Digital marketing agency Isobar is holding an NFC Hackathon in San Francisco later this month, to coincide with the Appnation III conference... More
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Starbucks hits 20m m-payments
Starbucks has processed more than 20 million mobile payments since rolling out the application in January, according to VentureBeat... More
Docomo buys German bank
Japanese telco NTT Docomo is investing an additional 28.4m euros in Net Mobile AG, which it acquired in 2009, to allow the mobile content distributor to purchase a controlling stake in private German bank Bankverein Werther... More
RIM publishes NFC tag primer
BlackBerry maker RIM has published a second NFC primer for developers creating NFC applications for BlackBerry smartphones... More
NXP inside Galaxy Nexus
NXP has confirmed that its PN65N NFC controller with embedded secure element has been picked for Google’s recently launched Galaxy Nexus phone, along with the company’s open source NFC middleware... More
Wima CEO promoted
The chief executive of the the company that organises the Wima NFC tradeshows in Monte Carlo and in the US has been appointed as an adviser to the cabinet of Prince Albert II of Monaco... More
HID Global adds to NFC patents
Secure identity specialist HID Global expects its patent “Method and Apparatus for Making a Decision on a Card” to be issued shortly by the USPTO... More
Jamiroquai takes NFC on tour
UK jazz funk band Jamiroquai is set to use NFC technology in its upcoming European tour... More
WestJet to test in-flight NFC
Canadian airline WestJet is to test contactless and NFC payments for in-flight purchases, American Banker reports... More
1.2bn NFC chips to ship in 2015
More than 1.2 billion NFC chips will ship annually by 2015, according to a new forecast from In-Stat... More
Events get NFC Facebook link
French digital agencies Nexence and United Spirit have unveiled MyCheckExperience, a service for event organisers wishing to connect a social media aspect with their real world events... More
iPad and NFC capture event leads
Event registration specialist ITN International has added iPad support to its NFC-based “Touch ‘n Go” attendee credential system... More
ABnote forms NFC division
Secure document and services provider ABNote has opened a division to develop and deliver NFC mobile payment solutions... More
M-coupons to be worth over $43bn
The total redemption value of mobile coupons will exceed US$43 billion globally by 2016 — an eightfold increase from $5.4bn this year — as they are increasingly delivered by mobile apps, according to a new report from Juniper Research... More
NFC parking meters for Ottawa
Parking meters in Ottawa will accept payments from NFC-enabled smartphones starting in early 2012... More
M-shopping platform gets NFC
Retail and advertising technology provider Mercatus Technologies has added support for NFC and QR Codes to its Concierge for Mobile smart shopping platform... More
Durban to go contactless
Durban is to introduce a contactless electronic wallet for use on its public transport network which can also be used to pay for purchases in shops... More
Windows Phone ‘Apollo’ in 2012?
A Nokia executive has told Engadget that the next version of Windows Phone, codenamed ‘Apollo’, will be a “very different game” to Mango and will launch in mid-2012... More
Nokia app store adds NFC section
Handset maker Nokia has added an NFC section to its app store, to encourage its customers to use the growing number of NFC applications for their mobile phones... More
Russia to get NFC payments
MTS, Russia’s leading telecommunications operator, has signed an agreement with MasterCard to develop NFC mobile contactless services... More