Pokémon Rumble U, the Wii U game that uses NFC figures, will arrive in North America for US$17.99 on 29 August 2013... More
Nintendo to offer NFC figures in the US
Archive for July 2013
CES to issue NFC badges
The 2014 International CES show, to be held in January 2014 in Las Vegas, will offer visitors NFC badges... More
Rough Draft beer concept uses NFC to phone home
London-based print specialist Diginate has created Rough Draft, a concept interactive beer that uses NFC tags placed on beer bottles to send simultaneous messages to home, work and friends... More
ACS to pilot NFC loyalty and rewards in Singapore
NFC startup Advanced Card Solutions is set to launch a mobile loyalty and rewards trial in Singapore... More
Korean art show picks NFC
An exhibition at Seoul’s Savina Museum of Contemporary Art is to use NFC to allow visitors to download high definition images, delve into the stories behind each photograph and write and share reviews on Facebook... More
RBC to launch NFC payments in the cloud
Canadian bank RBC is to introduce an NFC mobile payments service that stores customers’ card details in the cloud... More
Guinness offers free pints to NFC phone owners
Guinness fans around the UK can tap their Android or BlackBerry NFC phone to an NFC-enabled pub drinks dispenser to get the chance of winning a free pint of the black stuff, courtesy of a promotion being run until the end of August by the Diageo-owned brand... More
Spanish hotel delivers guest information via NFC
The Aimia Hotel in the resort of Port de Sóller, Mallorca, is using NFC to provide information on local services to guests via a tap of a mobile phone... More
Sony promotes NFC in Canada
Sony Canada‘s UX Truck roadshow has begun a tour of Ontario, showcasing to consumers the company’s wide range of NFC devices... More
NFC Ring smashes crowdfunding goal with 2,100 backers in just four days
A UK-based startup raising funds on Kickstarter for a finger ring that lets users unlock NFC-enabled doors and devices and share information via NFC has amassed pledges totalling almost double its £30,000 (US$46,000) target in just four days... More
iPhone NFC payments arrive in the UK
The Moneto prepaid mobile wallet service, which uses DeviceFidelity’s microSD-based NFC technology, is now available in the UK via a partnership with payments processor Kalixa Group and MasterCard... More
Daewoo fridge includes dynamic NFC tag
Korean electronics manufacturer Dongbu Daewoo has introduced the Classe Cube, a refrigerator which includes NFC technology provided by STMicroelectronics... More
Reddit is Fun gets NFC update
Reddit is Fun, the smartphone app that allows easier browsing of the popular user generated news site, has added NFC sharing in its latest update, allowing users to share posts between NFC-enabled devices... More
Three new Motos boast NFC
Motorola has launched three Android 4.2 smartphones, all with NFC... More
Nokia promotes NFC in cinemas
Cinemagoers in the Australian regions of Victoria and New South Wales won free gifts for interacting through NFC thanks to a promotion run by Nokia and NFC platform provider Tapit... More
NFC mobile ticketing to go live in Beijing
The NFC mobile payments service introduced last month by China Mobile and China UnionPay will be commercially launched on public transport in Beijing next week, according to CCTV News... More
76% of mobile developers want to use NFC in their apps
More than 31% of mobile developers are supporting NFC in their mobile apps today and an additional 45% plan to support the technology in the next 12 months, according to a Mobile Development Survey released by Evans Data Corporation... More
NFC Forum adds healthcare, handover and security standards
The NFC Forum has issued the Personal Health Device Communication (PHDC) Technical Specification and released two candidate specifications, Connection Handover 1.3 and Signature RTD 2.0... More
Geotab adds NFC driver tracking
Fleet management technology provider Geotab has added NFC support to its driver and vehicle tracking platform... More
SocGen launches NFC payments in Strasbourg
French banking group Société Générale is now offering an NFC payments service to customers in the city of Strasbourg and plans to roll out the service nationwide, using a TSM platform provided by Oberthur Technologies... More