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Apple Pay Coming To Canada, Australia, Spain, Singapore, Hong Kong With American Express

Paul Morris·October 29, 2015

Enigmatic Apple CEO Tim Cook used his company's fourth quarter earnings call to make an extremely important announcement regarding the future of the company's contactless payment platform, Apple Pay. After announcing extremely positive results that included the sale of 48 million iPhones and quarterly revenue of $51.5 billion, Cook also announced a strategic and highly beneficial partnership with American Express that will see Apple Pay extended into a number of territories that the company classes as "key global markets".

Google Launches Android Pay In The U.S. [Download Link]

Aatif·September 11, 2015

Today, Google's Director of Product Management, Android Pay, Pali Bhat, took to the official Android blog to announce the official roll out of Android Pay across more than a million locations in the United States. The payment solution allows you to use your Android smartphone to make payments at vendors that accept tap and pay solutions.

Coin 2.0 Announced, Features NFC Support, Here Are The Details [Video]

Aatif·August 27, 2015

How To Get Moto X Motorola Skip Feature On Any NFC-Enabled Android Device

Paul Morris·October 12, 2013

The official combination of hardware and software feature sets that ship with most devices is usually enough, but in some cases it just makes sense for developers to push the boundaries a little and extend the published capabilities of a device.

MLB’s Testing Of iBeacon Shows Just Why Apple Didn’t Jump Onto The NFC Bandwagon

Oliver Haslam·September 29, 2013

A part of iOS 7 that has received next to no discussion but has the potential to be the biggest addition to the iOS feature set, iBeacon is Apple's attempt at taking location aware apps to the next level and, if the latest tests shown by Major League Baseball are anything to go by, then they might just be onto something.

Unlock Your Android Smartphone Using NFC Tags For Better Security

Aatif·January 1, 2013

iPhone 5 Earpiece Speaker Revealed, Also Reaffirms Lack Of NFC [IMAGES]

Ben Reid·September 6, 2012

In the past couple of weeks, we've been met with an almost non-stop barrage of iPhone 5 part leaks. The mobile device repairs companies have been receiving the innards of the upcoming device sporadically, and now, we can take a close look at the earpiece speaker of the iPhone 5.

Samsung Galaxy S III Is The First Android Smartphone To Get Quick Tap Contactless Mobile Payment System

Paul Morris·September 4, 2012

Samsung may have been shrouded in a little bit of controversy over the last few weeks and had their public reputation somewhat tarnished, but that doesn't detract from the fact that they produce some fantastic and popular devices, that are in some cases, ahead of the competition in the industry. I am willing to go out on a limb and suggest that their legal wrangling's with Apple are far from over, with more to come surrounding Apple's request to have specific devices banned in the United States, but until that day in court comes upon us, there is some good news on the horizon for Samsung Galaxy S III owners.

Jim Dalrymple Confirms Anand Shimpi’s Take On Lack Of NFC On 6th-Gen iPhone

Ben Reid·August 28, 2012

New iPhone Prototypes Reportedly Equipped With NFC For Wireless Payments

Paul Morris·June 25, 2012

We are all hoping that everyone at Apple headquarters will wake up in an extremely good mood one day and decide that it will be a perfect time to arrange a spur of the moment media event, announcing the immediate release of the new iPhone. However, we all know that the likelihood is we won't see a hardware release until October of this year, but that doesn't stop us from speculating and discussing what Apple's next-generation iPhone will bring.

Apple’s NFC-Enabled Payment System Will Be Called iPay, Aims To Ditch Your Real Wallet

Ben Reid·May 4, 2012

According to one analyst, a mobile payment service - likely incorporating NFC technology - is in the offing from Apple, and will be implemented into both the iPad and iPhone in the not-so-distant future.

Apple To Include NFC Technology In Next iPhone, Partnering With MasterCard/PayPass?

Paul Morris·January 31, 2012

This App Lets You Add Friends On Facebook By Tapping Your NFC-Powered Android Smartphones Together

Awais Imran·December 6, 2011

Imagine yourself at a party or a bar or perhaps at a meeting, now imagine you meet someone new there and become real-life friends with them. The next obvious logical step would be to add them over on Facebook to become friends in the online world, right? Well, if you and your new friend have an NFC-equipped smartphone and have a certain app installed, you can just tap the two together to become Facebook friends! No more of that awkward waiting period between you sending them a request and waiting for confirmation!

Apple and Microsoft to Add NFC Support (E-Wallet Technology) to Phones in 2012

Edward Marquez·November 23, 2011

I go to Starbucks pretty often, I’m a big fan of their iPhone app that allows me to pay for my coffee by having the barista scan a code on my screen. The process is quick and easy and I have fun earning stars and checking the balance of all my gift cards. By next year, a scan-less method will be more popular and available with more merchants and on more phones.

Here’s How To Get NFC Payments On iPhone 4 Right Now Without Having To Wait For Next iPhone

Goncalo Ribeiro·July 30, 2011

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