Tag: NFC
Google Joins FIDO To Strengthen Authentication Methods
Protecting your online accounts will no longer just lie on your passwords alone as Google joins FIDO or Fast Identity Online Alliance’s board of directors to strengthen its authentication methods. A press release published by FIDO stated NXP and CrucialTec were also among the new additions to its board. The Technology Based on FIDO’s press [...]
NFC by Moo official app arrives on Google Play
A few months ago, we reported that a startup called Moo was readying to release NFC-enabled business cards. To recap, these cards will be equipped with an embedded microchip that will be able to transmit data from the card to an NFC-capable smartphone. Touted as “the business card of the future,” the Moo business card [...]
Hyundai Planning to Bring the Ability To Start Cars Using NFC Enabled Smartphones in 2015
Technology is evolving pretty fast. And when we consider what smartphones can do today as compared to say three years ago, it’s immediately apparent how far we’ve come in this department. Say what you will, but all of this wouldn’t have been possible without manufacturers pushing each other to bring the best in them. Apple [...]
Verizon Unveils Isis Mobile Wallet After Condoning “Secure Element” Required by Google Wallet
Verizon used to have a monopoly of sorts in the wireless communications sector, as it was among the first to arrive in the scene at the time. However, with carriers like AT&T and Sprint catching up, there has been an even competition in the U.S. Despite that, VZW still remains the top carrier in the [...]
Sony diving headfirst into mobile payment system, signs deal to integrate NFC to more devices
Sony reportedly signed a deal with smart card specialist Watchdata in a bid to integrate near-field communication (NFC) technology to more of its handsets. While this technology can bring a lot of benefits to smartphone owners, one of the most apparent reasons Sony shows its interest in it is because of the mobile payment system [...]
Verizon Says It Won’t Support Google Wallet Since Most Devices Don’t Have NFC
Verizon is the country’s largest carrier, and with good reason. It offers exclusive devices like the Droid DNA, while some not so exclusive devices have the carrier’s own touch. But for some reason, Verizon has been pretty reluctant in installing Google Wallet in its smartphones when other carriers didn’t seem to have a problem. When Verizon was [...]
Researchers predict 2 billion NFC-enabled smartphones will be shipped by 2017
Earlier this year, we have heard a lot of news suggesting companies like Google, Microsoft and Apple are diving headfirst into mobile payment system. The apparent reason for this is because this sector is predicted to become a multi-billion dollar industry by year 2016. It wouldn’t be a surprise if I tell that smartphones would [...]
NFC Sharing Between Android And Windows Phone 8
Android has supported NFC (Near-Field Communication) technology since the original release of Gingerbread, and Android Beam has even taken that a step further by enabling easy use URL, app and contact sine the launch of Ice Cream Sandwich just last year. While Android may have leading NFC technology, our friends and family in the world [...]
Casio shows $2500 Paper Writer Android Tablet that also acts as a scanner
As the yearend nears, we’ve been hearing a lot of buzz from tablets that would soon be released but majority of them have almost the same features. Casio, however, wants to be unique in its own way and target the corporate market even if it means releasing a bizarre device that possibly, no one has [...]
Isis Mobile Payment System Launches In Austin and Salt Lake City
As we have all expected, the new Isis mobile payment system that had been backed by a bunch of major carriers like AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon, has just launched today in Austin, Texas and Salt Lake City, Utah. As of right now, there are nine different handsets that are ready to go with the NFC-enabled app, with [...]
AT&T, Sprint to offer LG Optimus G, release date slated in Q4
South Korean manufacturer, LG, officially announced its latest entry into the high-end Android market on September 19th confirming its superphone flagship will be coming to the United States. No information as to which providers in the U.S. would offer the handset then. However, the latest press release from LG USA already confirms two of the [...]
SIM-Free Sony Xperia T LT30p now available in the US for $599.99
UPDATE: Xperia T will be offered by AT&T as Sony Xperia TL that will be featured during the premier of the upcoming James Bond movie, Skyfall. After its successful roll out in the United Kingdom and Europe, Sony Xperia T finally reaches the US shores bearing a price tag of $599.99 for unlocked or SIM-free [...]
Moo Prepares NFC-Enabled Business Cards
Moo, a company that dedicates itself to creative innovative business cards, will offer business cards that are enabled with NFC technology starting early next year. The cards come with an embedded microchip and antenna which can send data from the card to an NFC-enabled mobile phone once users tap the card and the handset together. [...]
