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Android 2.3 Gingerbread: An inside look

Android 2.3 Gingerbread: An inside look

...Near-field communications (NFC) is another Gingerbread foray. With a compatible handset, Android... Read more

8 December, 2010 by Jessica Dolcourt

Barclaycard's PayTag aims to sidestep NFC handsets

Barclaycard has launched an NFC tag that will allow its credit-card customers to make micro-payments without the need to upgrade to a high-end handset with the technology built in Read more

19 April, 2012 by Ben Woods

NFC-enabled mobile phone payments to launch in UK

...Orange and T-Mobile operator brands in the UK, are launching a near-field communications-enabled mobile phone in early summer, which they say will... Read more

28 January, 2011 by Natasha Lomas

Apple preps new iPad and iPhone for NFC chip tech

...next-generation smartphone and tablets devices once the devices are equipped with near-field communications (NFC) chips. Richard Doherty, director of technology consulting firm Envisioneering... Read more

27 January, 2011 by Kevin Kwang

Schmidt teases new Google Android phone

...Google plans to introduce near-field communications chips in the next version of Android, which is due... Read more

16 November, 2010 by Tom Krazit

LG's Optimus 3D Max refresh comes with Gingerbread

...Congress, is thinner and has faster 21Mbps HSPA+ networking. It also supports near-field communications for tap-to-pay systems and other NFC uses such... Read more

22 February, 2012 by Stephen Shankland

Ultrabooks to allow tap-and-pay for online shopping

...in an announcement on Friday. The companies are embracing a technology called near-field communications, or NFC, which allows two devices to transfer payment and... Read more

14 November, 2011 by Roger Cheng

Google Wallet lets shoppers pay by phone

...enabled handsets. Photo credit: Google The Google Wallet payment system uses both near-field communications (NFC) and geo-targeting technologies to let shoppers use their... Read more

26 May, 2011 by Rachel King
A Framework for Implementing e-Attendance System Using Near Field Communication in Android Os

A Framework for Implementing e-Attendance System Using Near Field Communication in Android Os

...is to implement some of the emerging technologies like mobile computing and near field communications and advances in behavioral science studies to make a better... Read more

12 April, 2012

Photos: Honeycomb tablets, ebook readers and smartphones at CeBIT

...TazPad, a Google Android-powered tablet PC that features a built-in near-field communications (NFC) reader. The NFC reader allows the tablet to access... Read more

4 March, 2011 by Nick Heath

HP demoes contactless content-sharing from tablet to smartphone

...Pre3 smartphone feature HP's proprietary Touchstone contactless technology - a form of near-field communications (NFC) tech - so the two devices can be used in... Read more

23 February, 2011 by Natasha Lomas

Contactless tech on SIMs gets a boost

...mobile network operators around the world have backed a proposal to integrate near-field communications technology inside SIM cards. Forty-five operators from around the... Read more

17 November, 2011

Major mobile operators close in on NFC

...in the UK and abroad have all agreed to provide services using near-field communications, the technology that powers smart cards and contactless bank cards... Read more

21 February, 2011 by David Meyer

O2 wallet app paves the way for contactless payment

...this year, containing a suite of mobile-payment options. Contactless payments, using near-field communications (NFC) technology, will also be added to the operator's... Read more

4 February, 2011 by Natasha Lomas

O2 to boost mobile payments team ahead of NFC launch

O2 is expanding its near-field communications team as it prepares to launch mobile payments services later... Read more

10 January, 2011

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