Tapped NFC

19/05/2015

Amazon is a non-believer. No alternative outlined, though.

http://mashable.com/2015/05/16/amazon-nfc-not-for-me/

Amazon VP of Payments Patrick Gauthier thinks the popular technology isn't the way to go.

17/04/2015

Adidas is doing in (almost) every shoe. Why not?

http://www.thedrum.com/news/2015/04/16/connected-kit-how-adidas-kicking-wearable-tech

Adidas is betting on wearables to shape its single customer view, kitting out trainers and apparel with near-field communications (NFC)...

07/11/2013

More practical than crazy: Implantable NFC chip. Sounds a bit out there but can be done pretty much now. Batteries not included or ever necessary...

http://vimeo.com/78136289

Dangerous Things has developed an NFC Type 2 compliant RFID implant based on the NTAG203 chip. Check out the campaing now at http://igg.me/at/nfc-implant

29/10/2013

Want to finally pay with your iPhone wherever any payment terminal exists? Now you can make it happen thanks to Loop.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/loop/pay-with-loop?ref=live

Loop is the first mobile wallet to let you securely store all your cards in your phone and let you pay at more than 90% of retailers.

25/10/2013

How about a coupon to convince you to buy that pizza from the commercial you just watched? Coming your way sooner than later via your cable TV remote with NFC.

http://www.fiercecable.com/story/comcast-charter-cox-supplier-universal-electronics-demonstrates-nfc-enabled/2013-10-23

Demonstrating a remote control that could let a cable subscriber who sees a Pizza Hut ad on TV receive a coupon by tapping his remote to a smartphone, top Comcast remote control supplier Universal Electronics is offering a glimpse at some of the next-generation applications that could be deployed by...

15/10/2013

British Airways using NFC to manage its eInk-based futuristic baggage tag. If you had a chance, would you buy one to save time?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travelvideo/10372773/The-smartphone-bag-tag-that-will-revolutionise-air-travel.html

British Airways has begun testing new digital luggage tags that could replace paper tags on checked baggage next year

09/09/2013

pple patents home screen fingerprint reader with NFC capability. Sign off things to come with iPhone 5S / 6 / ??

http://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2013/09/phenomenal-patent-details-fingerprint-scanner-with-advanced-nfc-application-built-right-into-the-home-button.html

22/08/2013

NFC coming to a cable box near you.
http://www.fiercecable.com/special-reports/tap-watch-how-near-field-communication-could-transform-pay-tv-business

When NFC emerged a decade ago, it was seen as a replacement for credit cards. Early adopters include Samsung and Visa, which embedded an NFC payment system in Galaxy smartphones, and the city of San Francisco, where drivers can tap phones to an NFC reader on parking meters to pay for a space.

19/08/2013

If more than 100 million NFC-enabled smartphones out there, integrating NFC into your apps should be a foregone conclusion. But here's just one more reason.
http://www.rfidworld.ca/nfc-market-estimated-to-be-worth-10-billion-by-2016/1648

source - IHS iSuppli According to the market research report “Near Field Communication (NFC) Market – Global Forecast & Analysis (2011 – 2016)

16/08/2013

Nice! Share your Firefox on Android tabs using NFC http://www.themobileindian.com/news/13571_Firefox-beta-for-Android-arrives-with-bunch-of-improvements

Mozilla has pushed a new beta build of Firefox for Android by adding several improvements including the Near Field Communication Bump feature..

29/07/2013

Free as in beer, assuming you have - courtesy of Guiness. http://2d-code.co.uk/free-guinness/

Users of Android and BlackBerry Near Field Communication (NFC) enabled devices can get a free pint of Guinness in twenty pubs across the UK from now until the 31st August. All you have to do is make sure your NFC is turned on and then tap the harp logo on the pub’s Guinness beer dispenser (image bel...

17/07/2013

Good to see NFC in action in Barcelona. Hope they keep improving the content this placard sends you to.