“The risks to personal privacy must be addressed,” say the authors of a new London School of Economics report examining NFC privacy and regulation issues. “This is not only to protect against surveillance, but it is essential to ensure that there is confidence in the marketplaces that may yet emerge with widespread use of NFC.” More
- Eventbrite brings tap to pay to the events industry
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- EU calls for feedback on proposed settlement with Apple over NFC chip access
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- NFC Forum spells out DPP ambitions in ebook
Google Wallet SingleTap payments and offers now available at eight US merchants
Users can now make payments and pick up offers or rewards at American Eagle Outfitters, The Container Store, Foot Locker, Guess, Jamba Juice, Macy’s, OfficeMax and Toys R Us. More
ThingLink adds NFC to images
Online image tagging service ThingLink has added support for NFC... More
Tagstand raises $1.1m
NFC startup Tagstand has raised a further US$1.1m, following seed stage funding from tech incubator Y Combinator, reports TechCrunch... More
Macy’s readies for Google Wallet
US department stores Macy’s and Bloomingdale’s are replacing signature pads at all 50,000 point-of-sale terminals with new customer response units developed by Verifone, reports Retail Touchpoints... More
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Hungary confirms NFC for 2012
The Hungarian mWallet Association, an alliance between Magyar Telekom, Telenor, Vodafone, MasterCard, OTP Bank and SuperShop, has confirmed plans for a commercial launch of NFC-based mobile wallet services in 2012... More
Video shows Google Wallet in action at US stores
Google has uploaded a video to YouTube that shows consumers using Google Wallet to make payments in a range of retail outlets in New York and in San Francisco. The video includes footage of Google Wallet brand ambassadors walking shoppers through the mobile shopping and payments experience. More
Citi and America Movil form JV
Citigroup and América Móvil have created a US$50m joint venture to explore opportunities in mobile payments and banking... More
Dubai Metro to get NFC?
Gulf News reports further details of Etisalat’s NFC payments system, due to launch in the UAE before the end of 2011... More
Estate agents get NFC boards
UK estate agency software specialist Inteeka‘s new Move St division has launched Smartboards, compact weather-proof smart posters designed to attach to the agents’ boards displayed outside houses for sale... More
Motorola launches NFC headsets
Motorola Mobility has announced two Bluetooth headsets, both offering NFC-initiated pairing when used with NFC-equipped phones... More
Zenius wins Disruptathon
NFC software specialist Zenius Solutions beat six other entrants to win the CTIA’s Disruptathon Mobile Enterprise innovation contest in San Diego on October 12... More
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17% of Brits ready for NFC
New UK consumer research from Intersperience has found that 17% want to use a mobile wallet in the future but 44% are worried about a lack of security software on mobile phones... More
Panasonic shows off NFC tablets
Panasonic has announced a pair of ruggedised Android 3.2 ‘Honeycomb’ tablets designed for business use that will come with NFC as standard... More
M-payments up 400% in China
Mobile payments are set for rapid growth in China, according to new research... More
Coke mulls NFC for Olympics
Coca-Cola is in talks with Visa to put contactless payment equipped vending machines into the Olympic Park for the London 2012 Games, reports Marketing... More
New launch date for Android 4.0
The much-anticipated unveiling of Android 4.0 ‘Ice Cream Sandwich’ and a new flagship Google phone from Samsung will now take place on Wednesday October 19 in Hong Kong, reports AllThingsD... More
Google Wallet gets offers upgrade
Google has issued an updated version of its Google Wallet app which brings improvements to getting special offers, more transaction details, a better tutorial section and user interface upgrades — along with unspecified bug fixes. More
iDtronic offers phone stickers
German RFID specialist iDtronic has launched a range of NFC stickers designed to be attached to the back of non-NFC phones... More
Nokia 603 will come with NFC
The Finnish phone giant’s latest NFC handset, the Nokia 603, is designed to appeal to first time smartphone users. More