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New NFC feature from Apple will turn iPhones into payment terminals
Apple is introducing a new feature that will allow businesses to accept credit card and digital payments with just a tap on their iPhones. Read more…
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Payments: would you pay for goods with your car, or fridge?
New payments technology is seeping into many aspects of our lives. NFC divided the payments debate ignoring the convenience and focusing on speed. Read more…
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Visa launches payment gloves, pins and stickers for Winter Olympics
Visa has introduced three commercially available wearable payment devices for the upcoming Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in PyeongChang: NFC-enabled payment gloves, commemorative stickers and Olympic pins. The wearables will enable fans and athletes to Read more…
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Thanks to Apple, NFC tags are finally a viable alternative to QR codes
A decade ago I remember writing that one of the problems with QR codes is that there is no security. Some years later I wrote an article pointing out that NFC ought to be safer than QR Read more…
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HK apps biz booms as developers focus on AR and NFC: survey
Hong Kong’s mobile app industry is growing more mature, driven mainly by business apps and e-commerce, while augmented reality and NFC apps are becoming noticeably more popular. Those are the conclusions of the Hong Kong Read more…
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ETSI, GlobalPlatform, NFC Forum standardize on-device NFC services management
ETSI, GlobalPlatform and the NFC Forum say they have detailed a standardized approach to implementing and managing NFC services across all technologies and platforms to combat fragmentation in the mobile contactless market. The shared work Read more…