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[ReadWriteWeb] Android devices have NFC APIs, but presumably such capabilities baked into AIR would enable a new level of ease and power for developers seeking to build apps that let users swipe their phones over tags to register their locations, perform transactions and take other actions still yet to be determined.

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[Neowin.net] Windows 8: NFC built right in, already in developer tablets ...: NFC, or Near Field Communication, is basically proximity range(only works at about an inch max) RFID technology, otherwise known as Mifare ISO14443, what's special about NFC is that in any given device, such as a phone or a tablet, effectveily has a Mifar reader, and a Mifare Card inside it, the card side can be used as say a contactless credit card, library card, public transport etc, the reader side of it can be used to read other cards, say a movie poster could have a transpoder in it, read it on your phone and it instantly brings up article, reviews, trailers for that movie.

[siliconangle] Google Android Rolling Out Near-Field Communications: The reason why Visa/Mastercard look to the removable-media strategy for the secure element is because, like most banks, they want to be able to manufacture their own access mechanism””in the same way that a person has a swipable credit card. In this fashion, the removable-media would become the new swipe-card, seeded and keyed at the factory and then given to the customer without the fear that a 3rd party could easily intercept the cryptographic key and thus pretend to be the customer.

[pupuweb Blog] PayPal plan to release In-Store Mobile Payment Service without ...: Users also can use credit-card scanning terminals in grocery stores by inputs phone number and PIN on the terminal's keypad instead of swiping credit or debit card. Merchants will be able to push location-based adverts, vouchers and offer buy-now-pay-later service.

[Sourcebits Blog] Playing with NFC API of Android | Mac Development | iPhone ...: Google, Nokia, Microsoft, Apple and other big players are making concentrated effort in getting the solutions into main stream. But NFC itself is just a way to send data wirelessly between devices, meaning it can be used for far more than mobile payments alone.

[China Fund] Ask Maggie: HTC Thunderbolt vs. Droid Bionic: Anyone can swipe a credit card or steal the credit card number off a charge slip, she writes in her story. Credit cards can also be cloned, and skimming devices and videocameras hidden in ATMs and gas station terminals can snatch both the credit card number and the PIN.

[Slatedroid info] Yale to offer first NFC-enabled door lock | Slatedroid info: We already know that Near Field Communications (NFC) will eventually let us leave our wallet at home, but how about unlocking your door? ... Swipe Lock Screen, Wake up to puzzle piece! ... Google+ API Released For Developers ... CircleLauncher is Free Today from Amazon · Motorola XOOM 2 to be 9mm thick, stream Netflix in 1080p, first to ship with Adobe Flash Player 11 · Pictures of the Motorola RAZR with a Super AMOLED qHD display, Could be ...

[Get a VOIP Phone] Android 2.3 ships with gaming acceleration, media enhancements: Android 2.3 lets users of NFC-enable Android phones touch or swipe an NFC tag that might be embedded in a poster, sticker, or advertisement, and then act on the data read from the tag, says Google. For example, after collecting a tag at a restaurant, store, or event, users might be able to rate or register the relevant product or service by jumping to a website via a URL embedded in the tag, says the company (see image above, at right).

[Blog ALL] Blog ALL » TechCrunch Review: Google Wallet: Therein one of Google’s biggest challenges: getting these card readers everywhere. The readers are by no means Google Wallet specific (as mentioned above, the reader just needs to be based on a relatively new spec, but is the same tap-to-pay reader already used by Visa/AmEx/Mastercard) and the card vendors themselves have long been making the push ”” but until these things are nearly ubiquitous, your wallet (or at least one physical credit card you keep at arm’s reach) isn’t going anywhere.

[Cornish Hosting - cpanel Hosting - Blog] Google Wallet quietly launches today | Cornish Hosting - cPanel ...: And this morning, Gigaom posted a photo of a Google Wallet payment module at a Peet's Coffee Shop in San Francisco, which allows customers to swipe their Wallet-enabled Android phones to make purchases. This entry was posted in Google: Wallet, mobile, mobile payments, NFC, Pay Pass, VentureBeat and tagged affordable, best hosting, blog, blogger, blogs, CGI, cheap, cheap hosting, cpanel hosting, dedicated, domain hosting, email cheap domains, host, .

[techAU] Living with Windows 8 - Australian tech blog, podcast, reviews ...: The swipe up to unlock Windows makes a lot of sense for touch-enabled devices, but not so much on keyboard + mouse setup. As a tip, you can simply double-click the lock screen to open it, rather than swiping upwards.

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