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Starbucks m-payments for Canada
Starbucks is now accepting mobile payments from customers in Canada, reports The Globe and Mail... More
Amex to invest $100m
American Express is to invest US$100 million in digital commerce startups over the next several years... More
Samsung joins OSPT alliance
Samsung Electronics has joined the Open Standard for Public Transport (OSPT) Alliance, becoming the seventh company to join the association developing the Cipurse open standard for secure transit fare collection... More
Nokia turns on N9’s NFC
Nokia has released a software update that switches on NFC tag reading functionality in its MeeGo-based N9 handset... More
Jamba Juice explains why it adopted Google Wallet
Jamba Juice‘s VP of information technology has explained to Nation’s Restaurant News why the California-based beverage chain decided to accept Google Wallet... More
Schreiner stickers certified
MasterCard has certified secure labeling specialist Schreiner ProSecure‘s NFC-Sticker for use in contactless payments... More
Qmuzik takes Vivotech to Africa
South African mobile solution provider Qmuzik Technologies is to resell, implement and support Vivotech‘s NFC trusted service manager (TSM) software suite throughout Africa... More
LG’s Prada K2 adds style to NFC
LG’s latest designer handset comes with NFC and has just passed through FCC approval in the US... More
Isobar takes NFC hackathon to SF
Digital marketing agency Isobar is holding an NFC Hackathon in San Francisco later this month, to coincide with the Appnation III conference... More
Starbucks hits 20m m-payments
Starbucks has processed more than 20 million mobile payments since rolling out the application in January, according to VentureBeat... More
Docomo buys German bank
Japanese telco NTT Docomo is investing an additional 28.4m euros in Net Mobile AG, which it acquired in 2009, to allow the mobile content distributor to purchase a controlling stake in private German bank Bankverein Werther... More
Verifone buys Global Bay, expands into retail systems
POS terminal maker Verifone has bought mobile retail specialist Global Bay... More
Masabi raises $4m and moves into NFC
London-based mobile ticketing specialist Masabi has raised US$4m in Series B funding from M8 Capital to support a move into NFC and expansion to the US... More
RIM publishes NFC tag primer
BlackBerry maker RIM has published a second NFC primer for developers creating NFC applications for BlackBerry smartphones... More
Digitas opens next-gen retail showcase in Boston
US ad agency Digitas has opened a mobile retail showcase in Boston to teach clients how to use mobile to attract and keep customers... More
Johnson & Johnson picks NFC displays
Pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson has installed NFC smart posters at its High Wycombe offices in the UK... More
Jamiroquai takes NFC on tour
UK jazz funk band Jamiroquai is set to use NFC technology in its upcoming European tour... More
NXP: Our NFC now designed into 90 devices
NXP technology has been designed into more than ninety unique devices, the chip maker’s CEO told analysts during a conference call for its Q3 earnings — up from sixty devices in July. More
iPad and NFC capture event leads
Event registration specialist ITN International has added iPad support to its NFC-based “Touch ‘n Go” attendee credential system... More