Monthly Archives: February 2012
Visa Launches New Payment Service, Partners with Vodafone
Visa Inc. is making it easier and more secure for people to pay using their NFC-enabled smartphones. Customers with smartphones that have near-field communication capability would be able to get their payment account information easily and securely. The over-the-air updates … Continue reading
Samsung Uses Visa’s payWave for its NFC Payments App
If you think that the 2012 London Olympics is all about sports, think again. The Olympics is now going high-tech and near-field communication is part of it. Samsung has announced that they are partnering with Visa Inc. in setting up … Continue reading
NFC Solutions to be Showcased in World Expo 2012
The World Expo 2012, to be held in Yeosu, South Korea, will be showcasing a range of applications and solutions using near-field communication technology. The World Expo’s organizing committee as well as the Korea Communications Commission have revealed plans to … Continue reading
Nokia Luna and Nokia Play 360
When you think about devices with near-field communication, you almost always think about a smartphone. But Nokia has been coming up of accessories that are NFC-enabled. Nokia Luna Bluetooth Headset The Nokia Luna Bluetooth headset is an easy to use … Continue reading
UK’s O2 Wants More Near-Field Communication Apps
O2, one of the United Kingdom’s mobile operator, has partnered with digital marketing and communications agency Isobar for the Isobar Create London. This move is seen as a big push for near-field communication technology. The Isobar Create London aims to … Continue reading
Paypal’s Phone Number and PIN System vs. NFC
Paypal has recently released its mobile payment service that requires only the user’s phone number and a PIN code for one to be able to be able to pay with their mobile phones. On the outside it is a great … Continue reading
Near-Field Communication: The Next Feature to Take Mobile Phones Further?
It seems that every smartphone worth its salt is coming out with near-field communication capability. Could it be that NFC is the newest must-have feature in 2012? Feature phones used to be very basic and simple. It allowed you to … Continue reading
Turkey’s BKM is New NFC Forum Member
The Interbank Card Center of Turkey or BKM, which is a Turkish payments group, has recently become the newest member of the NFC Forum. Along with this news, BKM also revealed that four other banks in the country are now … Continue reading
NFC Predictions and NFC Bootcamp
Near-field communication has become a hot topic over the past few months because of the push it has been getting from major companies, and its inclusion in many high profile devices. Not only that, consumers and the general public is … Continue reading