The launch presentation for Windows Phone 8 shows how Microsoft plans to make its NFC mobile wallet more widely accepted than Google’s, provides details of a forthcoming NFC-enabled Chase payments app and highlights a new deals platform and in-app purchasing technology that charges items to the user’s default payment card. More
Chip maker Marvell has launched the Avastar 88W889, the first chip to include support for both 802.11ac WiFi and NFC... More
A new consumer heart monitoring device that uses near field communication to pass test results to the user’s Android NFC phone or tablet has been unveiled by Impak Health, a joint venture between Swedish chip developer Cypak and US-based Meridian Health... More
The 4G LTE version of the BlackBerry Playbook, expected to hit the market later this year, will come with NFC, RIM has confirmed at BlackBerry World this week, Canadian Reviewer reports... More
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... More
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 holders — provided their badge contains the ID information necessary to prove that they are, for instance, old enough to drink alcohol... More
“Our intention is that V.me will ultimately be able to incorporate any or all of our new payment technologies, allowing our members to deliver the best possible payments experience whether face-to-face, online or in a mobile environment,” says Visa Europe’s Mariano Dima. More
Italian computer manufacturer Olivetti looks set to release two Android 4.0 tablets, both sporting NFC... More
GuestLogix has launched Global Payment Services, a payments processing platform for airlines that supports NFC as well as cash and credit card transactions, debit cards, loyalty cards, coupons, pre-payments and micropayments... More
Sharp Japan has launched a 10.1″ Android NFC tablet, expanding on the 7-inch tablet with NFC capabilities it unveiled last year... More
Japanese manufacturer Kuoziro has added an NFC enabled tablet to its Frontier range for the Japanese market... More
Capacitive sensing specialist Cirque Corporation showed its touchpad with integrated NFC antenna solution at CES last week... More
An NFC version of Samsung’s Android Galaxy Note tablet/phone device is on its way to AT&T in the US during the first half of 2012, according to fan site Sam Mobile... More
Japanese consumer electronics giant Panasonic is to move into the European smartphone market with a ‘global model’ handset which looks likely to come with NFC... More
Sony and secure identity specialist HID Global have launched a contactless smart card reader platform that can add NFC and secure access control to laptop PCs and other mobile devices... More
Panasonic has announced a pair of ruggedised Android 3.2 ‘Honeycomb’ tablets designed for business use that will come with NFC as standard... More
Smart meters equipped with NFC will allow utility companies to save money and increase convenience, say the partners. More
Adobe has released a new version of the Adobe Air platform that provides a way for developers to add support for technologies such as NFC to their applications... More
NFC chip maker STMicroelectronics has revealed it has been working with Microsoft to put support for ST’s NFC technology into the upcoming NFC-enabled Windows 8 operating system... More
“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