Contactless specialist On Track Innovations has received an order for 30,000 NFC and contactless payment readers from a US-based supplier of technology solutions to the retail petroleum industry... More
Archive: News in brief
SuperTooth adds NFC ‘phones
Audio electronics maker SuperTooth has unveiled new Bluetooth headphones that can pair with other devices via NFC... More
T&G gets NFC-Screen orders
Think&Go has announced that Orange and mobile phone retailer Avenir Telecom are to trial its Dynamic NFC-Screens, which allow information to be transferred from a video screen to NFC phones... More
Google Wallet adds phones
Three NFC phones have been added to the list of Google Wallet compatible devices; the Samsung Galaxy S4 and the HTC One on Sprint and the Samsung Galaxy Note II on both Sprint and US Cellular... More
Avnet to offer Identive NFC lines
Electronic components distributor Avnet is adding NFC and RFID readers, modules and tags made by Identive to its product range... More
Sony SBH50 headset gets NFC
Sony has unveiled a new NFC-enabled stereo Bluetooth headset designed to work with its Xperia smartphones... More
Samsung adds NFC camera
Samsung has announced the NX2000, a 20.3 megapixel camera with 8fps continuous shooting that can capture 3D images and videos with Samsung’s additional NX 45mm 2D/3D lens... More
HK bank eyes NFC payments
Bank of China (Hong Kong) is in the final stages of testing an NFC payment service that uses a mixture of secure digital memory cards, SIM cards and NFC add-on devices, the South China Morning Post reports... More
Chennai Metro investigates NFC
Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) plans to include an NFC ticketing option when its service launches in 2015... More
Foursquare adds NFC to WP8 app
Version 3.0 of Foursquare for Windows Phone 8 is now available, with support for NFC check-ins and sharing... More
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Voyantic adds NFC tag test tool
RFID performance measurement specialist Voyantic has launched Tagformance HF, an evaluation system for measuring the performance, functionality and characteristics of RFID and NFC tags... More
Sony Vaio Fit laptops get NFC
Sony has announced a new range of Windows 8 laptops that come with NFC... More
Blackberry Live to promote NFC
BlackBerry Live conference goers will be able to use NFC to check in to sessions, to share contact information with sponsors and to grab links to resources... More
Loewe adds NFC speaker
German home entertainment equipment manufacturer Loewe has announced a new portable speaker that uses NFC to set up a Bluetooth streaming connection with a compatible mobile device... More
HID releases Trusted Tag SDK
HID Global has introduced a software developer kit (SDK) for developers to create apps that make use of the company’s Trusted Tag Services platform, launched in October 2012... More
Wii U to get NFC payments?
Nintendo is looking at using the NFC functionality on the Wii U controller to let users make payments for games using contactless cards, as well as for interacting with NFC-enabled toys and cards, the company has revealed... More
French bar adds NFC tags
S’oul Kafé in the French town of Pau has introduced a service provided by local tag store NFC-Smartags to allow customers with an NFC phone to connect to its WiFi network and access its online menu... More
NFC app records voices
NFC-Shop.net has launched Tapogram, an Android app that allows user to record messages up to 10 seconds long and associate them with an NFC tag... More
Madhya Pradesh to offer NFC info
Madhya Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation is to use NFC and QR codes to provide tourists with information at heritage centres, The Times of India reports... More