfc-chips-mostly-to-rim/feed/ 0 Isis picks Gemalto for NFC mobile commerce platform http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/12/12/311890/isis-picks-gemalto-for-nfc-mobile-commerce-platform/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/12/12/311890/isis-picks-gemalto-for-nfc-mobile-commerce-platform/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 14:14:17 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=11890 The core trusted service management (TSM) platform to be used by the US NFC joint venture between AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless will be provided by France-based Gemalto.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/12/12/311890/isis-picks-gemalto-for-nfc-mobile-commerce-platform/feed/ 0 mFoundry adds Intel, FIS and Motorola to investor list http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/12/06/311748/mfoundry-adds-intel-fis-and-motorola-to-investor-list/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/12/06/311748/mfoundry-adds-intel-fis-and-motorola-to-investor-list/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 13:13:39 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=11748 The mobile banking platform provider will use $18m of new funding for "the development of new payments-related mobile products and services targeted at financial institutions and mobile network operators."

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/12/06/311748/mfoundry-adds-intel-fis-and-motorola-to-investor-list/feed/ 0 Motorola Droid Razr to offer NFC? http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/11/14/311293/motorola-droid-razr-to-offer-nfc/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/11/14/311293/motorola-droid-razr-to-offer-nfc/#comments Mon, 14 Nov 2011 13:22:54 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=11293 A teardown of the new Motorola Droid Razr conducted for Engadget has discovered that the smartphone includes an NXP PN544 NFC controller chip. Engadget notes, however, that "the Linux driver is present, but hardware appears...

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