Gartner predicts 20.4bn connected ‘things’ by 2020
Some 8.4bn connected “things” will be in use worldwide in 2017, up 31% from 2016, with 20.4bn in use by 2020, Gartner predicts... More
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Marriott Hotels to accept Alipay
Visitors to hotel chain Marriott International will soon be able to pay for their hotel stays, food and drink purchases as well as for meeting and event bookings using Ant Financial’s Alipay QR-code mobile payment platform... More
Sony and Watchdata team up on NFC
Watchdata is to add support for Sony FeliCa contactless technology to its range of SIMpass NFC add-ons... More
Tyfone’s NFC-on-microSD technology to go into volume production
The US NFC specialist has signed a manufacturing and distribution deal with Taiwan’s AboMem technology that will see the company’s SideTap NFC-enabled microSD device become widely available for the first time. More
