Google Play gets NFC vending machines in Japan
Google Japan has unveiled a vending machine that allows consumers to tap to download Android games from the Google Play store via NFC... More
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O’Dea offers designer wireless charging stations with NFC
Creative design studio O’Dea has developed a series of upmarket wireless induction charging pads that include embedded NFC tags... More
Oberthur gets NFC SE certification
Oberthur Technologies has announced that its Pearl Secure Element 800k Classic embedded secure element has been certified by MasterCard for Mobile PayPass applications and by Google for Google Wallet... More
Broadcom sets its sights on a billion NFC devices
The connectivity chip maker has launched the BCM43341, a combo chip that combines NFC, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and FM radio and is designed to meet ever increasing demand from mass market mobile phone and consumer electronics device makers. More
Google picks Broadcom for NFC in Nexus 4 and Nexus 10
The new Android 4.2 Jelly Bean mobile phone and tablet reference devices make use of a Broadcom NFC controller chip instead of the NXP chips Google used in earlier models. Broadcom has also contributed its NFC software stack to the Android Open Source Project. More
