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PayPal Solidifies Its Leadership Position in Mobile Payments
PayPal has always been a favorite for those who want to buy something online. Be it a product or a service, PayPal can help you get it. It has since become the best way to pay with a lot of … Continue reading
NFC News Brief: Discover and NFC-Enabled iPhone 5
Discover Ties Up With Google for Mobile Wallet Service Discover is partnering with Google to enable its cardholders to add their Discover cards to Google Wallet through a very quick and simple click-to-add process. They can do this via their … Continue reading
Share Your Wi-Fi in One Tap
Near-field communication has a strong potential for payments because of the ease of use and convenience it provides for people who want hassle free paying at the counter. All they have to do is to take out their smartphones and … Continue reading
Korea’s LG CNS Unveils NFC Access Control Service
LG CNS has recently unveiled a new access control service that is based on near-field communication technology. The Korean IT services provider has teamed up with telecommunication network and service companies KT and LG U+ to bring this new system … Continue reading
NFC Briefs
Rayman Legends Will Make Use of Wii’s Near-Field Communication Feature Game developer Ubisoft will be coming out with Rayman Legends. This is what the company confirmed after a leaked trailer came out online showing the new game. What’s more exciting … Continue reading
Mobile Payments and Near-Field Communication
Apple might be snubbing near-field communications for its products such as iPad and iPhone, but there is growth in the mobile payments sectors. The mobile payments industry is seen to grow up to $200 billion in just three years, according … Continue reading
Only 12% of Mobile Shoppers Know What NFC Means
AisleBuyer has recently released its Mobile Shopping Survey series that found that only 12% of shoppers know that NFC means near-field communication. This is really kind of surprising because of the push given to NFC by such companies as Google, … Continue reading
Near-Field Communication: 30 Million NFC Handsets Sold in 2011
Just how many handsets and mobile devices are NFC enabled? To give you an idea, read on. Berg Insight has just released a report that revealed that there were 30 million handsets shipped in 2011 that had near-field communication chips … Continue reading
Emirates NBD to Bring NFC-based MoneyMobile Payments Service to Customers
Emirates NBD is set to launch MoneyMobile, which is a next-generation payments service based in near-field communication technology. The service will allow customers to pay for their purchases with just a single wave of their NFC-enabled mobile device. For this … Continue reading
INSIDE Secure Introduces Low-Cost, Large-Memory and Interoperable NFC Tags
Semiconductor solutions giant INSIDE Secure has launched the MicroPass 4101-2K, which is the first NFC tag that conforms with NFC Forum standards and offers sufficient memory capacity at an affordable price. More specifically, the MicroPass 4101-2K, which is based on … Continue reading