No NFC? Business users rush to offer Apple iOS 6 Passbook support for iPhone 5
Apple upset some when it failed to deliver support for Near Field Communications (NFC) within the iPhone 5, but perhaps it isn't necessary yet -- the company has a Passbook plan to give consumers some...
View ArticleYour iPhone 5 is already your 'iWallet' while Samsung warns NFC isn't working...
Apple's decision not to put NFC inside the iPhone 5 is irrelevant -- not only are NFC services fragmented, but the device has already become your “iWallet” thanks to third-party vendors, NFC proponents...
View ArticleZombie games: Are you a social zombie? Rise of the mobile dead
At the Derbycon security conference, Tom Eston and Kevin Johnson gave a very interesting talked titled, Social Zombies: Rise of the Mobile Dead. While not quite ‘zombies ate my neighbors,’ perhaps you...
View ArticleSo, it looks like Apple does plan an NFC future for iPhone
Apple, the iWallet, Passbook, iPhone and NFC: the latest news offers a glimpse at the company's long-planned adventure with NFC, a tech Cupertino claims isn't yet a household name.
View ArticleHTC One smartphone: The complete FAQ
HTC's new One phone promises to "reinvent the smartphone experience." Here's a detailed rundown of everything there is to know about the device.
View ArticleSamsung's latest Apple-inspired 'innovation': Samsung Wallet
Where Apple goes, Samsung seems to follow, and the latest news out of Mobile World Congress today does nothing to reduce this perception as the Korean firm introduces its take on Apple's iOS Passbook...
View ArticleGoogle should think before it unloads its Wallet
Google has a bad habit -- a terrible one: it leaps before it thinks. That's precisely what's happened in the company's adventures in NFC-based payment systems within Google Wallet. While this gave the...
View ArticleUh-oh: Now Apple threatens the banking system, a banker warns
A senior banker has warned that the banking system is looking nervously to Apple and other tech firms, who it expects will eventually threaten the financial services industry -- so, will Apple take on...
View ArticleWearables and payments: What Apple might get from its Passif Semi purchase
Apple has acquired small semiconductor company, Passif Semiconductor -- reading that company's published patents suggests Cupertino may be looking to use Passif's technologies in future wearable and...
View ArticleHands on with Motorola Skip, the PIN-skipping fast-unlock gadget for your phone
The Motorola Skip is an unassuming little clip that promises to take the hassle out of unlocking your phone. So how's the thing work -- and is it actually worth using?
View ArticleMobile payments: Apple faces carrier hurdles if Passbook holds the key
Apple may do it; Google is trying to do it; PayPal attempts it, but it's the mobile carriers who may be prepared to deliver it: the capacity to pay for things using your mobile is emerging as an...
View ArticleNo future: Apple, iOS 7, iBeacon -- there's no future for NFC
Look, I'm sorry to have to say this as I had such high hopes for the technology, but it has to be said: NFC is dying.
View ArticleIsis: Carrier alternative seeks to drain Google Wallet
Isis: friend of the downtrodden or protector of the dead? Three major American phone carriers have a new mobile wallet system named Isis. AT&T (NYSE:T), T-Mobile (NYSE:TMUS), and Verizon Wireless...
View ArticleGame over for NFC as Apple iBeacons hit world's busiest retail stores
NFC is finished. It was a dream that failed. Any hope its champions may once have held ended today when Apple switched on iBeacons solutions across its insanely busy US retail stores.
View ArticleApple iBeacon tech lights up CES 2014
It's the same every year at CES: Apple doesn't appear at the event but its shadow looms large. This year's a little different, because the Apple championed iBeacon will be part of the show.
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