Tagged: NFC
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Google to launch NFC mobile wallet services News
19.09.2011 Google’s near field communication (NFC) mobile wallet service will be launched in the US today, according to reports, enabling Android smartphone owners to use their phones to... -
Nokia brings out three new smartphones, plus new Symbian Belle OS News
24.08.2011 Struggling mobile giant Nokia has brought out three new mass-market smartphones powered by the latest Symbian Belle operating system and NFC (Near Field Communication) single... -
RIM reveals new Curve smartphones with NFC capability News
23.08.2011 Canadian smartphone player Research in Motion has revealed three new Curve models powered by the BlackBerry 7 operating system – they include the BlackBerry Curve 9350, 9360 and...Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Networking & Telecoms, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, eCommerce, Consumer Tech, Communications -
NFC Android ticketing app to challenge Ticketmaster News
29.07.2011 A Dublin tech firm has unveiled the world’s first NFC-based contactless event ticketing app for Google Android devices and intends to reinvent the concert and sports venue...Categories: Wireless Communications, Social Media, Operating Systems, Mobility, Mobile, eCommerce, Digital Business, Consumer Tech, Apps -
Tesco to introduce Wi-Fi as a boost to shoppers News
25.07.2011 Recognising that connectedness equals happiness to today’s smartphone-toting shopper, Tesco is rolling out Wi-Fi across its UK stores. The move will allow shoppers to compare...Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Networking & Telecoms, Networking, Mobility, Mobile, eCommerce, Digital Business, Consumer Tech, Apps Zone, Apps -
NFC mobile marketing kicks off with VH-1’s Basketball Wives News
21.07.2011 A new revolution in mobile marketing has begun. One of the first near field communications (NFC)-powered marketing campaigns has begun with a new poster campaign to support the... -
M-commerce mainstream in four years, business execs say News
18.07.2011 An overwhelming 83pc of business executives surveyed by accountancy giant KPMG are convinced that mobile payments via NFC-powered smartphones that function as mobile wallets...Categories: Wireless Communications, Networking & Telecoms, Mobility, Mobile, Economy, eCommerce, Digital Media, Digital Business -
Centra to support upcoming contactless cards News
14.07.2011 Centra will be the first to accept contactless payments, supporting the NFC Visa Debit cards to be made available from Bank of Ireland in late 2011. -
Bank of Ireland launches contactless Visa debit cards News
06.07.2011 Bank of Ireland has launched a new contactless-enabled Visa debit card, allowing consumers to pay for purchases of €15 and under "in less than a second" by holding a card over a... -
Seriously? Could m-payments become a US$670bn industry? News
05.07.2011 I have a growing conviction that m-payments stand to be as big a deal for the internet industry in the second decade of the 21st century as advertising was in the first decade.Categories: Web, Software & Web Development, Social Media, Phones, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, eCommerce, Digital Business, CommunicationsTags: M-payments, Samsung, iPhone 5, Apple, iOS, Android, E-commerce, Square, Jack Dorsey, Collison Brothers, Eric Schmidt, NFC -
Schmidt: Mobile payments could be ‘trillion dollar’ industry News
23.06.2011 Google’s executive chairman Eric Schmidt believes mobile payments could be a “trillion dollar” industry for advertising and retail. -
Nokia unveils MeeGo smartphone – the N9 News
21.06.2011 Nokia will release a smartphone running on the MeeGo operating system, in spite of the fact the company is moving away from this platform. -
PayPal sues Google over m-commerce trade secrets News
27.05.2011 Just a day after Google unveiled its NFC mobile wallet, it has emerged the world’s biggest online payments player PayPal is suing Google for allegedly ‘misappropriating trade... -
The future of money News
28.04.2011 PayPal’s head of Irish operations Louise Phelan warns 66pc of Irish firms don’t engage in e-commerce despite a booming global digital economy.Categories: Web, Private Irish Business, Online Business, Mobility, Internet, Financial, Economy, eCommerce, Digital Business, Digital 21 -
Almost 100pc growth in GPS-enabled handsets News
19.04.2011 The number of handsets shipped in 2010 enabled with GPS functionality grew 97pc to 295m units, according to Berg Insight. -
One in five smartphones to have NFC functionality by 2014 News
14.04.2011 At least one in five smartphones globally will have NFC (near field communciations) contactless functionality over the next three years, according to new market forecasts from... -
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The mobile wallet News
07.04.2011 Near field communications is becoming more prominent, potentially turning the humble mobile phone into a means of paying for products.Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Mobility, Financial Services, Financial, eCommerce, Digital Business -
Cheque-ing out News
07.04.2011 Ireland’s reliance on cheques is slowing down businesses, but moving on won’t be easy. Laura O’Brien looks at what we can do to make the leap to e-payments.