Home Depot has become the first US retailer to test PayPal’s mobile payments solutions in-store... More
Android
Samsung handsets get ICS
Google has started rolling out Android 4 Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS), which adds Android Beam NFC functionality, as an over-the-air update for its Nexus S handsets... More
LG launches Prada 3.0 smartphone with NFC
Prada and LG have unveiled a third iteration of their jointly created designer phone... More
Google Wallet finds its way onto the Verizon Galaxy Nexus
Just a few days after the launch of the Galaxy Nexus on Verizon, Android enthusiasts have found a number of ways to get around the US carrier’s attempt to block Google Wallet from its version of the phone and users are now successfully making NFC payments. More
Intel signs NFC deal with Inside Secure
“We look forward to working with Inside to develop and bring to market a range of exciting connectivity solutions for mainstream consumer products that incorporate NFC features,” says the head of the semiconductor giant’s Mobile Wireless Group. More
Security researchers raise Google Wallet concerns
The amount of unencrypted data stored by the Google Wallet app “surpasses what we believe most consumers find acceptable,” says digital forensics specialist viaForensics in a report on the security of the search giant’s NFC wallet — but no access to the secure element was gained. More
Tagage offers tag store app
NFC tag vendor Tagage has launched a mobile app that allows users to order custom NFC tags and stickers directly from their phones... More
SIMalliance releases new version of Open Mobile API
The new version of the Open Mobile API is designed to enable app developers to work easily with the secure elements in mobile phones — without needing specialist knowledge of how the technology works. More
Galaxy Nexus NFC bug found
A bug in Android 4’s NFC implementation prevents Samsung’s Galaxy Nexus phone from writing NDEF messages to unformatted tags... More
UK gets Acer Liquid Express
Acer’s Liquid Express, the company’s first NFC-equipped device, is now available in the UK from Orange and T-Mobile... More
Art lovers rate exhibits with NFC
Visitors to the STRP Festival in the Netherlands can use NFC phones to tag exhibits with keywords, share their experience via social media, rate individual exhibits and create a personalised poster incorporating their favourite experiences. More
Trio of Sesames for NFC
Three NFC products have picked up Sesame awards at the Cartes trade show in Paris. NXP won the software category with its open source NFC host software stack for Android... More
Japan gets NFC Expresspay test
Japanese mobile network operator Softbank, card issuer Credit Saison and American Express have teamed up with NFC technology providers Dai Nippon Printing and Gemalto to test SIM-based NFC payments on Android phones... More
PayPal launches NFC P2P payments service
NFC-based peer-to-peer payments are now included in the PayPal Mobile App for Android which is now available to download from Android Market. More
HTC Edge with NFC on its way?
The HTC Edge may be the most powerful smartphone to date and will include NFC, according to a report from BGR about the as-yet unannounced phone... 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
Acer to include NFC in all its Android phones
The company’s new Liquid Express NFC smartphone supports both tag reading and mobile payments — and, the company says, NFC will now be included in all its future Android phones. More
Commonwealth Bank brings iPhone NFC to Australia
The bank has unveiled ‘Commbank Kaching’, a next generation mobile payments service that lets iPhone users easily send money to their Facebook friends, email contacts and phone contacts as well as make payments in stores via an add-on NFC case. More
Android Ice Cream Sandwich adds NFC P2P and biometric security
Android 4.0 includes an NFC peer-to-peer sharing technology called Android Beam and a facial biometric technology called Face Unlock that replaces the need to enter a PIN to unlock a phone. More
Samsung and Google unveil Galaxy Nexus NFC phone
The new NFC phone is designed to provide a “pure Google” experience, runs Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and features a 4.65-inch display. More