OPINION: Almost from nowhere, interest in near field communication technology has exploded in the US over the last few weeks as key potential market players have begun to reveal their hands. More
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IP specialist produces who’s who of NFC patent holders
TechIPm, a research and consulting firm specializing in technology and intellectual property mining, has carried out an analysis of the strength of the patent portfolios held by companies in the NFC market... More
Smart Stamp wins Touchatag and Microsoft Tag innovation awards for augmented print concept
A US start-up has won two innovation competitions for its ‘interactive correspondence’ concept, an augmented print solution that uses tags and 2D barcodes to update, verify and supplement postal mail. More
Design bible uses 2D barcodes to add web content to printed book
LeBook, the annually published bible for the creative industries, is using Augmented Print to keep printing costs down whilst enabling contributors to maximise the amount of information about themselves they can provide... More
Twinlinx works with Microsoft to add MyMax NFC stickers to Windows Mobile phones
Twinlinx reports that its MyMax NFC sticker is now running with the new generation of Windows Mobile 6.5 phones due to be released on October 6, and on earlier Windows Mobile 6.1 phones, following cooperation with Microsoft France... More
Jobs Board: New vacancies at ITSO, Touchatag and Qualcomm
On the NFC Jobs Board this week there are three new vacancies at Touchatag, ITSO is looking for a CEO to drive forward the UK government’s smart ticketing project, Qualcomm has additional vacancies and openings remain at Microsoft and at Orange Labs in France. More
Jobs Board: Want to get involved in adding NFC to Windows Mobile?
We’ve three new vacancies on the NFC Jobs Board, including a Program Manager for connectivity reliability for Microsoft’s Windows Mobile Connectivity team, covering everything from NFC to Wi-Fi and Bluetooth to WiMax… More
The NFCW Jobs Board: 20 March 2009 vacancies
There are fourteen new opportunities on the NFCW Jobs Board this week in the US, Canada, France, the UK and India. Recruiters include Microsoft and Inside Contactless and the offers range from Director-level openings to software development vacancies. More
CES 2009: NFC competitors and enablers on display
There wasn’t much to see in the way of mainstream NFC developments at the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show — but some interesting potentially competitive technologies and enabling solutions made the massive Las Vegas event worth casting an eye over. More
NFC Forum gets new board member, adds more associates
Membership of the NFC Forum is continuing to grow at a rapid pace. Handset manufacturers, mobile service providers, payment services providers, chip makers, solution developers, municipalities and academic institutions have all recently joined up. More