Always Innovating has shown off a reference design for an NFC-enabled plug-in device that transforms any television with an HDMI input into an internet-connected screen... More
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NFC Forum and Bluetooth SIG publish NFC developers guide
The guide is designed to show developers how they can easily pair NFC phones with devices such as headsets, pedometers, TVs — and even cars. More
NFC serves up badminton game
A multiplayer badminton game that uses smartphones to imitate racquets has been shown off by Indonesian developer Agate Studio... More
BlackBerry 7.1 adds NFC P2P
RIM has now added support for NFC peer-to-peer applications with the release of the software development kit for the BlackBerry 7.1 operating system... More
Mercedes to debut NFC in 2013
Car maker Daimler plans to add NFC to Mercedes-Benz vehicles from 2013 to simplify Bluetooth pairing, used to set up a smartphone to manage the car’s built-in systems... More
Nokia to bring NFC to New York commuters
The handset maker has signed a deal with the New York Metropolitan Transit Authority to test cloud-based NFC ticketing with Nokia phones by the end of 2011, the company has told NFC World. NFC payments will then arrive on Nokia phones for the first time at the beginning of 2012. More
Motorola launches NFC headsets
Motorola Mobility has announced two Bluetooth headsets, both offering NFC-initiated pairing when used with NFC-equipped phones... More
Nokia 603 will come with NFC
The Finnish phone giant’s latest NFC handset, the Nokia 603, is designed to appeal to first time smartphone users. More
Clear Channel enters NFC advertising market
The out-of-home advertising giant has picked Singapore as the location for its first NFC-enabled smart poster network and plans to use it as a test bed and case study for the rest of Clear Channel International. More
New Broadcom chips signal next stage of the mobile wallet wars
The company’s new NFC controller chips allow multiple secure elements to be active on a single phone at the same time, making it possible for consumers to use both a mobile wallet supplied by a mobile network operator and a mobile wallet supplied by a bank, handset maker or operating system supplier. More
UPM announces improved NFC tags
Finnish tag manufacturer UPM RFID has introduced a portfolio of NFC tags featuring NXP’s NTAG203 chip, which was announced earlier today... More
Microsoft picks NXP for NFC in Windows 8
“NXP has a deep understanding of NFC and we are working with them to deliver the right hardware, software and support to bring this technology to our partners, developers, and ultimately the consumer,” says the software giant’s Aidan Marcuss. More
NFC news in brief • 12 Sept 2011
News in brief from the NFC world and beyond: Austrian bus stops offer NFC updates • Caen gets NFC transit stops too • NFC tag store opens in Korea • Belgian museum offers NFC info • Gentag picks up patch patent • plus Clear2Pay, ITSO, TfL, FirstGroup, Google and more… More
Harman to add NFC to car audio
The vehicle audio and entertainment giant is to add NFC to future products, enabling drivers to interact with their in-car systems, play phone calls over car speakers, interface with diagnostics systems and more. More
NFC marketers form global alliance
NFC specialists Blue Bite, Proxama and Tapit have formed an alliance that will see them working together to deliver global NFC-based marketing solutions. More
Samsung announces two Bada NFC smartphones
The Wave M and Wave Y smartphones include Samsung’s new ChatOn messaging service and come with NFC as an option. More
Nokia launches three Symbian Belle NFC smartphones
The three new devices range in price from €180 to €290 and run a new version of Symbian that integrates NFC more deeply, allowing pictures to be shared, devices to be paired and check-ins to be made with a single tap. More
TazPad Android NFC tablet to include fingerprint biometric security
French NFC and Zigbee specialist TazTag has integrated AuthenTec‘s TCS2 TouchChip sensor into its TazPad Android tablet... More
Texas Instruments enters NFC market
TI has announced its first NFC product, an NFC transceiver that supports peer-to-peer communications and card emulation as well as read/write functionality and is designed to be built into a wide range of industrial, commercial and consumer products. More
TNT promotes TV series with NFC-enabled New York storefront
The ambitious campaign saw out-of-home agency Pearl Media convert a shop window into a crime scene that let passers by interact with the display to solve a murder mystery and sign up for alerts from the show via NFC, QR codes and Bluetooth. More