Microsoft launches NFC payments for Windows 10 phones
Microsoft has introduced an NFC payment feature for users of Windows 10 Mobile devices in the US through its Microsoft Wallet app... More
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Windows 10 for mobile gets HCE
Microsoft is to introduce support for host card emulation (HCE) payments in the mobile version of its Windows 10 operating system... More
Tim Hortons adds voice to payments app
Canada-based coffee chain Tim Hortons has opened up its mobile payments service to WP8 phone users... More
Burger chain gets mobile payments
Customers of Finnish hamburger chain Hesburger can today pay for food, connect their loyalty card and redeem offers using Swedish mobile wallet app SEQR... More
BNP Paribas rolls out NFC payments across France
French banking group BNP Paribas’ Kix NFC payments service is now available to customers across France, following its introduction in the city of Strasbourg in January 2013... More
Windows Phone users to get more NFC controls
Windows Phone 8.1 will increase the level of control users have over NFC payment cards provisioned to their NFC SIM when it ships in mid-2014, according to a series of leaked screenshots, as well as provide a way for users to speed up NFC tag interaction times... More
LG updates NFC pocket printer
Electronics giant LG has shown off an updated version of its NFC-enabled smart mobile printer at CES 2014... More
Nokia delivers NFC advent calendars to UK stores
Nokia and NFC marketing specialist Wooshping have teamed up to put 1,500 NFC-enabled advent calendars in mobile phone stores across the UK. The ‘appvent’ calendars offer a different app, as well as the traditional chocolate treat, each day in the run up to Christmas. More
WP8 users get NFC card game
Windows Phone 8 users can now download a free card game, similar to Top Trumps, that uses NFC as the main form of interaction... More
NFC Interactor adds geo tag navigation
Mopius has released an update to its NFC Interactor app for Windows Phone 8 devices, enabling a map and directions to a location to be provided to users when they tap an NFC tag... More
TuneIn Radio adds NFC
TuneIn has updated the Windows Phone 8 version of its TuneIn Radio app, enabling NFC phone users to share their favourite playlists via NFC... More
Tapshoot offers NFC selfies
Windows Phone 8 users can now take better ‘selfies’ — and other photos — by triggering their smartphone’s camera from another device, using a new NFC app... More
Nokia launches Lumia 1520 NFC phone
Nokia has unveiled the Lumia 1520, a Windows Phone 8 ‘phablet’ with NFC and a 6-inch Full HD display that makes it possible to view a third column of tiles on the start screen... More
NFC Interactor adds haptics
NFC Interactor, a reader/writer app for Windows Phone 8 developed by Mopius, now offers haptic feedback when reading and writing tags... More
Sprint brings Samsung Ativ S Neo to US
An updated version of Samsung’s Windows Phone 8 Ativ S, the Ativ S Neo, is now available to Sprint customers in the US... More
NFC Interactor WP8 app adds functions
NFC Interactor, the reader/writer app for Windows Phone 8 from Mopius, has expanded its suite of NFC functions... More
Nokia announces 41 megapixel Lumia 1020 with NFC
The Nokia Lumia 1020, the Finnish phone maker’s latest NFC handset, boasts the largest image sensor in a smartphone with a 41 megapixel PureView camera... More
BumpedN2 says hello with NFC
Social media junkies with Windows Phone 8 handsets can download a new app from a US-based startup that allows them to record each time they bump into a friend via NFC... More
Nokia launches Lumia 925 in Europe
Nokia has unveiled the latest high-end smartphone in its Lumia range, the Lumia 925, an updated version of 2012’s Lumia 920 with a metal finish, 4.5-inch Amoled display and new PureView imaging technology... More
Nokia announces Lumia 928 with NFC and PureView camera
Nokia has announced its latest Windows Phone 8 NFC smartphone, the 4G LTE Lumia 928, featuring an 8.7 megapixel camera with a Carl Zeiss wide angle lens... More
