Android app uses NFC to boost participation in cultural exhibits

NFC Android app

Visitors that went to the STRP Festival – one of the top art and technology events in Europe – had the ability to use near field communication (NFC) enabled smartphones for enhanced interaction with the cultural exhibits. Through the use of an app, Android-based smartphones gave visitors the chance to use an exhibited artwork to obtain detailed information simply by tapping it over one of the NFC tags. This triggers a digital voice message. The mobile app also let its users decide how much they “love” a particular piece of…

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Why Google Wallet may find Subway is a key to its success

Mobile Payments

Retailers and restaurant chains such as Subway that are selling goods for low prices in locations across the country may be just the boost that Google needs to succeed in its new mobile commerce service. Since Google Wallet was first unveiled in May, consumers have remained skeptical of this mobile service application. The service allows users to store their credit cards on their smart phones in digital format so that they can use the handset in order to make purchases at points of sale at various retailer that are enabled…

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NFC companies race to make the lowest power transceiver

NFC Phones

Near field communications (NFC) technology has been attracting a significant amount of attention from technology companies, finance organizations, and retailers alike, as it allows people to use their smartphones or other mobile device for making purchases, redeeming coupons, checking in at airports, paying for parking, and other common transactions. However, the amount of power NFC transactions require has come to be noticed, and developers have now started the race to create the NFC transceiver that requires the least amount of energy. So far, the front runner appears to be Texas…

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Everyone is talking about new mobile wallet technology

Mobile Payments

Though credit cards are still the standard here in the United States, in other parts of the world – such as Kenya – smartphones have replaced the card and card-reader technology which are now considered to be obsolete in that nation. In fact, among Kenyan adults, 70 percent use their mobile phones to pay for goods and services at a point of sale, and this country is not alone. Around the globe, an ever increasing number of people are using their mobile devices to pay for retail goods, groceries, and…

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