Social games giant Zynga has added support for NFC peer-to-peer mode to the Android version of Zynga Poker... More
Zynga adds NFC to poker game
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Hands on with the Visa Olympics NFC phone
1,000 Samsung Galaxy S III NFC phones equipped with a Visa mobile payments app are being distributed to “key stakeholders and decision makers” for the London 2012 Olympics, where all points of sale will be equipped to handle contactless payments — and NFC World has been testing out one of the limited edition devices. More
China Mobile preps NFC payments phone
The world’s largest mobile network operator has completed development of a China Mobile Wallet running on an NFC version of the Coolpad 8870 smartphone and will begin shipping the device in the third quarter of 2012. More
Ara eTap to offer NFC payments in India
Chennai, India-based technology provider Yeldi Softcom has launched Ara eTap, an NFC sticker-based mobile payments service... More
Google unveils Nexus Q media player with NFC
The new sphere is “the first-ever social streaming device — like a cloud-connected jukebox where everyone brings their own music to the party,” says Google’s Andy Rubin. More
Google unveils Nexus 7 tablet with NFC
Google has unveiled its hotly anticipated Nexus tablet at the Google I/O developers’ conference in San Francisco... More
Jelly Bean to extend NFC P2P
Google has announced two new NFC features will be available in the Android 4.1 ‘Jelly Bean’ version of its Android Beam service... More
1m Android NFC devices now shipping every week
More than one million Android devices with in-built NFC functionality are now shipping every week, Google has announced at the Google I/O developers’ event in San Francisco... More
Catchwell’s PDAs get NFC
Korean industrial PDA maker Catchwell is to build NFC into its Android and Windows Mobile 6.5 handheld computers... More
Masabi’s Android app offers ITSO ticket insights
Mobile ticketing supplier Masabi has developed an Android application that allows NFC phones to read and display the contents of transport ticketing smart cards based on the UK’s ITSO ticketing standard... More
Java library implements SNEP
A researcher at Turin’s Istituto Superiore Mario Boella (ISMB) has developed an open source Java library that implements the NFC Forum’s SNEP protocol to allow peer-to-peer mode exchanges between NFC devices... More
Orange launches Intel-based San Diego NFC phone
The Android NFC device will be available to Orange customers in the UK from 6 June, either on contract or for £200 (US$308) on pay-as-you-go. More
Paypal brings mobile payments to UK stores
Online payments giant PayPal is continuing its expansion into offline payments with the launch of a barcode-based mobile payments service in the UK... More
CBA blames Google for NFC payments delay
Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) will release an Android version of its Kaching mobile payments service in the next six weeks, according to ZDNet Australia... More
Tablet PC offers NFC payments module
A new rugged tablet PC comes with an optional mobile payment module that can be used to process NFC transactions... More
KDDI unveils world’s first NFC and Felica phone
Japanese mobile operator KDDI will offer the world’s first phone with both NFC and Felica support from this summer... More
HTC Desire C gets NFC
HTC is to release an NFC version of its new Desire C mid-range phone... More
DeviceFidelity adds full NFC functionality to iPhone
The NFC-on-microSD specialist’s new iCaisse4X iPhone case combines expanded battery life with NFC card emulation, tag reading/writing and peer-to-peer capabilities. More
ScholarChip brings NFC to Philadelphia schools
The student ID card provider has partnered with the School District of Philadelphia and ACS to combine NFC phones, contactless student ID cards and transportation passes with the aim of cutting costs, creating a safer and more efficient student transit service and providing parents and staff with accurate student location information. More
Foursquare adds NFC to BB
BlackBerry NFC phone users can now check into locations via NFC, as well as share places and tips with each other and Android NFC phone users, with the addition of NFC support to the BlackBerry edition of Foursquare... More